The local papers carry stories of sham marriages every now and then. A guest worker marries a local only to get an IR status, in exchange for a fee, and they don't live in the same house nor see each other after the fake marriage.
a few years ago, i never thought such things happen here until i met a man who admitted to marrying a woman from here for the sole purpose of having an IR status (no kiss, no touch, a total mismatch). i could have gone to the police or immigration...but the optimist side of me thought maybe they'd learn to like each other so it won't be called a fraud after all.
and so far i havent seen his name in the papers or his face on TV arrested or charged with marriage fraud.
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learned to love each other?... yeah right.
probably,... a 25 to 35 year old guy will learn to love a 70 or 80 year old woman.
of course the woman loves the guy... he pays her every month (from what he earns from his taxi), until he gets his green card.
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