I've had a middle eastern girl ask my bf if he'd marry her friend and that they'd pay him. This was while he was working as a cashier..a stranger just approached him and casually asked this.
My best friends ex-bf, middle eastern as well, tried to get her to marry him in exchange for paying off her school debt.
She also had a friend ask her to marry their brother for money.
I had one friend actually marry an Asian guy who payed off her school and such. She didn't say so, but its pretty obvious since they didn't even live in the same state most of their marriage.
I've had two strangers ask me to marry them.
I'm just curious if this has happened to anyone else. Were they strangers or people you knew?
2007-09-02 07:28:43 · 17 answers · asked by Meow Mix 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
I'm not going to do it. XD
I don't think of marriage as a game.
I'm just wondering how common it is for immigrants to go up to strangers and ask for marriage.
2007-09-02 07:39:32 · update #1
Tom p is right, it's a federal crime.
Also, I don't recommend doing this.
If theres too much fraud going on, it will ruin it for those who want to marry a non-citizen for love.
2007-09-02 08:12:01 · update #2
Yes, middle eastern as well. I said no. There is no way I would want to be referred as a divorcee for the rest of my life or until I remarry. Its not the sort of thing you can explain... "um yes I was married, but it was just illegally for money"
Stay away!!! Sometimes when you get something for free there is usually a higher price to pay in the end.
2007-09-02 07:34:07 · answer #1 · answered by jennifer 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I haven't personally but my younger brother did twice. Both were Vietnamese. He did run into problems with the Viet government
and was once refused entry into the USA because of the wrong stamp on his passport which caused him to detour to Canada and take a bus back over the border. Also the process takes a couple of years and, watch out, you might not get paid 'til then. Oh, and don't say "I love you" since in some countries that phrase seals the deal.
2007-09-02 07:44:44 · answer #2 · answered by mooner1okok 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes and I said "NO".
This is a *FEDERAL FELONY* and when they catch you you *WILL* go to a Federal Prison for 3-5 years!
Courts don't have *any* leniency on people who do this!
DO NOT DO IT!!!
Also members of different criminal organisations will do this under the guise of getting U.S. Citizenship and then proceed to rob the woman or man blind!
They take out credit cards in your name and "bust them out", ruin your credit, steal your identity, and in some cases men and women have been murdered!
STAY AWAY FROM THIS!!!!!
And if you know of anyone who has done it notify the closest Police or FBI office for their own safety!
Edit; the last I heard the current prices are now up around $100,000 k for a phoney marriage.
I don't know why anyone would even consider $20-$30k.
It's not worth the risk!
2007-09-02 07:47:35 · answer #3 · answered by tom p 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No. But my friend told a girl that she needed to be Australian to get something done so she went to Immigration and ended up marrying the Immigration officer (and a result she got citizenship via that).
2007-09-02 09:46:00 · answer #4 · answered by Acyla 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No but my son once told me a Ch inese friend had a friend who would like to marry an American for $10,000.That was a couple of years ago.
My sister was introduced to 2 European men who wanted to find an American to marry for money. This was over 15 years ago.She was just curious to meet tnem, she was way to much for them and they both were afraid of her,they couldn't handle a real American girl I guess,even if they paid her.
2007-09-02 08:12:35 · answer #5 · answered by Marilyn T 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Once back in 1973, a women I worked with danced around with me marring her brother who was here illegally from Venezuela. Needless to say the marriage never took place.
I have a nephew that married a girl from Russia and was to be paid $5,000. He is waiting for his $5,000 dollars and she is still waiting for her green card.
2007-09-02 07:42:49 · answer #6 · answered by jean 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't marry someone for money so they could get their citizenship,but I did marry 2 different mexicans. The 1st one already had his citizenship before we married. The 2nd one didn't. We were married about 5 yrs before we started paper work for his green card. It took us a lot of money & about a yr to get his card. We seperated 2 yrs later. He didn't want to stop drinking & running around with his friends. I haven't seen or heard from him in abt a yr. We have been seperated for 3 yrs. Before I married my 2nd husband I was asked by an Asian guy to marry him for money. I definately turned him down. I would not marry unless it was for love.
2007-09-02 08:01:39 · answer #7 · answered by glorydvine 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
On two different occasions hispanic girls have offered to pay me to marry them. Of course I didn't. Once when I went to Tijuana some guy offered me jewelry to smuggle him across in my trunk. I said no.
Edit - to #1Chicano, I said on two different occasions, that means one girl at a time. And it's not a made up story, but I really don't care if you believe it or not.
2007-09-02 07:41:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, but that doesnt sound like the worst thing you can get bribed in to doing. People will offer money to do just about anything. People are people. John s. Im sorry but thats a made up story. I mabey would have believed you if it was one girl one time, but I smell B.S.! Let me show you how this works. I turned down five white girls last night because they said white guys have small packages and they wanted a change. Do you see what Im saying?
2007-09-02 07:42:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
My wife and I went through that process for her. It took 3 years, mountains of paperwork, hundreds of dollars, stressful interviews and we were legitimate! I can't imagine trying to fake your way through that process.
EDIT - As I said there is a lot of paperwork involved, some of which includes your SSN. If you don't know who you are dealing with you could be opening yourself up to identity theft.
2007-09-02 07:41:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋