Fictitious marriage today is a means of resolving many problems. Characteristically, the concept of “commercial or business marriage” is the most common synonym for fictitious marriage. In fact, this concept expresses the main meaning and purpose of concluding such unions.
Goals and Benefits: Why Fake Marriage?
From a legal position, fictitious marriage is the registration of a union of two people who pursue any goals other than creating a family. The specific goals according to statistics in most cases are the desire to obtain citizenship, benefits from the state, to avoid religious and ethnic persecution, or to hide sexual orientation. The most popular motive was and remains the desire to obtain the citizenship of a certain country in order to be able to constantly live and work there.
Service cost"
According to the study of the social status in Russia, about a fifth of marriages are actually fictitious, with the help of which people in the conditions of crisis earn good money. The cost of a fictitious marriage is quite high. Grooms and brides who possess valuable qualities like Moscow registration estimate “their hand and heart” in the amount of three to ten thousand dollars. Such rates can be found on the Internet. There is an option to search for a “spouse” through friends, then there is a chance that a trip to the registry office will cost a little cheaper.
The dangers of fictitious marriages
With all the possibilities that a business marriage provides, it also carries a series of dangerous consequences that can “come up” at any time. When concluding a deal at the registry office, we are to some extent dependent on a fictitious spouse. After all, he may well pursue dual goals, and after painting, he is quite capable of contacting the police with a demand for the division of your property or any financial payments. The facts of housing weaning are not known in isolated cases.
Is it easy to arrange a business marriage?
Since in recent years the number of fictitious marriages has increased quite sharply, the conclusion suggests itself. Most likely, finding a marriage partner (or business) is easy enough.
Of course, no one writes openly in the newspapers that he provides such services. Marriage agencies also officially refuse to provide such assistance, arguing that the event was illegal.
But there is one sure and reliable way that will certainly help in your searches - the Internet.
The registry office cannot refuse to form an alliance. Even in cases where it is frankly clear that the couple was created clearly by the commercial criterion: a huge difference in age (especially if a woman is older than a man), there are no wedding dresses and happy smiles of impatient newlyweds.
Is fictitious marriage a legal matter?
No, it's not. Although many are subconsciously afraid of this. Under Russian law, criminal and administrative liability for the conclusion of insincere unions is not provided.
But it is necessary to fear not the court, but the fact that for a couple of thousand dollars then you will not lose your apartment or other property. Try later to prove in court that the marriage was fictitious and you are "not a camel." Stamps were placed voluntarily.
The main danger of fictitious marriages
Fictitious marriages are of two types:
- When both "spouses" are aware of its commercial essence and receive mutual benefits from the transaction.
- When one of the spouses is misled (a conscientious spouse), he marries to create a family, and the other pursues selfish goals.
This second option may turn out to be a real tragedy for the honest half, which can destroy family plans, destroy morally and cause serious material damage.
However, even in the first case, when both "merchants" are aware that the marriage is only on paper, one of the halves may suffer the dishonesty of the other.
How to terminate a fictitious marriage?
Such a marriage may be recognized as invalid, or it may go to the legal stage (for example, at the birth of a common child) - life circumstances are unpredictable.
Recognizing a marriage as invalid is an opportunity to get rid of an unprincipled spouse through a court. However, if a fictitious marriage is officially dissolved, then no court will recognize it as fictitious. Knowing this fact can save you from losing, for example, an apartment. Because business marriage, believe me, is dangerous.
To protect yourself from the possible negative consequences of "marriage", take a receipt from the future spouse about his invalid intentions. This will quickly recognize the marriage as invalid if circumstances get out of control and you need to “evict” the resisting “spouse” from your living space.
Is it worth it to conclude a fictitious marriage?
It all depends on your adventurism, well, or moral framework. Some regard the conclusion of such a “deal” as the sale of their homeland and themselves, others perceive it as a means of solving temporary problems. Both those and others have a reason.
If you are willing to take risks and are aware of the possible unpleasant consequences that you know how to neutralize, then you can try.
If you are not adventurous and you are afraid that the consequences may be much more serious than the benefits , then think about other ways to solve your problems. They definitely exist, you just need to search.