NEW JERSEY (PIX11) --- A New Jersey woman and her Albanian husband are accused of entering into a sham marriage so he can become a permanent U.S. resident, authorities said.

Elvis Harizaj, 25, an Albanian national, and Natasha Flores, 27, of Newark, were both charged with making false statements to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), according to federal prosecutors.

Harizaj came to the U.S. on a student visa in 2017 and married Flores in 2021 before filing for permanent resident status a year later.

During their individual interviews with USCIS in 2023, Harizaj and Flores allegedly told different stories about when they moved in together, whether Flores had any student loans, and the details of the proposal, according to the federal complaint.

The couple al

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