marriage license after wedding.

[jeepguy 0]

to all who helped with my last question thank you.

now on to my next question.

i'm filing for a IR-1 / CR-1 visa to bring my wife back from the philippines. we did the blessing from the church october 22nd. the issue that i'm not sure if it is an issue or not. we filed for the marriage license they told us there is a 10 day waiting period being we didn't have the 10 days to wait before i have to come back home we had the wedding & then showed the wedding date after the 10 days. which was after i had came back home. is this going to be a problem that the license is dated after i came back home. all the people that need to sign it are going to sign it so it should be legal still. is this a problem with processing the visa?

Edited November 4, 2010 by dale millard

[Robert87 2]

to all who helped with my last question thank you.

now on to my next question.

i'm filing for a IR-1 / CR-1 visa to bring my wife back from the philippines. we did the blessing from the church october 22nd. the issue that i'm not sure if it is an issue or not. we filed for the marriage license they told us there is a 10 day waiting period being we didn't have the 10 days to wait before i have to come back home we had the wedding & then showed the wedding date after the 10 days. which was after i had came back home. is this going to be a problem that the license is dated after i came back home. all the people that need to sign it are going to sign it so it should be legal still. is this a problem with processing the visa?

This post has been edited by dale millard: Today, 06:21 PM

kindly rephrase your question or right it properly. I am having a rought time understanding what u meant.lol..

[Robert87 2]

your question wasnt so clear to me at all. but ill tell you something concrete about philippine law.

you should have to apply for your marriage license before the wedding. legally, there is a 10 day waiting period prior to issuance of a license. this license is valid for 120 days once approved. and u can get marry anywhere in the philippines. if I am getting your question correctly, this is my question to yah, how come, u marry without even applying for a license?

[jeepguy 0]

your question wasnt so clear to me at all. but ill tell you something concrete about philippine law.

you should have to apply for your marriage license before the wedding. legally, there is a 10 day waiting period prior to issuance of a license. this license is valid for 120 days once approved. and u can get marry anywhere in the philippines. if I am getting your question correctly, this is my question to yah, how come, u marry without even applying for a license?

[jeepguy 0]

we did apply for the license 4 days before the wedding, the wedding plans were made for the 22nd. everyone kept telling me it's ok & not to worry about it. the maggiage license is goin to be dated after i've come back all the official paperwork if filed & going to be signed off by the correct people my concern is will the date on the license will show a date after i've come back. the wedding was mostly being held for the family members. will it be a problem to have the license dated after the date that i've come home?

[Robert87 2]

we did apply for the license 4 days before the wedding, the wedding plans were made for the 22nd. everyone kept telling me it's ok & not to worry about it. the maggiage license is goin to be dated after i've come back all the official paperwork if filed & going to be signed off by the correct people my concern is will the date on the license will show a date after i've come back. the wedding was mostly being held for the family members. will it be a problem to have the license dated after the date that i've come home?

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oh thanks for clearing that up.. i dont see any problems with .. the wedding is still valid according to philippine law.. you have followed the requisite of marriage. only that the date on the papers are not the exact date of the celebration. u might have to talk about this more with your wife so during the interview you can totally strategize. but i doubt if they will ask about it. as long as you present to them the NSO copy of your marriage licensed with the security paper.. NSO papers are security labeled. and as well as the marriage licensed from the civil registrar. i believe you are good to go. i was worried that you applied for the wedding licensed after your marriage.. that should be a no no.. because local civil registrar application is now computerized. so the date you apply will be available everywhere in the philippines. just in case the Embassy will want to verify. they can ask the local civil registrar to verify the validity of the marriage license. so if u did apply after the wedding.. u might have a problem.. but knowing your case. i believe and gurantee u that there will be no problem to that...

congratulations..!!!!!

[jeepguy 0]

my concern is when i submit the 1st application for the visa the I-130, g-325A's once they look at my passport to verify my citizenship of the usa they will see the depature stamp showing the date is before the license.

[sjr09 155]

to all who helped with my last question thank you.

now on to my next question.

i'm filing for a IR-1 / CR-1 visa to bring my wife back from the philippines. we did the blessing from the church october 22nd. the issue that i'm not sure if it is an issue or not. we filed for the marriage license they told us there is a 10 day waiting period being we didn't have the 10 days to wait before i have to come back home we had the wedding & then showed the wedding date after the 10 days. which was after i had came back home. is this going to be a problem that the license is dated after i came back home. all the people that need to sign it are going to sign it so it should be legal still. is this a problem with processing the visa?

There is a waiting period of ten consecutive days while notice of the marriage application is posted on a bulletin board outside the local civil registrar's office.

Philippine law prescribes a ten-day waiting period from the filing of the application to the issuance of the marriage license. The license is valid for 120 days and may be used anywhere in the Philippines For my wife and I, after the ten days we had to go back to the civil registrar and both of us had to sign the license, at that time you are legally married.

[Robert87 2]

The license is valid for 120 days and may be used anywhere in the Philippines For my wife and I, after the ten days we had to go back to the civil registrar and both of us had to sign the license, at that time you are legally married.

that last part of your sentence is misleading. a valid licensed issued after ten consecutive days does not automatically confer u married.. u have to a wedding solmenized by a judge.. otherwise, it is a null and void wedding. the licensed is only and plainly as licensed to marry and the ten days waiting period after the application does not mean that you are already married. please do search on google, family code of the philippines. and try to find out the requisite of marriage. those are the things to fulfill in order for a marriage to be valid.

my concern is when i submit the 1st application for the visa the I-130, g-325A's once they look at my passport to verify my citizenship of the usa they will see the depature stamp showing the date is before the license.

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that is a big problem. you could have asked someone here before u got marry. i knew of someone who did this strategy: before her husband came over in the philippines, they downloaded the forms on the website of the city where they intents to apply for a marriage licensed. the USC filled up his part of the form and went to the Philippine embassy or consulate there in the USA and notarized it. sent it to his wife with the documents he needs to accompany like the USC passport, divorce decree etc. when wife recieved it. she applied for the marriage licensed. told the local civil registrar that the certificate in lieu of legal capacity to marry will follow as soon as the USC arrived here in phil since u can only get that docs at US embassy or consulate. so whle the USC was still in the USA, the marriage was already applied and so the 10 days waiting period. when the USC arrived, he went to EMbassy and get the Cert. of legal capacty to marry. and on they went together to the city hall and gave it to the Local civil registrar. the civil registrat of that city agreed to process the marriage licensed even without the USC physically but will never give them the licensed not until the USC arrived and gave the documents. .. and they got marry two days after the USC arrived.

the 10 days waiting period maybe viewed in a very contextual matter. and if you dwell into that. like, if you are a philippine lawyer. the reason behind the 10 day waiting period is actually not for the USC but on the filipino citizen. that His/her name together with the alien spouse be posted on the lcr bulletin so if someone knew this person and knew something that he/she was married before and did not get an anullment, then the licensed cannot be issue. in logical term. it is totally not applicable ( 10 days waiting period) on behalf of the USC because, he in the first place is not native to that place, specially if it was the first time he come over.