30 day waiting time to marry in Lithuania??

[brian Hickert 0]

My Fiancee and I have been engaged since July of last year and decided to get married in Vilnius where she lives. I live in Texas and planned to fly there for 2 weeks and get married and then return without her to the US and submit our papers. I just found out that Lithuania wants me to present my papers in person and wait for 30 days before we can get the marriage certificate.

Does anyone know if there is a process to expedite this waiting period?

Brian

[Penguin_ie 5,995]

***** Moving from AOS to Regional forum as OP is asking about local laws *****

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

My Fiancee and I have been engaged since July of last year and decided to get married in Vilnius where she lives. I live in Texas and planned to fly there for 2 weeks and get married and then return without her to the US and submit our papers. I just found out that Lithuania wants me to present my papers in person and wait for 30 days before we can get the marriage certificate.

Does anyone know if there is a process to expedite this waiting period?

Brian

Not sure about Lithuania. Though they are FSU, the mindset was never quite "soviet" like in Russia, Ukraine or Belarus. Any such obstacles in Ukraine are easily expedited with American dollars in the proper denomination. I would think something with the number "100" in the corner would work in this case.

I would think your fiancee may know the situation there. ANY Ukrainian woman would know how to do this by the time she is old enough to get married.

[baron555 934]

My Fiancee and I have been engaged since July of last year and decided to get married in Vilnius where she lives. I live in Texas and planned to fly there for 2 weeks and get married and then return without her to the US and submit our papers. I just found out that Lithuania wants me to present my papers in person and wait for 30 days before we can get the marriage certificate.

Does anyone know if there is a process to expedite this waiting period?

Brian

You'll have to go to the Lithuanian Visa Journey forums for this information !!!!

Maybe you go and present the papers, get married and then leave and she can obtain the marriage cert and send it to you?

Or just take two trips.

Or don't get married there and do the K-1 and get married here.

[cartaverde 12]

How about getting married in Finland instead? It's 7 days wait only for the paperwork.

And you can get the (civil) services in Helsinki (at least) in English.

(Plus there are good flight connections between Vilnius and Finland, Ryanair and real airlines too)

Would that work with any wedding ceremony, blessing etc you might want to do in Vilnius after? It would definitely be faster than waiting for a month.

[bill.ashton 0]

My Fiancee and I have been engaged since July of last year and decided to get married in Vilnius where she lives. I live in Texas and planned to fly there for 2 weeks and get married and then return without her to the US and submit our papers. I just found out that Lithuania wants me to present my papers in person and wait for 30 days before we can get the marriage certificate.

Does anyone know if there is a process to expedite this waiting period?

Brian

Brian:

From my personal experience, the answer is "no". It's Lithuanian law. But if there is an exception I don't know about, your fiancee should be able to find it.

On another note, you should be cautious in comparing Lithuania to Russia (or Ukraine and Belarus for that matter). Older Lithuanians remember the Soviet Union and do not always take kindly to Russian ways of doing things.

Good luck!