Don't's
Some indications that a marriage may have been contracted solely for immigration benefits include:
• Large disparity of age;
• Inability of petitioner and beneficiary to speak each other's language;
• Vast difference in cultural and ethnic background;
• Family and/or friends unaware of the marriage;
• Marriage arranged by a third party;
• Marriage contracted immediately following the beneficiary's apprehension or receipt of notification to depart the United States;
• Discrepancies in statements on questions for which a husband and wife should have common knowledge;
• No cohabitation since marriage;
• Beneficiary is a friend of the family;
• Petitioner has filed previous petitions in behalf of aliens, especially prior alien spouses.
(The above points are extracted from USCIS field office manual.)
Do's
For marriage-based immigration petitioner and immigrant visa(including K visas) applicant, please ask yourself the following questions which will have a marked impact on the success of your immigration case:
1. How do you know each other? Were you arranged to meet by an international marriage broker(including online dating service)?
2. Ages of both parties?
3. How is English level of the Chinese fiancee(spouse)?
4. How many dependents do you have? Did you ever sponsor other person's immigration(including K visas) to the US?
5. Marriage history of both parties.
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