QUESTION
How will this affect Our wife"s immigration to the USA
Asked on Oct 27th, 2015 on Immigration - Hawaii
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In 2000 my husband "B" and I divorced was while he was in prison. I re-married in 2003 to "J". In 2012 "j" and I moved here to Hawaii and I applied for a driver's licensed. There was a problem with my ID. It had my "B's" last name on it. When trying to locate my divorce papers, I learned that my divorce was not legalized We did officially get divorced in Oct 2013. "J" and I wanted to have another spouse in our relationship. We met a lovely woman who is a Kenyan citizen who wanted to be our second wife. in Kenya Africa polygamy is legal. She and my "husband" got married. Since he and I are not legally married and she and him are, will this have any effect on her immigrating to the US? We will be living together in the same house
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Although Hawaii is a "damn good place to be polyamorous", Federal law is not. Intending to immigrate to the USA for purposes of engaging in Polygamy would make your new "wife" inadmissible and ineligible for an immigrant visa. Lying about the intention would make her both inadmissible for material misrepresentation - that one lasts for life - and deportable eventually as inadmissible at the time of entry.
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Answered on Oct 31st, 2015 at 9:23 AM