Wedding in the US - required documentation

[Badgerella 5]

Yup, it's Mankato.

As for those translators, I really can't imagine people working at immigration offices in the US speaking fluent Croatian.

Correct, nobody at the consulate/embassy or at the USCIS will do a translation on a document that requires one.

Yeah, that makes sense.

I'll figure it out somehow, I hope. =)

[Craneman 2]

If my visa gets approved, we'll be getting married in the US, of course.

What kind of documents, from Croatia, do I actually need to be able to get married in the US? Will my K1 visa be sufficient, or do I need to bring someting else from my home country?

I'm asking because I went to get a new copy of my birth certificate today and ended up talking to the clerk there. They're being issued by the same place that does Croatian marriage/citizenship/death/other certificates, so what I learned confused me a bit.

It seems that we have a document stating that the person in question is not married (would be something like the CENOMAR they have in the Philippines). The clerk said this document is what you need in order to get married in Croatia, but if it gets an apostille as well, it becomes internationally valid and should be used abroad. Of course, they don't kno what exactly one needs for K visas, or what exactly happens in other countries, but they recommended I get one. The document is cheap and really easy to obtain, so I'll get one. I called the Embassy later and they said I could bring one to the interview if I wanted. This document is not on the Embassy's list of what's required for the interview, but I assume it really can't hurt to have it on me.

Your passport with the K-1 visa and your I-94 form

The passport proves who you are and the visa proves you are in the U.S. legally.

Be sure to have the I-94.

Some locals do not know the difference between the entry date expiring and the 90 day period after entering to marry.

The one we went to did not know thw passport information from the K-1 visa, since the visa was in English they rewad it and thought the passport was expired, be prepared to guide them through the documents.

Actually the person we went to wanted to see my wifes U.S. passport, she only had a Brazilian passport, imagine that.