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horcgal · Frequent Guest Joined: 07 Jul 2008 Posts: 10 Location: USA

This said to ask "anything".......Ive been watching a situation that I cant seem to figure out.

an american woman kept referring to her boyfriend as her husband, yet she still keeps her own name on credit cards, email, even her cell phone message has her own last name. she says theyve been married for 2 years. I think she was offended because I didnt beleive that she was married to him so she started wearing a ring....on her left hand...pretty diamond ring....and he now has a ring, also with a diamond, on his left hand.

I thought wedding rings are on the RIGHT hand, and are smooth, plain gold bands. or am I wrong????

I know in America, you have only a very short time to change your name to your husbands name on things like credit cards, etc.

Does anyone know anything about marrying someone for a green card?
Im not sure if it is true, but I had heard that if you marry someone so they can get their green card, after 2 years (or maybe longer?) you give up your Russian citizenship.

jo jo 7 · Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:18 pm Post subject: Re: strange situation

Paul Holmes · Lounge Wizard Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 1071

If they claim spousal abuse, they will accelerate the application for green cards.
There was open season for women who married American men(and vice versa) who gave up their life(family, friends, home, and job) to come over here and marry their "dream" man. Many of the people who they married them, abused, pushed them into prostitution, some were even murdered, and so on. There was a "predator" on this forum who was looking for Russian women who recently divorced and had the threat of returning back to Russia. They offered employment with a green card to a be a personal "nanny" to some wealthy men.
So the government decided that they would support such women, thus allow them to stay and accelerate the green card status. Now this has gotten through the grape vine and women are coming over here, marry, then divorce to receive a green card, spousal support (sometimes child support), and then invite their true boyfriend from Russia to America.

horcgal · Frequent Guest Joined: 07 Jul 2008 Posts: 10 Location: USA

my last post didnt go through it seems.

Jojo, did your friend "HAVE" to give up Russian citizenship?

vox16 · WayToRussified Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 356

horcgal · Frequent Guest Joined: 07 Jul 2008 Posts: 10 Location: USA

But, I thought you cant have dual citizenship.

A friend who is from Ireland was recently told that America does not recognize dual citizenship and she would have to renounce Irish citizenship to obtain american.

jo jo 7 · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:24 am Post subject:

camarks · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:04 am Post subject:

One is not required to give up foreign citizenship to obtain US citizenship. See http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1753.html and http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=ce2b2cd1f7e9e010VgnVCM1000000ecd190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=96719c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
The US discourages dual citizenship because, among other things, it creates situations where it may not be able to assist US citizens abroad, but it is neither illegal nor uncommon.