Diamond Ring and Immigration Officials

immigration officials: There was no diamond ring and no family in attendance, according to Toronto Star. According to a leaked training guide meant to help immigration officials detect marriage fraud, the Victoria, B.C., couple marriage would have raised a bunch of red flags as a non-genuine relationship. They didn’t kiss on the lips for photos. The three-page training guide, titled Evidence of Relationship, lists clues officers should look for in assessing a spousal sponsorship application. Other red flags include couples who don’t take a honeymoon trip, perhaps because they were students or lack the financial resources to do so; no diamond ring; and photos of activities together taken in Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake and Toronto. Ostensible warning signs that it a sham marriage include: couples who are not depicted kissing on the lips in their wedding photos; university-educated Chinese nationals who marry non-Chinese; a small wedding reception in a restaurant; a Canadian sponsor who is relatively uneducated, with a low-paying job or on welfare. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.