Huge QUESTION!

[nick18]

I read about some law that prohibits the acceptance of ANY immigration form if one claimed to be USC. Does that count for if one claimed to be a US RESIDENT? Because I don't think so since I know people who claimed to be permanent residents to work and then got married and the applications were accepted. But I was forced to fake being a resident (even face a copy of a SSN) and now I heard about this law and I'm worry it would affect me. Plus, I did it to work for a corporation, do they actually check with the corporation to see what info. I gave them? Thank you sooooo very much for your advice!!!!

Nick...

 

[hadron]

Claiming to be a citizen makes you ineligible for a green-card (unless you where under 16 when you came to this country and your parents kept telling you that you are a USC). (as the form on the I-9 says 'US national', some people have tried/managed to weasel out of this on a question of semantics)

Claiming to be a PR is still illegal, but the consequences are not as harsh. If picked up by the goverment, you can still get into a lot of trouble.

Using a 'forged instrument' to gain a benefit is a crime. If the goverment finds out about it they can prosecute you for this (but it is not like they go back and try to proove that you did this if you file for adjustment based on marriage. However, if they want to get rid of you for some other reason, they are very happy to slap you with that charge in order to make their removal case stick).