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Manchester Evening News–Vicars to be told how to spot sham marriages

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Kendall Harmon

Vicars in Greater Manchester are to be coached on how to spot bogus marriages.

The UK Border Agency is issuing guidance to clergy across the north west after a spate of fake weddings were exposed during immigration raids.

In recent months, immigration teams have swooped on a number of suspected sham ceremonies in local register offices following tip-offs that brides and grooms did not even speak the same language.

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One comment on “Manchester Evening News–Vicars to be told how to spot sham marriages”

  1. nwlayman says:
    August 31, 2010 at 10:13 pm

    So it might be a phoney mariage if two ethnicities show up, but not if the same gender, right? How if two guys with different languages appear; call immigration then?