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The USA rules are interesting for this. If you marry a non-US spouse you will not have these problems. You cannot BRING a spouse or fiancé to the US without the
by amalag 10y ago
The USA rules are interesting for this. If you marry a non-US spouse you will not have these problems. You cannot BRING a spouse or fiancé to the US without the minimum financial requirements. But once they are in the country one (like if you married a tourist), you would not have these problems nor are they being proposed. It is relatively easy to bring your spouse or fiance to the USA.
I know someone whose spousal visa was under processing and the spouse was out of the country. He suffered a stroke and her visa was expedited with the doctor's note to help him in his healing. I think the US system is quite reasonable. The UK system does not seem like that.
In the UK they wanted to deport a spouse because the husband did not make enough money.
- vilmosi 10y agoI think she was the one not making enough money, not the husband. I think, these laws can get very complicated.
- amalag 10y agoThe article says the husband did not make enough to sponsor her visa. We have similar in the USA but that is to bring the spouse to the country, those rules don't apply once they are here.
- thrill 10y ago"It is relatively easy to bring your spouse or fiance to the USA." Maybe too easy. http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2017/03/03/laurens-man-pleads-guilty-sham-marriage-money/98692284/ http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2017/03/03/lauren...
- pm90 10y agoActually, it seems pretty great that such scamsters are being caught. The system ought to be as simple as it is for family reunions. There will always be scamsters trying to game the system.
- BeetleB 10y ago>The USA rules are interesting for this. If you marry a non-US spouse you will not have these problems. You cannot BRING a spouse or fiancé to the US without the minimum financial requirements. But once they are in the country one (like if you married a tourist), you would not have these problems nor are they being proposed. It is relatively easy to bring your spouse or fiance to the USA. I think there are more nuances. If you marry outside the US and want to bring your spouse in on a tourist visa and then apply for a US marriage license, that is visa fraud (even if you never got officially married in the country where you got "married"). Happened to a friend of mine. If you meet a great person online and you decide to marry him/her, and if that person tries to enter the US on a tourist visa but really with the intention to meet and marry you - that's visa fraud. I know most people get away with it, but occasionally the immigration officials figure it out and deport you immediately without letting you in. If your fiance manages to get in on a tourist visa and you two get married, it is likely still fraud as long as the fiance had the intent of marrying you when applying for the tourist visa. They likely will not bother hunting you down, but it is probably illegal as far as the rules go. Because of these kinds of things, I know several friends who do not take these risks. They marry the person officially in the person's home country, and then go to the consulate/embassy to formally get a PR visa for them to come over. Can take 1-2 years.