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Michelleaye   0

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Hi All, Just wanted to get your opinion on this......I will be moving back to the US (Washington DC) within the next couple of months and my fiance&I were wanting to do the Islamic court marriage ceremony in the UAE before I left to the US and sent off his petition. Is it better to wait on this or does it really not make much of a difference as far as the petition goes?

Thanks and Congrats to all of you hows process is finally coming to an end and hang in there for those of you who are just at the beginning of this.

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It will make all the difference in the world. Whic petition are you planning on sending?

If it's K-1 - avoid getting married at all until he gets here. Is the islamic courts marriage legally binding in the UAE? If so, your K-1 petition is null and void. Even if it's not legally binding, I'd highly recommend against it, since there have been instances of people married religiously without registering it getting turned down for the K-1 at the interview or being turned away at the Point of Entry (POE) to get into the US.

K-3/IR-1 - yes, you need to get legally married prior to sending in this petition, as the marriage certificate is a requirement.

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Michelleaye   0

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It will make all the difference in the world. Whic petition are you planning on sending?

If it's K-1 - avoid getting married at all until he gets here. Is the islamic courts marriage legally binding in the UAE? If so, your K-1 petition is null and void. Even if it's not legally binding, I'd highly recommend against it, since there have been instances of people married religiously without registering it getting turned down for the K-1 at the interview or being turned away at the Point of Entry (POE) to get into the US.

K-3/IR-1 - yes, you need to get legally married prior to sending in this petition, as the marriage certificate is a requirement.

Rahma, thanks a bunch for this info. I guess the best thing to do as of now is just send in the packet in as an I-129F without getting married in any way and just take it from there.

Thanks again.

Michelle :D

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