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Las Vegas marriage...Stigma?

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Daniel&Theary   30

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Have fun in Vegas I love that place. Order extra copy of marriage cert. My ex and only got one and when we tried to get more it was a pain the in a**. She need original to change last name on passport.

Daniel

K-1 Visa

Service Center : California Service Center

I-129F Sent : Feb 9,2011

I-129F Received :In Texas then sent to CSC Feb 11,2011

Check cashed and in Initial Review : Feb 16,2011

I-129F NOA1 Hard Copy : Feb 15 2011

TOUCHED 04/04/2011 Is it wrong to be happy to be touched by a stranger?

I-129F RFE(s) : None

I-129F NOA2 :05/27/2011

NVC Received :06/09/2011

NVC Left : 06/27/2011

Consulate Received : 07/01/2011

Packet 3 Received : 07/18/2011

Packet 3 Sent : 07/19/2011

Medical Exam : 07/19/2011

Packet 4 Received :07/25/2011

Interview Date :09/13/2011

Interview Result : Approved

Visa Received : 09\16\2011

US Entry : 09\20\2011

Marriage :09/22/2011

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rayandcherry   10

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To address the OP, my ex and I were married in Vegas in 2000. We had planned on going to the US Virgin islands but after taking my parents to Vegas for their anniversary and dealing with a lot of issues with the Ritz at St. Thomas, we cancelled our St. Thomas plans and married at Mandalay Bay a couple months later. It was 100% legit, legal and (relatively speaking) normal. We had a nice tropical grotto setting and flew in immediate family that would come.

That being said, we did encounter the SOCIAL stigma at times. When you reveal to acquaintances that you married in Vegas, everyone envisions Elvis-costumed preachers and hole-in-the-wall drive-through chapels.

Trust me, when we divorced 5 years later, it was considered very much valid and very much legally the same as any other marriage to dissolve, along with all the warfare surrounding it.

This time around, Maria and I will marry at a local church.

06-19/14 | I-129F sent to CSC via our lawyer
xx-xx-xx | I-129F received in xxx, signed for by xxx.
xx-xx-xx | NOA1 hard copy received, dated xx-xx-xx.
xx-xx-xx | NOA2 email received, hard copy sent. xxx days from NOA1 date.
xx-xx-xx | NOA2 hard copy received, dated xx-xx-xx.
xx-xx-xx | Packet 3 sent from Manila consulate.
xx-xx-xx | Packet 3 completed, returned to Manila.
xx-xx-xx | Packet 4 received from Manila.
xx-xx-xx | Medical exam in Manila. Results received xx-xx-xx.
xx-xx-xx | Interview in Manila. xxx days from NOA1 date. APPROVED!! :D
xx-xx-xx | Visa received.

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