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Post by miceelf on Feb 23, 2010 9:25:46 GMT -5
The set up for this storyline reminds me of Green Card with Gerard Depardieu and Andie McDowell. They tried to do the same thing to establish their "relationship" for the INS -- taking pictures of themselves that looked like they were in different places at least over a year to make a photo album, etc. And the grilling they each got in the INS office --separately, so they couldn't coach each other -- was really grueling. I wonder if that's what Margie is going to be in for.
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Post by marionj2 on Feb 23, 2010 13:06:20 GMT -5
Remember Margene saying to Bill that they needed accountants and lawyers to deal with her money, and Bill dismissed her (as usual). I wonder if that's going to come back to bite them.
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Post by samantha on Feb 23, 2010 14:57:22 GMT -5
I agree that Margene did this thinking she was helping but, I'm also concerned that this will come back to bite Margene. Goran is likely to hussle her for money from her business once he finds out how much money she makes. Aside from the absurdity of the whole thing - the INS takes the sudden marriage of people whose visas are expiring very seriously. You have to prove a LOT more than show a photo of a Christmas tree. Here's a link - www.immihelp.com/greencard/familybasedimmigration/marriage-based-greencard-fraud-interview.htmlYour point above, though, made me think. That divorce Margene mentioned so casually could cost her a lot of money. Even worse, is her life at risk? I don't trust Goran an inch. Yes, the INS does take the sudden marriage of people whose visas are expiring seriously and also, don't they keep track of divorces? Because hasn't there been problems with people marrying someone to get citizenship and then divorcing them quickly. In another words, don't they also look at quick divorces after just being married? This would point to the marriage being a fraud.
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Post by rissmeek on Feb 23, 2010 22:02:42 GMT -5
Maybe just maybe, Margie just became first wife of a new poly marriage. lol
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Post by liz3564 on Feb 23, 2010 23:16:54 GMT -5
Call me ignorant....What am I missing? If Ana is a US citizen, why couldn't she marry Goran? They were engaged anyway. It doesn't make sense.
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Post by rissmeek on Feb 23, 2010 23:55:45 GMT -5
Call me ignorant....What am I missing? If Ana is a US citizen, why couldn't she marry Goran? They were engaged anyway. It doesn't make sense. I'm not sure Ana is a full fledge citizen yet. I think she's in the "period" of time you have to live here before becoming official.
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Post by marionj2 on Feb 24, 2010 10:02:47 GMT -5
Call me ignorant....What am I missing? If Ana is a US citizen, why couldn't she marry Goran? They were engaged anyway. It doesn't make sense. Ana almost certainly isn't a citizen. She may have a green card, which some of us have for many years without taking citizenship, or she may be working illegally, which is often the case with waitresses and bartenders. They come here to study in their "real" field - in Ana's case, to be a dental assistant as she is in Serbia, and take jobs off the books to pay the rent.
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Post by albertaleon on Feb 26, 2010 0:02:09 GMT -5
I wish Margene would have discussed marrying Goran before doing it. They could have found someone to marry Goran besides Margene to keep the baby in the country.
I don't understand how being married to Goran will help Margene. If they come out as polygamist then Bill will introduce all of his wives. It will not matter if Margene is married to Goran. It is going to seem very strange too. The government will not like it at all because they will know the marriage between Goran and Margene is for citizenship only.
I would even think that with all of the people Ana would have to know waitressing she could have found someone to marry Goran to become a US citizen. I do not think that Margene would have had to introduce them to that idea.
Again, I sitll do not know how this helps Margene at all. If this was a real family and they came out as polygamist. For example, let's say Dianne Sawyer was interviewing the Hendricksons for a five night special. We were introduced to all of the wives and got to hear how their feelings. When Dianne did a sidenote that "Margene the third wife of Bill Hendrickson is legally married. It's not what you think. Margene married Goran the boyfriend of Ana who once dated the family and was eventually sealed to Bill. Ana sooned realized that polygamy was no for her and left Bill and her three wives. Ana left carrying Bill's child which was conceived out of wedlock. Bill's third wife took it upon herself to marry Goran to keep Bill's baby with Ana in the country."
So, if I were hearing about this family on a TV news magazine special I would have dislike for this family having one of their wives marry a guy so he can be a us citizen and stay in the us with the baby. I would get the impression that the Hendricksons are scheemers.
I think Margene's choice to marry was a poor one. In my opinion it makes the family look bad plus I don't see how being married to Ana's boyfriend benefits Margene in anyway.
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Post by BigLoveRocks! on Feb 26, 2010 0:21:36 GMT -5
Those are some great points, and I totally agree.
It was a poor decision and the only reason Margene didn't discuss it with Bill before doing it was because she figured it would save her from having to come out as a polygamist.
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Post by morgain13 on Feb 26, 2010 9:34:56 GMT -5
Oh I think it definitely benefits Margene. I think she is going to use it against Bill to not out her. She will say that if he introduces her as his wife then the INS will know her marriage to Goran is a fake & then Anna will leave with his baby. This way he comes out with just Barb & Nikki and she keeps her business (in her mind)
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Post by marigoldmama on Feb 26, 2010 9:44:15 GMT -5
I think Margene "thought" it would benefit her but did not think it all out like we did. ;D
Margene is a bit impulsive and didn't really give it all the thought she should've.
Margene should read this thread so she knows what she is in for! We got it all figured out!
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Post by morgain13 on Feb 26, 2010 12:24:21 GMT -5
lol someone should post a link to her on her blog
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Post by marionj2 on Feb 26, 2010 13:18:31 GMT -5
Why does everyone think Margene did it to benefit herself?
The simplest answer is, she did it to help Ana, who she really likes and wants to be a friend. (Not sure why at this point.) And to help the family, to keep the baby in the country. And to save them from Goran's not-too-veiled threat to out Bill.
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Post by marigoldmama on Feb 26, 2010 14:03:53 GMT -5
Marion, I thought she did it for the reasons you listed also but I think it will also be a nice cushion to have a "legal husband" when this campaign outs her.
On the surface, it is a good idea but it can go really wrong for everyone.
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Post by rissmeek on Feb 26, 2010 17:15:55 GMT -5
Wasn't it Nikki that though Margie had married Goren so she didn't have to come out with the rest of the family? If the sister wives are thinking this too we can't all be part of Your's Truly Hollis Green's fruit loops.
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