I agree! How do ur commit “marriage fraud” anyway? And arranged marriages are a thing, and what Sosuo gunna tell the popo? “My son married a woman he doesn’t love!!” The police: “and?”
Marriage fraud is def a real thing, though I haven’t seen any tropes about it outside of citizenship stuff ┑(￣Д ￣)┍
Marriages can be considered fraudulent if the relationship is solely a pretext to gain benefits from the marriage that the individuals would not have had otherwise (ex. Health insurance or citizenship)
So lavender marriages are fraudulent?
Not in a legal sense. For all legal and financial purposes the parties are married in good faith even if there are other relationships behind them. Marriage fraud usually refers to situations such as:
1. My friend has cancer but no insurance, so I’ll marry them to give them access to mine, then we can divorce once they’re better
2. I don’t have a close relationship with this person, but they want to become a citizen of my country and offered to compensate me if we pretend to be in a relationship to get the green card
3. I split from my ex but never bothered to make the divorce official before moving across the country, but now I met someone else, so I’ll just go through a wedding without voiding the last one
Oh wow!!!! So TLC’s 90 day fiancé is sorta an opportunity for fraudulent marriages huh? Thank you for explaining!
Welcome, glad it helped!
I don’t really get why they’re so afraid of the marriage contract being revealed by that scumbag. Sure, they aren’t in love, but they both have full citizenship, are legally married, living together, and basically do everything that a real couple would do, so it’s not like there’s any fraud involved. Sure, it might be a bit awkward, but people get married for all sorts of reasons, to meet mutual needs, to care for an unexpected child, to have kids before biological time runs out, etc... ╮(￣▽￣)╭