K-1 approved, but can we get married in Colombia?

silviat says on Dec 18, 2005, 19:38:

I think it may be a problem I remember hearing that discussion before and reading in this forum people advicing others to don't do that.

What a couple I know did was having a friend of them who was a judge or notario marry them in a ceremony, with a big party... and then don't submitting the legal paperwork.

We also had a simbolic party with my friends and family with no ceremony involved... We called it pre-wedding and had many of the thigns you would do at a wedding but without actually getting married.

Good luck and congrats on your k-1 approval

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utopiacowboy says on Dec 18, 2005, 21:38:

If you get legally married in Colombia, she cannot use the K-1 visa to come to the US. You would have to come home after your marriage, file an I-130 followed by an I-129F for a K-3.

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seammckenna126 says on Dec 19, 2005, 05:45:

thanks.

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bbattiste says on Dec 19, 2005, 10:40:

How Would They Know? Why not get married in Colombia with a big ceremony and all that...then come to the US on the K-1 and get married and file all the necessary paperwork here. Then you don't have to wait nine months to bring your wife here.

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Gator says on Dec 19, 2005, 10:50:

That will entail a lie on subsequent paper work filed with both the federal government and on a marriage license application when the question is asked have you married before?

Would you get caught? Who knows but there might be criminal penalties involved if you do. Utopiacowboy's solution might be the best.

Good Luck!

"Credidi pretio parvo emere et magno vendere tibi in animo fuisse!" .

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Crazy4Cali says on Dec 19, 2005, 15:54:

Just have the cermony and party Don't make your life any more difficult than it needs to be. Have the cermony in Colombia as formal as you want, just don't sign or register anything. In that case it was just a big party where there were alot of flowers, everyone got dressed up, and then got really drunk dancing and listening to loud music. Heck that just sounds like an average night in Cali. Marriage? what marriage?

Then when you get to the states, get married at a civil ceremony, no muss, no fuss and all legal.

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Gator says on Dec 19, 2005, 19:51:

Who... will do the ceremony???

"Credidi pretio parvo emere et magno vendere tibi in animo fuisse!" .

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JMOON87 says on Dec 20, 2005, 08:51:

dont do it We almost made the mistkae of getting married ..our visa was approved on dec 12th and we were gonna fly to san andeas for 2 days and do the legal marriage in colombia with a notary -it is very easy to do there ..but after talking to the attorney that did our paperwork he said no-no-no-no .....so my advice is not to do it and his as well ...when you enter the u.s. i am told that they often ask if you are married and lying to the government is a pretty stupid thing to do .

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seammckenna126 says on Dec 20, 2005, 19:38:

That's what I wanted to do is have a ceremony and a big party there and then have the legal stuff here. She called several christian churches and they all told her we had to have a civil ceremony first then the church wedding....she then talked to a priest (catholic church) who will do the church wedding first...then leave it to us to do the civil ceremony...but apparently I have to take a few classes first or something to that affect. So, now we have to settle on the priest just blesssing our rings at the party and saying a few nice things and then the big party. I don't know who else could perform the cermony (without involving paperwork for now). It kinda sucks the governments have to make it so tough on legitimate marriages. geeeezzzeee. Thanks for all your in-puts.

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utopiacowboy says on Dec 20, 2005, 21:19:

They don't make it tough. You are perfectly free to have a beautiful inexpensive wedding in Colombia. I wouldn't have done it any other way.

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