Sham Marriages - How to you know one??

[enterprise2]

Not difficult to prove a sham marriage. Get the couple down for an interview. Put themn in separate rooms. They can only clear the interview if they can answer intimate details of their partners. Getting their relatives and close friends down for an interview is another option. From my knowledge, no PIs involved.

Did not realize I need to have intimate details of my partner to get married or that if I don't know, the state can dissolve the marriage and charge me for entering into a sham marriage. I better read up on the bio data of my wife then!

 

[enterprise2]

Not likely as meimei belongs to someone else.

Well she is your wife and she needs that marriage cert ... So deps on your neg skills!!

 

[Bigfuck]

Look in Parliament and Leegime, you can see many That one is your best tutorial on the topic.

 

[GoldenDragon]

In the beginning back then the rates were even higher....30k upfront.

That's right. Market rate plunged liao. 15k is dirt cheap.

 

[tomahawk]

You will know when u realize it's too late.

 

[AceFrehley]

Thursday March 28, 2013

More Singaporeans paid to enter phoney marriages

THE number of sham marriages has shot up, with most of them uncovered in the second half of last year.

Latest official figures show that there were 54 such marriages last year, about 10 times more than the previous year.

This is despite the passing of a law last August that criminalises such marriages and imposes tougher penalties that include jail time.

Often, the phoney nuptials involve a Singaporean being paid to marry a foreigner who wants to get a long-term visit pass or permanent residency.

Experts attribute the rise to the buoyant job market and the difficulty in obtaining citizenship.

But the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has also stepped up enforcement. Most of those caught last year were a result of “intensified enforcement efforts”, the ICA said yesterday.

Issuing a stern warning, it said it “will not hesitate to take action against those who have submitted their applications under false representations, and have their immigration facilities revoked”.

The severity of the situation was highlighted by Second Minister for Home Affairs S. Iswaran last August when he introduced a Bill in Parliament to tighten the law against sham marriages. He had said an average of four or five cases were detected yearly from 2007 to 2011.

The number soared to 12 in the first six months of last year, an increase that was “probably symptomatic of a larger trend”, he added.

With the new law, the couples-in-crime, syndicate leaders and middlemen face up to 10 years behind bars and/or a fine of up to S$10,000 (RM25,000).

These harsher penalties apply to marriages registered on or after Dec 19, 2012.

Previously, taking part in a marriage of convenience was not a specific criminal offence. — The Straits Times / Asia News Network

 

[GeylangPimp]

Not long ago drifter was touting jap babes for fake marriage....price tag sgd12k

Bro you making him sound like doing my job, how can?

 

[kongsimi]

do you mean in matland this kinds of thing don't happen at all?