# Girlfriend wants to move to US, thoughts? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 13, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-wants-to-move-to-us-thoughts/754655 "2016-05-13T04:28:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-wants-to-move-to-us-thoughts/754655/101 "2016-05-15T23:44:04Z")
drachillix writes: \> I was picked up at the airport in manila by a woman i had never met in person in \> an unmarked car with a driver. I survived without being sold for parts. You did? Well, shoot, that means that I got cheated. Someone swore to me that they were selling me genuine drachillix parts. I wonder now whose parts these are. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-wants-to-move-to-us-thoughts/754655/102 "2016-05-15T23:48:32Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > I know a woman who’s beautiful; she is a model. I’ve met her a few times & spoke to her for 5-10 minutes at a time; she speaks normally & intelligently. In short, on paper, she’s wonderful. She recently spent a few days at my friend’s house for the first time when she was in her town. My friend told me in no uncertain terms to stay away because she’s whack-a-doozle; there’s really a whole lotta issues with her that my friend didn’t know about until she got to see this woman in her relaxed element. These are things you wouldn’t necessarily see on a chat session. You need to know someone long enough that they let their guard down around you & act like themselves as that’s what it’s going to be like if you’re married to them. Heck, I lived with my first husband for three years before we married and he turned out to be whack-a-doozle. Thank God he was a U.S. Citizen so I didn’t face accusations of fraud when I divorced him from Homeland Security. > **[What Is Marriage Fraud Under U.S. Immigration Law?](https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/free-books/fiance-marriage-visa-book/chapter1-6.html)** > > A sham marriage is one whose purpose is to gain a U.S. green card for a foreign national -- which is a criminal act. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-wants-to-move-to-us-thoughts/754655/103 "2016-05-15T23:48:43Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > drachillix writes: > > \> I was picked up at the airport in manila by a woman i had never met in person in > \> an unmarked car with a driver. I survived without being sold for parts. > > You did? Well, shoot, that means that I got cheated. Someone swore to me that they were selling me genuine drachillix parts. I wonder now whose parts these are. Probably cheap chinese knockoffs ---
**Author:** ![T-Minus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T-Minus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Minus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-wants-to-move-to-us-thoughts/754655/104 "2016-05-16T05:54:42Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Heck, I lived with my first husband for three years before we married and he turned out to be whack-a-doozle. Thank God he was a U.S. Citizen so I didn’t face accusations of fraud when I divorced him from Homeland Security. > > [http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/free-books/fiance-marriage-visa-book/chapter1-6.html](http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/free-books/fiance-marriage-visa-book/chapter1-6.html) What did he do that was so whacky? Also I am going to have my girlfriend visit me and see how that works out. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-wants-to-move-to-us-thoughts/754655/105 "2016-05-16T08:28:45Z")
> [@T-Minus](#): > > What did he do that was so whacky? > > Also I am going to have my girlfriend visit me and see how that works out. Just please dont send money. I have not heard of a scenario yet where that has a happy ending. ---
**Author:** ![T-Minus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T-Minus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Minus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-wants-to-move-to-us-thoughts/754655/106 "2016-05-16T17:02:59Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > Just please dont send money. I have not heard of a scenario yet where that has a happy ending. I am nor going to send money, she owns a small business so she can come over here. I just need to invite her over is all. Now I just have to deal with the dogs, they are going to bark like nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-wants-to-move-to-us-thoughts/754655/107 "2016-05-17T05:06:12Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > Just please dont send money. I have not heard of a scenario yet where that has a happy ending. Sending money (and lots of it) tends to have a happy ending for the recipient. (Or did you mean _that_ kind of “happy ending”?) ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-wants-to-move-to-us-thoughts/754655/108 "2016-05-17T18:43:05Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Sending money (and lots of it) tends to have a happy ending for the recipient. > > (Or did you mean _that_ kind of “happy ending”?) Happy ending for “all” involved parties. ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-wants-to-move-to-us-thoughts/754655/109 "2016-05-17T20:16:22Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Heck, I lived with my first husband for three years before we married and he turned out to be whack-a-doozle. Thank God he was a U.S. Citizen so I didn’t face accusations of fraud when I divorced him from Homeland Security. > > [http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/free-books/fiance-marriage-visa-book/chapter1-6.html](http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/free-books/fiance-marriage-visa-book/chapter1-6.html) Why would you divorce him from homeland security? I thought he was your husband rather than theirs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-wants-to-move-to-us-thoughts/754655.md?page=5)