if a girl came to you and said that she will give you 10,000$ to marry her in order to become an American citizen, you won't live together or have a relationship as a married couple or anything, you'll be a married couples "on papers" only. would you marry her?
if either yes or no,why? that happens a lot in the US, please be honest, I just wanted to know other people's opinions.
by the way, anyone of you ever seen the movie green card? it's a nice movie.
2006-11-05 05:35:46 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Edit: you have to divorce her after she gets her green card.
2006-11-05 05:55:19 · update #1
initially i would think so but if i ever took time to reflect what marriage stood for and the sanctity of marriage i would decide against it.
2006-11-05 05:40:08 · answer #1 · answered by Adam 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've seen the movie Green Card and the way they depict it is very Hollywood. The reality is very different.
$10K is not a lot of money when you consider you're looking at easily a 3 year commitment. Also the citizen spouse has to sign an affidavit of support that means that if the non citizen goes on welfare or public assistance, the citizen has to pay the government back. That affidavit is in effect for 10 years!
I know all of this because my wife and I are going through this legitimately. It's frustrating that we have to jump through extra hoops because of all of the fraud. Immigration assumes that every case they look at involves fraud and the couple has to prove otherwise.
2006-11-05 07:15:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a felony. The movie Green Card doesn't happen in real life. A woman who marries an illegally present man for ten grand normally doesn't fall in love with him, especially since he's not living with her, but living with his also illegally present wife who has married an American man also to obtain her residency. If everything goes as planned, they will both get permanent resident status, divorce their American spouses, then miraculously meet each other, fall in love, and get married. If everything does not go as planned, YOU will end up doing 36 months in F*** Your A** Federal Penitentiary.
2006-11-05 08:33:26 · answer #3 · answered by chivarayada1111 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would depend on the woman and her reason(s) for wanting citizenship. I'm not about to give someone a chance at citizenship who wants to hurt this country or people in it for any amount of money, so if I suspected her motives to be along those lines then I would decline.
Edit: If I could determine that she appeared to be a good person and had what I considered to be sufficiently good reason(s) for wanting citizenship, then I would more than likely agree to a paper marriage. I might even be inclined in such a situation to forego the $10,000 dollars, or only take enough to cover any expenses that would come about by doing this for her.
2006-11-05 05:42:24 · answer #4 · answered by marklemoore 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. my principles would never allow that to become a reality, I am a patriotic American. Besides if this "girl" has $10,000 She obviously does not need to marry for papers, she is able to hire an immigration lawyer and begin the process of legalization, money talks where attorneys are concerned.
2006-11-05 06:10:29 · answer #5 · answered by RENEGADE. 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, besides being illegal...the risk of imprisonment is too great. Marrying an immigrant for a normal couple is well scrutinized and examined for YEARS before a green card is issued. Unlikely to work these days...maybe years ago.
2006-11-05 05:44:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say NO, 10,000 is a lot of money, however putting yourself into that position can lead to strong emotions. Its like a mother carrying her own baby and then giving her/him up for adoption? ok maybe its not the best example but you get what i mean? If you dont care, then you could just take the 10,000 and walk away. Marriage isnt a joke, or a get rich scheme, its for life even if its for 10,000!
2006-11-05 05:40:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I saw the movie, and it's fun. As to your main question, no. I would not want to have just a paper relationship -- durability is important to me. And putting on a false front does not appeal. Also, it is most ulikely that the average person would qualify for my most important criterion in a significant other -- superior intelligence. (My wife has an IQ of about 150.)
2006-11-05 06:12:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. The money would be nice, but I think marriage should be something that is left to two people who love each other, and want to spend their lives together. That would be against the christian religion. But- I think a lot of people would go for this, if they have no plans of getting with anyone, and basically are losers who will never get with anyone anyway, it's a nice way to make 1/5 of a year's income without doing jack s**t. Personally to me it's just not worth it, but I'm sure many could argue the other side. Thanks for that interesting prospective today.
2006-11-05 05:39:15 · answer #9 · answered by dumpsterdd90 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No way. Even if I wasn't already married, I'd be totally screwed if she ran up credit cards or got knocked up by someone else while legally married to me.
And no, I have never seen Greencard.
2006-11-05 06:46:07 · answer #10 · answered by Namtrac 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
depending on the reasoning if she is willing to go through this process it must mean a lot for her. The 10K is a bonus.
Some of you needs to not take for granted that you live in this country and get yourself an education and a job...And stop fighting for the Government free stuff.
2006-11-05 07:23:44 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋