Sham marriage in the United Kingdom

Sham marriage in the United Kingdom is a form of immigration fraud in the UK, primarily London, conducted systematically to gain British citizenship in exchange for short-term financial gain. The fraud is often committed by taking advantage of loopholes in EU immigration law to circumvent customary immigration procedures. The fraud is investigated mostly by the UK Border Force and previously by the UK Border Agency.

Sham marriage on 8 June 2010 at Oxford Registry Office

Marriage law in the UK

The laws applying to British citizenship are the same across all four constituent countries, and are under European Union law; however, the laws of marriage are not the same across all four constituent countries.

History

In 2010 a legal rulingTemplate:What ruling? by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which administers the European Convention on Human Rights, assisted the incidence of sham marriage in the UK . Increases in sham marriage were reported in London boroughs such as Wandsworth [1]. Before 2010, people would need a marriage visa from their own country of origin.

Offenders are caught in June 2010; the wedding reception would have to later recommence at the police station

Containment

Sham marriage in the UK is also investigated, as a whole phenomenon, by MigrationWatch UK.[2] The whole phenomenon is the responsibility of UK Visas and Immigration. The Immigration Act 2014 included language concerning bogus marriages, and sham marriage was also referenced by Section 24 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

See also

References

  1. ↑ January 2010 report
  2. ↑ MigrationWatch UK July 2010
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