Are you talking about marrying a romantic partner you want to live with, or about marriage solely for the purpose of helping someone obtain legal residence in the US? The latter is illegal, and authorities subject suspected Green Card marriages to a high degree of scrutiny to prove the couple has actually combined finances, spent a lot of time together, etc. Some of my friends in “real” marriages between a US citizen and non-US citizen get really anxious about the interviews they have to go through and the documents they need to provide.
Answering “x or y?” questions with just “no” (or “yes”) seems to leave things ambiguous (does it mean “the latter,” “not the former,” or “neither of those”?). It seems impolite to me (not putting in the effort to write something slightly longer to make things easier for the reader).
Are you talking about marrying a romantic partner you want to live with, or about marriage solely for the purpose of helping someone obtain legal residence in the US? The latter is illegal, and authorities subject suspected Green Card marriages to a high degree of scrutiny to prove the couple has actually combined finances, spent a lot of time together, etc. Some of my friends in “real” marriages between a US citizen and non-US citizen get really anxious about the interviews they have to go through and the documents they need to provide.
No, not just to obtain residence.
Confused by the downvotes. People here want me to say yes??
Answering “x or y?” questions with just “no” (or “yes”) seems to leave things ambiguous (does it mean “the latter,” “not the former,” or “neither of those”?). It seems impolite to me (not putting in the effort to write something slightly longer to make things easier for the reader).