marry in egypt of K-3?

[mandyu1 5]

hi i was hoping for some help, i am engaged to an egyptian and will be traveling there in 1-2 months. we wanted to marry when i was there, but have been told by some that a fiance visa is actually faster than a k-3. was wanting to know what everyone here thought, and any suggestions on marrying abroad would be appreciated.

Thank you

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

While k1 is "said" faster, expect for a long wait either way. Most of the time our fiances/spouses are put on AP (administrative processing) after the visa interview. Nothing is fast in Cairo. *except the taxi drivers!

[amysaid 9]

I believe that maybe at some point fiance visas were quicker, but coming out of Egypt recently, it seems like the CR1 and K3 have been quicker in general. We filed K3 and had our visa in eight months.

[mandyu1 5]

I believe that maybe at some point fiance visas were quicker, but coming out of Egypt recently, it seems like the CR1 and K3 have been quicker in general. We filed K3 and had our visa in eight months.

Thanks for your response....Did you marry in Egypt? If so how long did it take you to marry and what documents did you need to bring with you and did you run into any problems? As I stated my finance is an Egyptian citizen, however he is currently working in Saudi Arabia, if we marry he will stay in Egypt, but if we decide to marry here he will remain in KSA for work and deal with the embassy there, so I don't know how quickly things will move there. Thanks again

[amysaid 9]

Thanks for your response....Did you marry in Egypt? If so how long did it take you to marry and what documents did you need to bring with you and did you run into any problems? As I stated my finance is an Egyptian citizen, however he is currently working in Saudi Arabia, if we marry he will stay in Egypt, but if we decide to marry here he will remain in KSA for work and deal with the embassy there, so I don't know how quickly things will move there. Thanks again

We did marry in Egypt, at the Ministry of Justice office. The process took a couple days, first we had to get permission from the US Embassy for me to marry (they give you a form with the consulate stamp on it), if I had been previously married I would have had to bring an original copy of my divorce decree. We ran around to a bunch of various Egyptian government offices, paid some fees, and then had to wait a couple days to pick up the marriage certificate. My husband could probably tell you better exactly where we had to go and what had to be done because it was all a blur for me, but he's sleeping now, so I'll ask him later. I don't think it took more than 3 days to be married, and maybe 2-4 days to pick up the marriage certificate.

I do know that for the visa process, if you've lived in another country for more than six months, you have to get a police report for yourself, saying you haven't committed any crimes or anything like that. That may be something he wants to consider figuring out how to do before he leaves KSA.