Comments on: Double Proxy Weddings Boom in the Flathead
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By princess punky on 06-14-12 @ 7:41 am
No photos, no recordings? That’s probably because these are fake ‘marriages’ especially if at least one person is overseas in the military. Maybe thats their way around the INS.
These double -proxy marriages sound illegal. If you have never seen the person getting ’ married’, how do you
confirm their identity and the legitimacy of the ‘marriage’?
Why do they get to be ‘married’ in Montana if they’ve never even been here, and may never come here?
Why do I have to pay the out-of-state tuition rate because Ive not been here a full year yet, but people who do not
live here can get Montana ‘marriage’ licenses?
By herewegoagain on 06-14-12 @ 10:05 am
“By state law, either the bride or groom must be a Montana resident or a military member on active duty. “
You should probably read it all before you spout off…
By sabotboy1960 on 06-14-12 @ 11:19 am
and then there is this interesting tidbit from military.com.
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/06/08/colonel-faces-charges-including-bigamy-
adultery.html?comp=7000023435700&rank=2
By princess punky on 06-14-12 @ 1:55 pm
Herewegoagain
prove that these ‘marriages’ are legitimate, and the military members are not getting ‘married’ for financial gain.
Single soldiers live in barracks. Married soldiers get nicer private housing on-post or off-post as well as other
benefits.
Some military members might be getting paid to bring a ‘spouse’ back with them from an overseas tour at Govt
expense. Paying $800 bucks for a quickie ‘wedding’ is not much if you’re getting much more profit elsewhere. These
double-proxy ‘marriages’ lets ANY service member get married even if neither of them never intend to have any
connection to Montana. Why spend $800 for a Montana marriage license when a local one may be $75 or less? It
opens the door to a whole bunch of fraudulent marriages which might not occur except for some financial gain
Montana is giving them.
And yes, if Montana is helping them run a scam to gain residency or some other Montana privileges by enforcing
unfair rules that cost me more money, I am going to speak out about it.
By Eileen Wright on 06-14-12 @ 9:45 pm
I assume a serviceman with a pregnant girlfriend he met overseas can get married by proxy in MTbefore the birth and the baby will be a US citizen.
By princess punky on 06-15-12 @ 6:52 am
EllenAre you for or against “double-proxy marriages”? I am objecting to the way these “marriages” aid people in avoiding
rules and laws that the rest of us have to follow. A military service man overseas can use a double-proxy marriage to
marry a woman he met in that country. Montana has no information about that woman, but that marriage certificate
enables her to travel into the US at Govt expense with her ‘husband’. She doesnt even have to be in the US but she
has become a Montana resident simply by virtue of that “marriage” she didnt even attend. She does not even have to
be in the US but her ‘marriage’ to a Montana resident entitles to everything any other Montana resident would get.
She can then take classes at the same community college where I want to attend. She’s not in the US, but her
‘marriage’ to a Montana resident nstantly qualifies her to the in-state tuition rate I am being denied even though I
live here. That is not fair.
I don’t have the $800 necessary to run the scam those two people in my example did. Their $800 buys them
Montana rights and privileges, US rights and privileges, which is why they are willing to pay the money instead of
getting married in the country where they are both living at the time. Its a scam which may also help her get around
the INS rules, too. Foreign residents who want to come to the US to live but don’t have the $800 and a military
contact get screwed too. They have to wait years to become a US resident.
If you want to get married, show up at your own wedding.
By Eileen Wright on 06-15-12 @ 6:58 am
RE: “Their $800 buys them Montana rights and privileges, US rights and privileges, which is whythey are willing to pay the money instead of getting married in the country where they are both
living at the time. Its a scam which may also help her get around the INS rules, too.”
The article wasn’t specific about them living in the same country. That opens the door for even
more scam. It seems like a GI stationed in Germany could marry a woman in Mexical and hve her
become an instant citizen. If that’s the case, there could be brokers following our service
members looking for ‘clients’ willing to marry for a price.
By princess punky on 06-15-12 @ 8:05 am
Eileen I agree with you. These double-proxy marriages could be done by ANY service member OR Montana resident to buy
an illegal aliens way into the country. How real is a ‘wedding’ if the people getting “married” don’t even want to show
up for it? Why am I the only one who finds that suspicious?
By Mark Phillips on 06-20-12 @ 10:20 am
A US citizen, having lived in the states for 14 years and is 35 at time of inauguration can be President of the United States. Children of US citizen (s) born in foreign countries are American citizens. The
question of “should” is addressed in the Electoral College.
By Eileen Wright on 06-22-12 @ 9:15 pm
Check this out from just down the road in Idaho:http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/06/peruvian_woman_sentenced_for_g.html#postComment
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