Annulment

[PrincessNCole]

If you married someone becauae you love them but you also know that their VISA expired, does that mean you married for fraudulent reasons and that if you file annulment, not only will the immigrant serve time and get deported, bur youll face consequences as well because you knew their VISA expired?

 

[Zigner]

If you married someone becauae you love them but you also know that their VISA expired, does that mean you married for fraudulent reasons and that if you file annulment, not only will the immigrant serve time and get deported, bur youll face consequences as well because you knew their VISA expired?

What state did the marriage occur in? Are the parties still in that state?

 

[LdiJ]

If you married someone becauae you love them but you also know that their VISA expired, does that mean you married for fraudulent reasons and that if you file annulment, not only will the immigrant serve time and get deported, bur youll face consequences as well because you knew their VISA expired?

Would you have married the person anyway? Someone can have a bona fide marriage whether or not they knew their spouse's visa had expired. That would not necessarily be a fraudulent marriage if you are actually in love.

 

[Zigner]

I'm beginning to think that the OP WAS involved in a marriage designed to allow one party to remain in the marriage. The OP is concerned about negative consequences that could come from filing for an annulment, but doesn't seem worried about whether or not an annulment is appropriate.

 

[not2cleverRed]

If you married someone becauae you love them but you also know that their VISA expired, does that mean you married for fraudulent reasons and that if you file annulment, not only will the immigrant serve time and get deported, bur youll face consequences as well because you knew their VISA expired?

It is only fraudulent if you weren't planning one living as spouse and spouse...

If you married with both of you planning on being together spouse and spouse, and the immigration status wasn't a factor, then it's not fraudulent.

If you married planning on being together spouse and spouse, only you found out after the fact that the illegal immigrant spouse was keeping another honey bunny on the side back home, it is still not fraud on your part, but may be fraud on the cheater's part. Whether you would qualify for an annulment is another matter.

So... satisfy our curiosity... what state is this, and why do you think an annulment makes more sense than a divorce?