%0 Journal Article %T The Marriage of Convenience and Some Effects on the Regime of Foreigners in Romania %A Gabriela LUPSAN %J Acta Universitatis Danubius : Juridica %D 2010 %I Danubius University %X The migration, the organized crime, terrorism, human trafficking affect the societal security. In this context it is possible through the usage of simulation in some family relationships to create theappearance of some legal relationships, in the purpose of attracting the appliance of some legal depositions. The study aims at analyzing the legal mechanisms through which fictional marriage may be a "springboard" for obtaining the legal right to stay in Romania, not with the purpose to start a family, but to infringe the national security, which would lead to fueling immigration by well-knownprocesses: family reunification, mixed marriages, birth of children, inviting relatives, adoption, etc. The interest of foreigners in Romania and its laws using legal channels to achieve an illegal goal increased considerably after Romania's integration into the EU. %K simulation %K fictional marriage %K immigration %K jurisprudence %K the foreigners %K legal regime %U http://journals.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/juridica/article/viewFile/240/226