I'm getting married to an American girl
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PraetorianXI
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Yeah, I agree. I saw him "online" and in this sub-forum a few minutes ago... maybe the cat got his tongue? 
constructus
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I saw your thread posted yesterday and did not even bother to answer then, but I knew you would be "very popular" here.
Nobody here is "allowed" to judge your marriage to somebody and make any assumptions about your personal life. The only problem here is that there is no assumptions to be made. Your opening statement says it all. It's a scam. You want to be here at all costs.
Then you talk about reporting people to the moderator: are you serious? I hope the moderator will report your IP address to USCIS and they will trak you down.
Go tell the USCIS interviewer that you married "on paper" and lets see what kind of GC he gives you. You are not even married yet you already talk about divorce. If your marriage doesn't work you should go home in your case because it is obvious you have no intent for it to work.
Its people like you who give legitimate people who are really in love a hard time. A lot of legit marriages have been questioned (by USICS) because of people like you.
English may be your second language, but it is also to many people here. So repeat to yourself your statement in Portuguese and imagine some A-hole trying to say that about your sister, and let us know how you would feel.
You need to apologize to the people you insulted here, and as JNJ said, if you cannot FOOL us here who cannot see your sorry face how the HELL do you want to fool USCIS at the interview?
My question is: is Portugal that bad to where you want at all costs to stay here?
Your English is not that bad, even though you say its your second language. Your intentions on the other hand...
Poor girl who thinks you love her. I hope she wakes up...
austriacus
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BSFelix,
I'll try to give you a perspective to evaluate for yourself if your marriage will be considered "in good faith" by the USCIS. They will be looking for these items at the interview. They don't all have to apply, but if some don't you need to have a good explanation.
The "to do" list:
You need to be able to explain where and why you first met, when and why you started exclusively dating, and what you like about each other that made you decide to get married.
You should live together.
You should present yourself visually as a married couple.
You should strive to spend vacation and holidays together, meet each other's families and have general knowledge about your spouse's family members (and of course know everything about your spouse).
You should have family members at your wedding.
You should entrust each other's finances by opening joint bank accounts, joint credit cards, etc.
You should, as a family unit, combine such things as car insurance, have a joint lease and/or own joint property.
In order to provide for each other, your spouse should be your beneficiary on life insurance, your individual deposit accounts, retirement accounts, etc.
You present yourself as a married couple on IRS and other government forms, and to your friends and family.
You should make an effort to communicate with each other frequently.
You should give each other gifts.
You should be able to explain your future family plans as a married couple, such as plans to have children.
The "not to do" list:
Enter into the marriage purely for an immigration benefit.
I don't know if the above lists will fit into your definition of "on paper" or what you exactly mean by that. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, but you should know that if your intentions are different from stated above, I can guarantee you that the USCIS will find out at the interview and you'd be better off not even trying.
If someone can explain better what a good faith marriage means please correct me! (I've tried to deduce what it means to USCIS by thinking about the interview questions and evidence that they ask for.)
I'll try to give you a perspective to evaluate for yourself if your marriage will be considered "in good faith" by the USCIS. They will be looking for these items at the interview. They don't all have to apply, but if some don't you need to have a good explanation.
The "to do" list:
You need to be able to explain where and why you first met, when and why you started exclusively dating, and what you like about each other that made you decide to get married.
You should live together.
You should present yourself visually as a married couple.
You should strive to spend vacation and holidays together, meet each other's families and have general knowledge about your spouse's family members (and of course know everything about your spouse).
You should have family members at your wedding.
You should entrust each other's finances by opening joint bank accounts, joint credit cards, etc.
You should, as a family unit, combine such things as car insurance, have a joint lease and/or own joint property.
In order to provide for each other, your spouse should be your beneficiary on life insurance, your individual deposit accounts, retirement accounts, etc.
You present yourself as a married couple on IRS and other government forms, and to your friends and family.
You should make an effort to communicate with each other frequently.
You should give each other gifts.
You should be able to explain your future family plans as a married couple, such as plans to have children.
The "not to do" list:
Enter into the marriage purely for an immigration benefit.
I don't know if the above lists will fit into your definition of "on paper" or what you exactly mean by that. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, but you should know that if your intentions are different from stated above, I can guarantee you that the USCIS will find out at the interview and you'd be better off not even trying.
If someone can explain better what a good faith marriage means please correct me! (I've tried to deduce what it means to USCIS by thinking about the interview questions and evidence that they ask for.)
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austriacus
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I wanted to give you some advice regarding your concerns in your older thread, which apparently didn't go so well. (Try to appreciate it more when people take their time to respond to your question.)
I too came to this country as an F-1 student and found that nonresident tuition tended to be expensive. You can help yourself by:
- Getting your first two years done at a community college. Cost will be maybe $2k per semester rather than $6k for nonresident tuition, but it also depends on the state.
- Some states (like here in TX) automatically give resident tuition to at least half time appointed state workers, which would include student workers in state universities. (Undergraduate Assistantship, Tutor, Grader, ...)
- Here is TX we have what's called an "academic competitive scholarship" given for academic achievement to international students, which qualifies them for resident tuition.
- Here in TX you qualify for resident tuition after you are gainfully employed for 1 year while not being simultaneously enrolled. I.e. let's say you make it to your bachelor's degree with cheap community college courses and later undergraduate assistantships and/or scholarships that give you resident tuition, if you manage to work for a year without being enrolled (OPT, H-1B) you can then enroll for graduate courses and pay resident tuition - basically what I did!
For some reason, we Europeans tend to go to the US for bachelor's degrees. Unfortunately this is a very inefficient and costly way to an American education/job/life (although of course it's rewarding in other ways). Other parts of the world are smarter than we are (or perhaps know they can't afford it any other way), they come here with a foreign bachelor's degree, get a graduate degree (many more assistantships available = lower tuition cost) and/or job (bachelor's degree and graduate degrees opens up much more job opportunities available to foreigners).
I too came to this country as an F-1 student and found that nonresident tuition tended to be expensive. You can help yourself by:
- Getting your first two years done at a community college. Cost will be maybe $2k per semester rather than $6k for nonresident tuition, but it also depends on the state.
- Some states (like here in TX) automatically give resident tuition to at least half time appointed state workers, which would include student workers in state universities. (Undergraduate Assistantship, Tutor, Grader, ...)
- Here is TX we have what's called an "academic competitive scholarship" given for academic achievement to international students, which qualifies them for resident tuition.
- Here in TX you qualify for resident tuition after you are gainfully employed for 1 year while not being simultaneously enrolled. I.e. let's say you make it to your bachelor's degree with cheap community college courses and later undergraduate assistantships and/or scholarships that give you resident tuition, if you manage to work for a year without being enrolled (OPT, H-1B) you can then enroll for graduate courses and pay resident tuition - basically what I did!
For some reason, we Europeans tend to go to the US for bachelor's degrees. Unfortunately this is a very inefficient and costly way to an American education/job/life (although of course it's rewarding in other ways). Other parts of the world are smarter than we are (or perhaps know they can't afford it any other way), they come here with a foreign bachelor's degree, get a graduate degree (many more assistantships available = lower tuition cost) and/or job (bachelor's degree and graduate degrees opens up much more job opportunities available to foreigners).
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Canadian John
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Hello Mr. BS Felix,
Just an FYI,
FBI, Police, ICE and USCIS do check these forums for things like fraudulent means of obtaining immigration benefits (i.e. the crap you're trying to pull apparently) so I suggest keeping your little "sham" marriage plans on the down-low on these forums unless you want a nice little visit from ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement).
Insulting the numerous knowladgeable and respected members here will get you nowhere. Remember, being here on these forums is a privelidge (sp?), not a right.
C.J
Just an FYI,
FBI, Police, ICE and USCIS do check these forums for things like fraudulent means of obtaining immigration benefits (i.e. the crap you're trying to pull apparently) so I suggest keeping your little "sham" marriage plans on the down-low on these forums unless you want a nice little visit from ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement).
Insulting the numerous knowladgeable and respected members here will get you nowhere. Remember, being here on these forums is a privelidge (sp?), not a right.
C.J
austriacus
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The time frame I gave you is from the moment you apply (which is also when your wife petitions for you) until you are approved for conditional permanent residency. Many cases are approved within about a half year, but some are delayed for years for various reasons, for example FBI name checks. You should probably know that your wife will have to sign an affidavit that she is financially able to sponsor you, or you'll need a joint sponsor that can fulfill the financial requirement.
Al Southner
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Aus,
Stop giving him ideas to scam USCIS. Apparently, Mr. Portugal seems to be poor, even though he talks big about having skills. I wonder when last I saw a poor Miss America?
This guy need to pull his head out of his ass, because I am certain he is a scam artist looking for a GC, nothing else.....
I wonder what he didn't graduate, but bordered the first plane from Madeira to LAX, to come and study, while looking for a GC....He is a doofus... and I hope some FBI/ICE officer subpeona his profile and come and bust his "monkeys" in the middle of the night. Scam artist...
austriacus
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Al, as I said I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt (he did say he has a woman he loves, wants to get married etc.).
My reason for giving him many details is in case he's confused as to what family based immigration is for, to show him on how many levels it wouldn't work if he doesn't have good faith intentions, and to steer him towards fixing his original problems with international tuition expenses. If you or others think I'm giving him the wrong ideas I'll be glad to delete my posts, and I'll have to agree that his attitude problem doesn't make it very popular to answer his questions.
My reason for giving him many details is in case he's confused as to what family based immigration is for, to show him on how many levels it wouldn't work if he doesn't have good faith intentions, and to steer him towards fixing his original problems with international tuition expenses. If you or others think I'm giving him the wrong ideas I'll be glad to delete my posts, and I'll have to agree that his attitude problem doesn't make it very popular to answer his questions.
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PraetorianXI
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I think your posts are fine. You took the harder road, to convert him and and make him see the light and steer away from error.
I, and most others, would rather stone him to death...
Nobody is guilty, until proven otherwise... but, he pretty much incriminated himself by his first post and by his previous thread.
I would leave your posts up, they will serve someone else who is indeed marrying for love.