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In United States immigration law, marriage not made in good faith and for purposes of immigration fraud is a felony, subject to a penalty of a US$250,000 fine and five-year prison sentence on the citizen, and deportation of the foreigner. [24]
The Stokes interview is a secondary interview conducted on a couple who are trying to obtain an immigration green card in the United States on the basis of their marriage. It occurs when the immigration officer conducting the adjustment of status interview suspects that a couple's marital status is fraudulent. The Stokes interview is offered as ...
A Los Angeles-based marriage agency is facing federal charges, accused of allegedly arranging sham marriages for more than 400 foreign national clients -- including some from Massachusetts -- to ...
An ex-Army soldier was sentenced to three months in federal prison Thursday and must pay $202, 309 in restitution after conspiring with a woman to evade U.S. immigration laws, enter into a fake ...
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Justice Department say that they do not have accurate numbers on the rate of attempted marriage fraud. [97] In the 2009 fiscal year, 506 (0.2%) of the 241,154 petitions filed were denied for suspected fraud; 7% were denied on other grounds. [98]
A California man has pleaded guilty to arranging hundreds of sham marriages in an effort to circumvent immigration laws, federal prosecutors said. Marcialito Biol Benitez, a 49-year-old Philippine ...
Fraudulent marriage is any marriage that has been entered into with the sole purpose of circumventing the law. According to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), Act 255 [8 U.S.C 1325], the consequences of entering into a marriage in order to evade the law include incarceration for up to five years, a fine of up to $250,000, or both. [16]
The American Civil Liberties Union says a growing number of officers have twisted the rules by detaining immigrant spouses following marriage interviews. Lawsuit: Federal agents are using marriage ...