You don't become a U.S. citizen just by marrying one. That's only in the movies.
The foreigner has to come in on some kind of legal visa that is sponsored by the person they intend to marry. You can't just stroll in, find someone to marry, and voila! You get to stay.
Absolutely not. You have to be here legally in the first place, even on the temp visa, and it has to state the name of the person sponsoring you for marriage.
Since she's already been here for a long time, just marrying her now won't make one bit of difference.
I worked with someone who came here legally, already married to an American citizen .Though I don't remember the entire process, it took several years and many, many interviews to ensure that it wasn't a sham marriage. She also had an MBA and a very good job. It was an expensive experience for them, but she got her citizenship, and did it the right way. Edit to add; she is not a fan of illegals wherever they've come from.
True, I do know a couple who have been married now for a good 4 years but, only see each other on the weekends because hub is Canadian and she is US citizen and they still not figured out if they want to live in Canada or stay here so, they are married yes but, only visit each other every weekends pretty much, making the drive for it but, seems to be working out for them so far. He was down for a full week for Christmas so I told him he was gonna get deported. heh heh heh.
That's going to be REALLY hard for him and the kids. He has one boy in college, one in high school, and two others in grade school and preschool. All with the same girl.
Believe me, they know perfectly well that she is not legal. They just thought they could skate by and get away with it and use the system to their own advantage - the system that you and I have to pay for.
You don't become a U.S. citizen just by marrying one. That's only in the movies.
The foreigner has to come in on some kind of legal visa that is sponsored by the person they intend to marry. You can't just stroll in, find someone to marry, and voila! You get to stay.
Absolutely not. You have to be here legally in the first place, even on the temp visa, and it has to state the name of the person sponsoring you for marriage.
Since she's already been here for a long time, just marrying her now won't make one bit of difference.
I worked with someone who came here legally, already married to an American citizen .Though I don't remember the entire process, it took several years and many, many interviews to ensure that it wasn't a sham marriage. She also had an MBA and a very good job. It was an expensive experience for them, but she got her citizenship, and did it the right way. Edit to add; she is not a fan of illegals wherever they've come from.
True, I do know a couple who have been married now for a good 4 years but, only see each other on the weekends because hub is Canadian and she is US citizen and they still not figured out if they want to live in Canada or stay here so, they are married yes but, only visit each other every weekends pretty much, making the drive for it but, seems to be working out for them so far. He was down for a full week for Christmas so I told him he was gonna get deported. heh heh heh.
That's going to be REALLY hard for him and the kids. He has one boy in college, one in high school, and two others in grade school and preschool. All with the same girl.
Believe me, they know perfectly well that she is not legal. They just thought they could skate by and get away with it and use the system to their own advantage - the system that you and I have to pay for.
No. Those days are over.
Sucks to be him, but he decided to do stupid things, so he gets to win stupid prizes.