how regester marriage certificate in America

[GlobeHopperMama 95]

Yeah, the US doesn't maintain a federal-level registry of marriages, it's all done at the local level, and that's part of the reason why you can use a foreign marriage certificate for all legal purposes in the US without needing any further registration. I had never heard of a county court registering a foreign marriage certificate, so that's something new to me, but I know that my local county in IL wouldn't do such a thing (I knew someone who asked), and I would suspect this isn't something that most counties would do, as they're tasked with recording marriages that occurred inside their own county.

I think the Philippines aren't party to the Hague Convention, so probably apostilles aren't issued there, but some kind of authentication on the seal might be an extra over-the-top bonus just to be safe.

Edited July 15, 2012 by GlobeHopperMama

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Please tell us where you learned that a 'registration' is necessary in the USA?

Thanks !

She made a comment on another thread where she asked about making sure a guy couldn't marry someone else. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/377734-k1-fiance-visa/page__view__findpost__p__5524639 Makes me think she's worried he's going to leave her.

In regards to the OP's question in THAT thread, though the Philippines doesn't recognise divorce, the US does and it doesn't matter where you got married he can divorce you in the US and marry someone else. You would be free to marry in the US but not in your home country where you would be a bigamist if you remarried in another country.

[Darnell 8,478]

I claim it's not required. <EOM>