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How to Prepare a Winning Marriage Application
29 Jan 2011 / Family VisasMarriage to an American citizen is the most common method foreign nationals use to obtain permanent residence or green card status in the United States. It is also the method that is most often abused. Because of the high incidence of fraud, USCIS officials carefully scrutinize all marriage applications (and their related adjustment of status applications) to ensure that the marriage [...]
USCIS Using More Resources to Combat Immigration Fraud
11 Feb 2010 / Announcements, Employer Sanctions, H1-B Visas, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Fraud, L-1 visasThe Orlando Sentinel reported today that the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has increased its resources and reorganized anti fraud operations to include an Office of Fraud Detection and National Security in light of the passage of the H-1B Visa Reform Act of 2004, to identify and investigate false claims in connection with green card applications based on marriage, H-1B and L-1 work visas, [...]
Marriage Fraud Scheme in Ohio Dismantled
10 Dec 2009 / Announcements, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration FraudOfficers from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE) in cooperation with local law enforcement arrested nine people in Columbus, OH and charged them with conspiracy to commit marriage fraud in order to obtain permanent residence (green cards). The indictment alleged that the individuals recruited U.S. citizens and foreign nationals, mostly from countries in Eastern Europe, to enter into sham marriages to evade immigration [...]
