A Real Marriage? Applying for Marriage Migration to Norway

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 773-789

  Eggebø, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Application Process; Intimacy; Marriage Migration; Marriages of Convenience; Pure Relationship

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRATION POLICY; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

NORWAY;

EID: 84875808811     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2013.756678     Document Type: Article

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