Im getting married, does it matter if it is in US or Canada?

[jharries 0]

I am planning to marry a canadian girl and do a spouse visa. Does it matter if the marriage takes place in the USA or Canada?

[AChow 0]

I am planning to marry a canadian girl and do a spouse visa. Does it matter if the marriage takes place in the USA or Canada?

Not necessarily it just has to be "bona fide" from what I can gather.

Maybe this will help: http://shusterman.com/greencardsthroughmarriage.html

[yohino 22]

Nope, doesn't matter at all.

[Angie'nMark 0]

Nope, doesn't matter at all.

If you want to apply for the CR-1 in a hurry just take note that getting your wedding certificate takes longer in most parts of Canada, and usually less time in most US states. Especially if you are in Ontario which can take a looooooooooong time. So I would check into it where you live, if time is an issue for you. It is the prime reason my hubby and I wed in California, rather then Ontario or Quebec.

[HeatDeath 430]

With a spousal visa, it doesn't matter at all, though the US border officers might will almost certainly give you a [very] difficult time if you tell them you intend to get married in the US and then leave to do the visa. Legally, you can do it. But it's a very unusual plan, and it will confuse the border officers when you tell them about it. Border officers (or any other kind of government official, for that matter) can do very inconvenient things when they're confused, and become very difficult to deal with. It's best to avoid any plan that has a strong potential of confusing a government official.

With a fiance visa, OTOH, it matters a great deal. You absolutely cannot be married during any point in the process. You must be single all the way through the petition and application phases, and you must be single when you enter the US. You can get married 5 minutes after you cross into the US, but if you marry 5 minutes before you enter the US, your fiance visa will become unusable, will have been an enormous waste of time and money.