hi friends can I help you find a spouse
yes you've heard correctly the question
in this immigration 101 video is simply
whether I can help you find a spouse for
immigration purposes and so the answer
is clearly no no that is not what I do
at all you know that I talk a lot about
pathways to a green card and one of the
primary pathways to a green card is
through your family relationships if you
have not yet seen my pathway to a green
card video number two I'm gonna place a
link to it in this video and in this
post check it out and learn about who is
eligible to be sponsored by a relative
now back to our question about whether I
can help you find a husband or a wife
for immigration purposes so again I'm
just gonna say very clearly in this
video no I will not do that that's not
what I do but let's break this down a
bit because there are some serious risk
involved with this type of plan or
scheme and simply what we're talking
about here is marriage fraud it is a
sham marriage okay and you may have
heard that phrase before sham marriages
this is a crime it is a crime okay it is
not something that you should be engaged
in but of course people do it right
people do this type of things and
sometimes they get away with it other
times they do not our government takes
sham marriages very seriously and so
they closely look at applications or
petitions for a green card that is filed
by a spouse that is something you should
really think about our government is
literally looking for this so be careful
about that now how does this happen how
does a sham marriage actually happen
because in some cases quite frankly it
can be unintended meaning that you did
not intend to enter into marriage fraud
so let's break it down
first way that you can find yourself in
a marriage fraud situation is if someone
offers to pay you to marry them so that
they could apply for a green card or
money doesn't necessarily have to be
part of the transaction guys it can be a
favor someone simply asked you to for
the favor of marrying him or her so that
they can get a green card it is fraud it
is illegal it is a felony stay away from
me
second way that this happens is through
mail-order brides which I'm sure you've
heard of right it's when US citizen
maybe pays someone to come over here
marry him or her for a green card it is
fraud either way you look at it that is
also considered a sham marriage the
third way and this is the unintended way
right for the u.s. citizens when a US
citizen marries a foreigner and the
foreigner it deceives that person into
thinking that love is part of the
relationship when in fact he or she did
not love the person but only wanted to
get a green card those are the three
primary ways in which marriage fraud
occurs very serious consequences are
attached to this type of activity and
the first is that you face you could
face up to five years imprisonment five
years in prison here in the United
States or up to 250,000 in fines and
certainly you can face being deported or
removed for being involved in marriage
fraud so don't do it guys I hope you
understand clearly that marriage fraud
is something that I discouraged strongly
our system does not support it yes it
happens but be careful about doing being
involved in that because it is a crime
it is a felony and it is illegal comment
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and tell me what your thoughts are about
what I've shared with you in this video
about sham marriages again do it for
love and own
love right stay away from sham marriages
it's not worth it you don't want to
spend time in prison here in the United
States and you certainly don't want to
be deported for this offense it was
great talking to you and I will see you
guys in the next video bye-bye