Civil Marriage

[matt41 1]

Hello VJ users I have a quick question. My Fiancee and I are very lost on what to do since i have to marry her almost right away when I land in the states that we were looking at a civil marriage at the start when I come and then getting married in our selected church May 26th 2012. Can we do this? Is this a problem with church? I am pretty sure the father we are using said we have to do what we have to do. If anyone could give me some feed back that would be great thank you so much

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Hello VJ users I have a quick question. My Fiancee and I are very lost on what to do since i have to marry her almost right away when I land in the states that we were looking at a civil marriage at the start when I come and then getting married in our selected church May 26th 2012. Can we do this? Is this a problem with church? I am pretty sure the father we are using said we have to do what we have to do. If anyone could give me some feed back that would be great thank you so much

as long as you are 'legally' married within 90 days of arrival, then all is fine.

You can have 20 ceremonies after if you want to after. It just has to be on paper within 90 days.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

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[Casprd 167]

as long as you are 'legally' married within 90 days of arrival, then all is fine.

You can have 20 ceremonies after if you want to after. It just has to be on paper within 90 days.

That is what many people do. Since it is so difficult to plan a date it is normal to have a civil marriage and then have a church wedding later.

[patient2010 93]

yes you can marry within the first 90days in a civil ceremony and marry again later...Good luck and Congrats!!!

[Moosker 7]

Friends of ours just did that a couple of months back! They did have to let the Pastor know what the scenario was, but he didn't mind at all.

Good luck!

[iampatricias 17]

When I first talked to my (Anglican) priest about marrying my fiance and I in a non-legal ceremony in Canada and then later marrying legally in the States, he had some concerns about the integrity of claiming we were not married when we crossed the border later... in the eyes of the state, we wouldn't be, but whatever. What he suggested was doing a sort of blessing of the marriage mass afterwards, or something like a vow renewal ceremony at the church at a later date.

In terms of Christian rites, there are a few options available though I would make sure to explain the situation fully so the mass or whatever can be adapted to your needs and preferences

My fiance and I are planning to get a marriage license the morning of my entry with the K1. In NY, we have to wait 24hrs before we can use it, so the next day, we're going to get a Justice of the Peace to marry us and fortunately for us, my priest (who can't legally marry us in NY) has agreed to come across the border with us to do a Christian wedding mass for us with our friends and family later on in the afternoon.

Good luck!