What are the consequences of a sham marriage for both people involved?
Answer:
Conspiracy to commit visa fraud carries a penalty of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
Good question.
If they get caught, it is a felony, punishable by prison time and the non-American will be deported after serving their time.
it becomes painful in later serious relationships... and i have heard horror stories of people who didn't have prenuptials have horrible law suits...
jail for the citizen, deportation for the other. i think the punishment for the citizen should be more harsh because a person who would scam their own country should have known better, the other was foolish, desperate, and had nothing to lose. one who doesn't value what they already have surely doesn't deserve to keep it at the level they were enjoying prior.
It's a crime. You better hope you or your friend don't find anyone else in the next five years because if you do then your ride to your free citizenship comes to an end. That's if the government doesn't sniff you out first.
By the way do you know the government get's everyone's IPS addy. They have been asking all companies for it. I wouldn't trying marrying her now if I were you. Big Brother knows.
15 years in the federal pen.
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