2 Weddings? One in the US and one in France

[Kinito_2k3 5]

Hi there,

I am a K1 visa holder and just filed for AOS. My wife and I got married 2 weeks ago and we did not prepare the paperwork for our marriage to be recognized in France. So, I know I can do it now if I want but it seems to be a BIG pain in the a**. Is there any French/American couple here that got married twice?? (civil marriage)? Can you share your experience?

Thanks!

Sebastien

[Pam&Josh 0]

Hi Sebastien,

To make your wedding recognize by France, you need to check your French Consulat.

The only thing who can make things slower is that you didn't do the "publication des bans" at your French Consulat (according to what you're saying), but it doesn't mean you cannot make it recognize by France. It might result in having you coming to your Consulat for an interview...even if I never heard anybody who had to go.

Here is the link of the French Consulat in Chicago, it might help you out, but you need to send your papers in the Consulat of your area: http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/spip.php?article318.

Hope it will help you out!

Good luck

[Babsi 0]

dont know if laws are different, but we legally got married over here in the us and then had a church reception in germany. I never made them recognize my wedding in germany

[Lili 3]

Hi Sebastien,

To make your wedding recognize by France, you need to check your French Consulat.

The only thing who can make things slower is that you didn't do the "publication des bans" at your French Consulat (according to what you're saying), but it doesn't mean you cannot make it recognize by France. It might result in having you coming to your Consulat for an interview...even if I never heard anybody who had to go.

Here is the link of the French Consulat in Chicago, it might help you out, but you need to send your papers in the Consulat of your area: http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/spip.php?article318.

Hope it will help you out!

Good luck

Was exactly in the same situation. I e-mailed asking if I needed to get married again in France and they told me "don't do that or you will be considered polygamist to the same man and will need to get the second marriage annulled".

I didn't do the publication des bans and it took 4 months for the consulate of san francisco to recognize the wedding and issue the livret de famille. Depending on where you live, the process might be faster.

[Kinito_2k3 5]

Hi Sebastien,

To make your wedding recognize by France, you need to check your French Consulat.

The only thing who can make things slower is that you didn't do the "publication des bans" at your French Consulat (according to what you're saying), but it doesn't mean you cannot make it recognize by France. It might result in having you coming to your Consulat for an interview...even if I never heard anybody who had to go.

Here is the link of the French Consulat in Chicago, it might help you out, but you need to send your papers in the Consulat of your area: http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/spip.php?article318.

Hope it will help you out!

Good luck

Was exactly in the same situation. I e-mailed asking if I needed to get married again in France and they told me "don't do that or you will be considered polygamist to the same man and will need to get the second marriage annulled".

I didn't do the publication des bans and it took 4 months for the consulate of san francisco to recognize the wedding and issue the livret de famille. Depending on where you live, the process might be faster.

Et bien merci a vous tous pour ces informations, je vais donc contacter mon consulat...

Joyeuse Paques a tous!

[Lili 3]

Joyeuse Paques a toi aussi!

[Moonskin 0]

J'arrive un peu tard sur le topic mais je pose quand même la question. Comment ça s'est passé avec le consulat ?

On a été un peu dans le même cas que toi car on s'est décidés très vite et les 2 mois de délais pour remplir les papiers au consulat ou en mairie FR et la publication des bans on oublie.

J'ai tout simplement appelé le consulat de France à New-York et j'ai posé la question : ça ne pose pas de problème ! Il faut par contre absolument envoyer les papiers nécessaires au consulat APRES le mariage pour qu'ils puissent faire l'enregistrement du mariage sur les registres français (en ce qui me concerne les papiers ont été envoyés il y a à peu près une semaine et je n'ai pas encore de réponse mais comme il y a eu des jours feriés je patiente). Ensuite il faut attendre plusieurs mois pour recevoir le livret de famille mais je ne sais pas combien de temps exactement.

En ce qui concerne le mariage civil en France après qu'il ai eu lieu aux USA, nous aussi ça nous aurait bien tenté mais j'ai aussi pausé cette question et ma réponse fut catégorique : c'est IMPOSSIBLE. Donc ça sera juste l'église, euh plus tard quand on aura mis de côté .

Même si je réponds tard, j'espère que ça pourra en éclairer certains qui pourraient se poser les mêmes questions dans l'avenir.