What is a business marriage?

On September 9, according to New Zealand NZ? Herald reports:? In order to obtain permanent resident status in New Zealand, more and more foreigners lied about falling in love with local people, making "business marriage" one of the most troublesome problems for immigration authorities. According to the latest data, in the last fiscal year, about 9,000 people successfully obtained New Zealand permanent resident status (green card) through partnership. However, about 500 people who claimed to have long-term and stable relations with New Zealanders left New Zealand. According to the survey, most of these people are "fraudsters" who arrange to get married in order to obtain permanent resident or citizenship in New Zealand.

Aaron, fraud detection manager of Immigration New Zealand? Baker said that this problem has become a big headache for them. Now, when they verify the spouse's immigration relationship, they find it difficult to distinguish between true and false.

Meanwhile, Allen. Baker also said that it is not easy to collect tangible evidence to prove that the applicant obtained residence status (green card) through fake marriage. At present, they are unable to count how many people have defrauded New Zealand identity through this channel.

According to the Australian New Express (2065438+August 3, 20021), there has been an increasing trend of cases of defrauding Australian citizenship by means of fake marriage recently. According to the statistics of the Australian Immigration Bureau, there have been "eight cases of fake marriage immigration in Australia every week on average" recently. In the past four years, more than 1300 overseas-born people were repatriated because they were found by the Australian Immigration Bureau to have fake marriages with Australian citizens. According to data from the Australian Immigration Bureau, the number of marriage applications from China has surpassed that from the United Kingdom, making it the source country with the most marriage applications; Followed by India, the Philippines and other countries.

The reason for this situation is that New Zealand and Australia generally have four immigration policies, namely: 1) investment immigration, 2) entrepreneurial immigration, 3) skilled immigration and 4) family reunion immigration. Among the above four immigration methods, the first three immigration methods: either need money or skills, and the most important thing is that the applicant needs to pass the English test (IELTS). Then, there is only the way of "spouse-sponsored immigration under family reunion immigration", that is, there is no need for money, no need for funds and no need for exams. As a result, this road of immigration was regarded as a shortcut by many people, and then it was developed by some intermediaries or individuals and evolved into a business, that is, "business marriage."

What is a business marriage? According to the definition of the Internet, business marriage is a way for some people to obtain the right of abode abroad (green card) by marrying foreigners, and it can also be said that they buy marriage through commercial means (mainly money transactions).

In response to this phenomenon, the immigration authorities in New Zealand and Australia have stepped up their efforts to crack down. In New Zealand, once it is verified that a commercial marriage (fake marriage) is used to come to New Zealand, you may face up to 7 years' imprisonment and a fine of S $100000. At the same time, even if you have got a green card, it will be revoked.

At the same time, the New Zealand Immigration Service has raised the threshold for "marriage guarantee" immigration applications. According to New Zealand Immigration Law: 1) Applicants and guarantors must prove that their marriage has lasted at least 12 months; 2) Language requirements (for example, both parties must use a language that the other party can understand); 3) The guarantor has not provided spouse guarantee for other applicants in the last five years; 4) Each guarantor can only guarantee the overseas spouse to settle in New Zealand twice in his life (each adult only has the right to guarantee marriage twice).

In addition, in order to crack down on fraud such as "commercial marriage", the Immigration Bureau will investigate suspicious couples by surprise home visits and asking about their personal privacy issues (such as sex life) when reviewing such cases. For example, ask a series of privacy questions such as sexual habits and frequency of sexual life of both men and women. If necessary, the Immigration Bureau will "cooperate" with the local police to investigate the applicant.

At the same time, when trying this kind of immigration cases, the most common method used by immigration officials is to extend the waiting period of marriage examination, that is, to test whether the marriage relationship between the two parties is true or false (the authenticity of marriage) by "time". Moreover, this "time test period" has no time constraint, one year, two years, three years and many years. Therefore, this brings great risks to "business marriage", because one possible result is that the visa may be in the foreseeable future, and at the same time, in the long wait, the applicant for business marriage may be: both human and financial!

The following example is a real case that happened in New Zealand:

A middle-aged woman in China married a middle-aged man from China who settled in New Zealand through a commercial marriage agency. Among them, all expenses (including wedding expenses) are paid by the lady. Then, the woman got a one-year work visa under the guarantee of the man. The lady immersed in joy thinks that getting married is equivalent to entering a safe, that is, she is from New Zealand ... (Note: According to the New Zealand Marriage Law, whether to get married depends on the de facto marriage of two people. At this point, it is very different from our marriage law. For example, the marriage law here stipulates that as long as there is evidence to prove that two people have lived together for more than three years, if they are separated at this time, both parties have the right to apply for half of each other's property. . In other words, even if the husband and wife are registered to get married, but they have lived together for less than three years, it cannot be considered as a de facto marriage. Here, the divorce policy is completely different from our country. Here, if couples want to apply for divorce, the first condition is that you must be separated for more than two years before you can apply for divorce, and then you can approve the divorce after the court decides that there is no objection. )

Soon, this China lady fell into endless despair and pain, because she found that her married husband in business began to look for various reasons to ask her for money. If she didn't give it, he threatened not to help her apply for a green card. So, this lady thinks that she married him and spent a lot of money. And she blindly believes that she can get a green card just by waiting another year. So, she chose: compromise again and again. At the same time, facing the pressure of survival, because this lady can neither speak English nor be skilled, in the end, she had to choose to work as a massage girl in a massage parlor to make money. Even so, all the money she earned was used by her business husband to buy a car. ...

More unfortunately, because the New Zealand Immigration Bureau repeatedly suspected that the relationship between the two was untrue, the lady's green card application was repeatedly put on hold. In this way, during the long waiting period, the lady was blackmailed by her husband who was married in business and was penniless. Faced with repeated immigration surveys and her commercial marriage husband's endless money transactions, this lady was deeply traumatized. She regretted believing the lies of unscrupulous intermediary companies. She also regrets that she gave up everything in China and chose the wrong way to come to New Zealand, and even more regrets that she chose the way of commercial marriage without knowing the laws of New Zealand, but no matter how regretful she was, the lady was finally ruled by the New Zealand Immigration Bureau that the green card application was not accepted. In this way, the poor lady returned to China.

Another example is the "Xue Naiyin's case of killing his wife and abandoning his daughter" in New Zealand. Black boy: Xue Naiyin immigrated to New Zealand in his early years, teaching martial arts and running magazines in Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand. In 2007, Xue Naiyin killed his wife Liu An 'an, then abandoned his three-year-old daughter in Australia, and then he fled to the United States. This case once attracted the attention of many media in Australia and New Zealand. The American TV program America &; aposs？ Most? Wanted) also reported the case in detail. On February 28th, 2008, Xue Naiyin was arrested in the United States and repatriated to New Zealand. He was eventually sentenced to life imprisonment (12 years without parole). Now, Xue Naiyin is serving his sentence in New Zealand.

Later, according to local media reports in New Zealand, Liu Anan was a tenant of Xue Naiyin at first, and later his visa expired and he could not stay in New Zealand. . So, in order to stay in New Zealand and get a green card, Liu An Ann and Xue Naiyin got married. Their relationship deteriorated after marriage. One piece of evidence is that Liu Anan called the police many times and told them that Xue Naiyin had committed domestic violence against her, such as beating her, threatening to kill her with a knife, and so on. At the same time, according to anecdotal reports, Liu Anan once fled to Wellington and lived with her lover for some time.

Finally, I want to say that not all New Zealanders and Australians are "kind people". It is a fact that there are bad people and criminal acts in any race and any country, isn't it? In fact, under the temptation of some unscrupulous intermediaries, some China immigrants and some New Zealanders here also joined the "business marriage" fraud business. They took advantage of the idea that some Chinese ladies went abroad to settle down and cheated on food and drink. According to Australian Chinese newspapers, most Chinese newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne in Australia have publicly published advertisements for "business marriage", and the negotiated price has risen to 5 10. Many Australians, even the elderly, are involved in this cause. At the same time, many unscrupulous China intermediaries are playing the role of "pimping".

So, here, I hope all China ladies (or men) will keep their eyes open when looking for foreign spouses! Sincerely wish: every friend can get what he wants!