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Why does the spouse of an American citizen not automatically gain permanent residence permit?

• hollerith 10mo ago
  Probably because the government wants to make sure the spouse does not have an extensive criminal record and is not currently being sanctioned by the government.
• LorenPechtel 10mo ago
  Green card marriages. Aka two-legged visa. The reality is most applications are deemed fraudulent. We had to do the life trivia interview--separate us, ask the same questions, compare the answers. Talking with my wife later I found some flaws in their questions (things like "what does she usually wear at night" vs "what did you wear last night"--oops, we had stayed over at my parent's place the night before, she wore more than usual) but even then I could see how their attitude changed--apparently most "couples" bomb that interview. (And he would not accept that the question about brand of TV, I said she will say she doesn't know. He didn't believe that was possible--the TV predated the relationship, this was from when TVs started being just the tube with a minimum of frame, thus the name was small. It would have surprised me if she knew.)