Getting Married in India - Advice needed

[D & B 0]

Hello,

I'm a US citizen, and I have met an Indian girl through one of the matrimonial site, and would like to get married to her. and was just wondering if I can do the following process to speed things up.

As I do not have a lot of vacation, I was thinking of following:

- Go to India (for 2 weeks) and get married in small ceremony with just parents at Arya Samaj to get a marriage certificate (By Hindu Marriage act)

- Come back to US and file I130

- Return later on in the year to have a grand ceremony before her visa interview

Does anyone here have experience doing something similar? will this process work? I am just looking for ways to speed up the process, since doing the grand wedding would not be possible until later in the year, and if i file after that, i would likely have to wait for a year after that.

[Divs 35]

My husband and I met on a marriage portal too and got married. We had a small ceremony too, with just immediate family around. He was in India for three weeks before he'd to go back.

These are some of the steps you could follow.

- First of all, before you get to India, fix up an appointment with the US Consulate in India (depending on which city your going to) for a No Objection Certificate. You will need the NOC to get married in India, as you're a US citizen.

- Get enough photographic evidence of before, during, and after the wedding.

- Do not wait until her visa interview for your grand ceremony. I'd say do it while your application is with NVC, so that she can take the pictures along with her for the interview as added evidence.

- Once you get back to the US, get her name added on to your bank account (if possible), your health insurance, car insurance, etc etc... All the possible stuff, that is.

- Save copies of every money transaction as evidence at the time of interview.

- Save copies of all chats/emails/phone logs as evidence.

- When you petition her I-130, along with the required forms, send in some key pictures of the wedding with an explanation as to who all are in the picture, especially family members.

- Get affidavits from both sets of parents stating knowledge of your relationship, their presence during the wedding, etc etc, for future use.

- Keep copies of every postal transaction, ie., cards, gifts, etc., that you send each other for future use.

That's pretty much all I can think of right now. Do feel free to get in touch if you have further queries, and I'd be more than happy to help you with whatever I know of.

God bless both of you!

[Ryan H 3,812]

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[mydream2012 0]

My husband and I met on a marriage portal too and got married. We had a small ceremony too, with just immediate family around. He was in India for three weeks before he'd to go back.

These are some of the steps you could follow.

- First of all, before you get to India, fix up an appointment with the US Consulate in India (depending on which city your going to) for a No Objection Certificate. You will need the NOC to get married in India, as you're a US citizen.

- Get enough photographic evidence of before, during, and after the wedding.

- Do not wait until her visa interview for your grand ceremony. I'd say do it while your application is with NVC, so that she can take the pictures along with her for the interview as added evidence.

- Once you get back to the US, get her name added on to your bank account (if possible), your health insurance, car insurance, etc etc... All the possible stuff, that is.

- Save copies of every money transaction as evidence at the time of interview.

- Save copies of all chats/emails/phone logs as evidence.

- When you petition her I-130, along with the required forms, send in some key pictures of the wedding with an explanation as to who all are in the picture, especially family members.

- Get affidavits from both sets of parents stating knowledge of your relationship, their presence during the wedding, etc etc, for future use.

- Keep copies of every postal transaction, ie., cards, gifts, etc., that you send each other for future use.

That's pretty much all I can think of right now. Do feel free to get in touch if you have further queries, and I'd be more than happy to help you with whatever I know of.

God bless both of you!

i am in a similar boat that she is in india and i am in usa.

does both sides of parents have to be present at the small ceremony? i can only go there by myself.