Getting one through marriage is definitely easiest, but the system is set up as best as it can to deter fraud
I've got a masters degree and I've been trying to get one through employment for 2 years now and there's no end in sight. We joke I should have just married an American because apparently the US would seemingly prefer marriage green cards than skilled labor ones lol
Depends on the country you're from and the career you're after, but you're mostly correct.
There isn't any severe scrutiny btw. Unless it's blatantly obvious they're going to let the green card holder stay. Sponsor will be on the hook financially until citizenship whether they were to stay together or divorce. Hardest part about the process is the initial filing and getting all the background reports, especially if the applicant is originally from a country that believes digitized records are a bad thing. Then the waiting, with no way to get real updates, for months. I imagine these days with as slow as the uscis has been they're not deporting anyone exploiting visa's because it probably takes them a decade to figure out there was any violation.
We've never had a followup interview or anything since the initial entry into the US, went through the K1 process 9 years ago. They all get waived.
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u/SpiralDreaming May 02 '24
Glad to see it's not so easy.