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BSFelix

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Hi!

I'm getting married "on paper" with my girlfriend/fiancée. I'm on an F-1 (student) visa.

I want to know, how long after we get married can I have my green card or permanent residence?

Also very important, how much time are we expected to live happily until I have that GC permanently - so that, even in the event of divorce, it will be permanently mine to live in the US?

Thanks! Really want to know this...
 
If you are already thinking of divorce... don't bother applying.

BTW, we can all read through your "cryptic" post
 
It will take anywhere from about 3-6 months to perhaps several years.

You're expected to have a good faith marriage, meaning you want to enter this marriage indefinitely going into the marriage. If your marriage doesn't work out, you can later keep your GC by proving you had the intention of a good faith marriage. You'd receive a 2 year limited "conditional" GC first, after which your marriage is re-evaluated, and then you receive a permanent (unconditional) GC.
 
Wow, who is moderating this forum?

I wasn't expecting to be bombarded with idiotic insults from people that don't know anything about me, my intentions, my relationships or my life!
I asked a simple question that anyone who is interested in marriage and in a family, and therefore in a stable life with permanent residence, would ask for their own benefit and protection.

Whoever is calling the marriage to the woman I love, a sham marriage, should definitely consider taking their pathetic and insulting remarks somewhere else.

I want a stable life, if I'm going to have a WIFE. With an F-1 visa, not being able to legally work and paying 7 thousand dollars a year just to keep the F-1, I'm sure you would not consider this STABLE. And I'm sure you would also want to know what I asked if you had the slightest grasp of my situation.
 
austriacus said:
It will take anywhere from about 3-6 months to perhaps several years.

You're expected to have a good faith marriage, meaning you want to enter this marriage indefinitely going into the marriage. If your marriage doesn't work out, you can later keep your GC by proving you had the intention of a good faith marriage. You'd receive a 2 year limited "conditional" GC first, after which your marriage is re-evaluated, and then you receive a permanent (unconditional) GC.
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Thanks for the help, austriacus.

What exactly will take 3-6 months to several years? My situation is very unstable, as you may imagine, and if I'm going to get married I want to make sure I will be able to provide, like a regular citizen, to my wife and maybe future family.

The divorce question is obviously a protection and it's a ficticious situation: marriages do break up and nowadays most of them do in medium/long term! My question was for fear of being kicked out of a country after years of building a life and memories with a family in it!

I think the question and the situation is pretty obvious. The way it was misinterpreted by some, is indeed very insulting, in a forum that (I think) was created to help people, and not assume things about them!

Again, thanks austriacus
 
PS: I am sure there is a lot of fake marriages going on every year and working out perfectly to bring foreigns to the US. But this is the last place where I would expect to be bombarded with this cliche prejudice! How would you feel if someone told you your plans of a future life with your loved one are just another sham to cross a border?

I expect "JnJ*8103" and "Triple Citizen" to shut up if they don't feel like apologizing. And I would love to talk to a moderator about this.
 
Triple Citizen said:
The statement below has invited all the remarks which you are not liking.
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That is a naive excuse for what you said about someone like me, that you should assume that had english as second language, and is probably not supposed to be interpreted "between the lines".
 
You are more than welcome to report me to any moderator here.
I will repeat one more time, it is your choice of words that has instigated this.
Good luck with your future plans. I wish you all the best.

BSFelix said:
How would you feel if someone told you your plans of a future life with your loved one are just another sham to cross a border?

I expect "JnJ*8103" and "Triple Citizen" to shut up if they don't feel like apologizing. And I would love to talk to a moderator about this.
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Triple Citizen said:
You are more than welcome to report me to any moderator here.
I will repeat one more time, it is your choice of words that has instigated this.
Good luck with your future plans. I wish you all the best.
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Thank you.
It wasn't my choice of words that instigated this. Your repressed xenophobia did :)
 
As some other people said you'll have to stay married for 2 years after receiving your conditional green card. If you get a divorce before the 2 years is over, then the onus is on you to prove the marriage was entered into with the right intension.

I think some people are hard on you because of your earlier post about a year ago:
http://www.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=221724
 
noincident said:
As some other people said you'll have to stay married for 2 years after receiving your conditional green card. If you get a divorce before the 2 years is over, then the onus is on you to prove the marriage was entered into with the right intension.

I think some people are hard on you because of your earlier post about a year ago:
http://www.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=221724
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All I'm asking is for people to keep their thoughts about me to themselves. Whatever they think I am doing, I don't care and it's not their job to judge me in any way.

Thanks for the info
 
You think people are stupid. You clearly state your intentions
then play dumb and accuse people. It's crystal clear what you are
asking and why you are asking.
 
fff_666 said:
You think people are stupid. You clearly state your intentions
then play dumb and accuse people. It's crystal clear what you are
asking and why you are asking.
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You should know, right? Judging by your signature, you seem to have more experience with sham marriages than I ever will.

Don't throw stones...

PS: anyway, back to the topic plz.
 
Hey BS get off your high horse. You bust in here, demand answers to "hypothetical" situations which are blatantly fraudulent in nature, and then have the cheek to be "insulted" when people call it for what it is.

If there's any apologizing to be done, it should be from you. Everyone here is a volunteer, and guess what, by posting the initial question, you get to see what everyone else wants to write. Don't like it? Tough. Just don't let the door hit you on the way out.
 
Well, seeing that english is your second language (even though you "defend" yourself pretty well using it) I will serve as an interpreter to what you said and what you really meant, in bold:

BSFelix said:
Hi!
Hi!

I'm getting married "on paper" with my girlfriend/fiancée. I'm on an F-1 (student) visa.
I want to stay in this country, so I have arranged a fake marriage, just "on paper" with my friend (girlfriend/fiancee, or whatever I need to call her to make it look real), whom I will pay a sum of money for her trouble of signing a marriage license with me. I'm on an F-1 (student) visa, which was my "ticket into the US".

I want to know, how long after we get married can I have my green card or permanent residence?
I want to know, how soon after I "get married", can I have my green card or permanent residence? because that is what is the most important thing to me and I am am in a hurry.

Also very important, how much time are we expected to live happily until I have that GC permanently - so that, even in the event of divorce, it will be permanently mine to live in the US?
But what I really want to know, is for how long do I need to keep the "show, act, scam, charades" up.? I mean, how soon can I divorce this person without it affecting my green card.

Thanks! Really want to know this...
Thanks! Really want to know this, so I can pay my friend and get the scam going...
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Do not play the victim here, USCIS will see through your "sham marriage" and FYI, just because there are such things as "sham marriages" going on, it does not mean we condone them here.

Again do not come now and tell us we hurt your feelings, scum like you should crawl back under a rock (in YOUR OWN COUNTRY that saw your crawl out of something else!).
 
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Sorry, you will not get an apology out of me, no one here is stupid, it's obvious to many of us your intentions. I will not be a part of your schemes. If you were planning to try to scam the government, your first tip would be to learn how to pull one over on us, as a group before you try to pull one over on USCIS. I am NOT telling you it's ok to scam or scheme USCIS but if you cant pull one over on us, you won't be pulling it over on USCIS.

Don't play the victim that everyone is attacking you here, you came here with your fake marriage plans and then you want to turn it around and act like we are all condemning your honest marriage to the "woman you love" PLEASE!

No one here hurt your feelings or anything else, you were just called out on the truth so don't sit back and act like you are innocent. If you were innocent, first of all, you would have never said getting married to your girlfriend "on paper" and then in the same damn posting ask about divorce. NO ONE who goes into a marriage for the true reasons (LOVE) even thinks about divorce while they are planning to get married. You're defensive attitude also proves you were here for the wrong reasons. If you WERE truthful and wanted to marry someone you love for the right reasons, you would have NEVER been questioned in the first place. You're rude defensive ways were another point of proof to many that your intent is not valid.

You also had the nerve to ask how long it takes... jeez rushing much to see how long this whole fake marriage will have to last? Come on! You're pretty transparent.


Once again, you will not receive any apologies from me. Good luck with your fake marriage but don't come here looking for support. I highly doubt you will find any.



ETA: I also find it somewhat hilarious you posted in JUNE about trying to find a way to stay in the US. Hmm... it all fits together ever so FAKE. How dare you demand apologies from anyone here!!!

http://immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=221724
 
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thanks for posting that link, it appears our Portuguese friend (or fiend) has created controversy before. A funny read though, I guess it only took him 4 months to find a "girlfriend" and marry her "on paper"... Again go back to Portugal/Brazil and crawl under a rock.
 
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