Concerned and in Need of advice...

Submitted by Josianne (United States), Aug 6, 2007 at 14:46

Thank you Mark for the great POST of June 8, 2007, amazing and accurate info much needed!

My dilemma: To make a long story short - My 25 year old sister spent 3 months in a small town in Morrocco from Sept - Dec 2006, returned to London, then another quick jaunt for New Years eve there again, and NOW, she has announced to my parents and I , that she is going to marry this guy who has never left his town, speaks only arabic and french with no education and a part time job, living with and helping his mother and 3 sisters. Need I say more...

my parents are devastated/angry/sad and I have been on the internet trying to make sense of it all. She has not seen him since Month 3 as she calls it (March) and will go back in Month 10 for a 2 week tour that he will be giving her to meet other family members and to go to the UK Consulat in Rabat.

By the way, I am in CA , therefore far enough, to not be able to wring her neck, and make her see the light. She has promised my parents to not marry in Morrocco but wants to do it in the states. She is talking about a Fiancee Visa?? but he does not have a dime to his name, therefore my sister is truly the jackpot in so many ways, not only $$$, she is amazingly beautiful, cultured, educated and naive !!! She is book smart, but street ignorant, and love is all she can see!

Any advice, visa info, I would love to hear feedback - I am at a loss as to what to do! We have all talked to her and pointed out every detail from culture to religion BUT he is different from all the rest and NOT what we think , as she says! HELP!

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