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Can a foreigner with a valid us visa marry a us citizen and remain in the us?
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∙ 14y ago
Yes, you can marry a US citizen. But do not try to forge the marriage just for getting permanent residence status in the country. As the officials are smart enough to get hold of the things and if caught in the act you will be immediately deported and will never be able to visit or live in USA.
If the marriage is real then you can apply for Green Card after 1-2 years of your marriage. Also, if there is divorce (God Forbid) then your Green Card will be canceled immediately and you will have to leave the country.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoNothing happens to the citizen except division of assets. The foreigner will have to go back to their home country when their visa expires. This is assuming there were no children as a result of the marriage, which if there are then it gets really complicated and at that point you should contact an attorney.
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∙ 11y agoA US citizen can marry a non citizen on tourist visa provided the marriage is genuine and the alien didn't enter US with the sole intent of marrying and settling in US thus committing a visa fraud.
So its important :
- for the marriage to happen in good faith.
- tourist should not hastily marry within 60 days of arrival in US or more dangerously within 30 days in US(30/60 rule)
- tourist coming to US with preconceived plan to marry and marry immediately after entering US is illegal.
- even if the marriage is over the person on tourist visa cannot file for adjustment of status until and unless he has a clean background, person's health, criminal history, evidence for marriage etc would be checked before the US citizen can petition for spouse's green card.
- until you get your green card or have a advance parole document non citizen cannot leave US
- CBP (Customs and Border Protection) inspection officers, at a port of entry through which the tourist entered would watch the non citizen.If anything is intentional for Immigration gains the person may have to face a permanent ban from entry to US.
So a US citizen can marry a person on tourist visa in US,file for adjustment of status and live ever happily in US. Else if the immigration officials are not convinced the non citizen may be deported to home country.
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