Must a Colombian register marriage in Colombia in order to leave on Spousal visa?

[nebodihome 0]

I am a U.S. citizen, my fiance is Colombian and has a daughter (my stepdaughter). We will get married in Trinidad and Tobago and live in Rwanda. She will interview in Nairobi and we will try to come into the U.S. together without her going back to Colombia. If we never register her marriage in Colombia, can the Colombian government at any point prevent her from leaving the country to live with her spouse?

Specifically, once we are married in T&T, she will obtain a "dependent of temporary resident" pass from Rwanda and will leave Colombia. She will later enter the U.S. on a spouse visa. Can the Colombian government at any point say, "How can you go anywhere by claiming you are someone's spouse when you never registered that marriage here?" I personally HIGHLY doubt this as I don't see how Colombia can prevent her from leaving-- it's only if someone is entering their country should they be concerned, right?

(The reason we might not register is I think that even just to register a marriage in Col that was performed abroad, a recent version of my birth certificate is needed. My birth certificate is Russian. I left Russia in 1994 and never renounced my Russian passport. In such cases, the Russian government still considers me strictly their own citizen and does not recognize my U.S. citizenship. This means that if I were to try to enter Russia to get a recent apostille, they may keep me there and say I have an obligation to serve in the military, etc. Of course, I could do a process where I do in fact renounce my Russian citizenship, but I'd rather avoid the costs and hassle with this if I can...)

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to Latin, Mexico & South America regional forum; OP's questions is about the laws of Columbia and not about the spousal visa process itself.

[jean&sam 0]

Hey. just read your thread. happy to knw you coming to live in rwanda. am rwandan and am doing cr1, if u want we can keep contact.

[Mononoke28 135]

I am a U.S. citizen, my fiance is Colombian and has a daughter (my stepdaughter). We will get married in Trinidad and Tobago and live in Rwanda. She will interview in Nairobi and we will try to come into the U.S. together without her going back to Colombia. If we never register her marriage in Colombia, can the Colombian government at any point prevent her from leaving the country to live with her spouse?

Specifically, once we are married in T&T, she will obtain a "dependent of temporary resident" pass from Rwanda and will leave Colombia. She will later enter the U.S. on a spouse visa. Can the Colombian government at any point say, "How can you go anywhere by claiming you are someone's spouse when you never registered that marriage here?" I personally HIGHLY doubt this as I don't see how Colombia can prevent her from leaving-- it's only if someone is entering their country should they be concerned, right?

(The reason we might not register is I think that even just to register a marriage in Col that was performed abroad, a recent version of my birth certificate is needed. My birth certificate is Russian. I left Russia in 1994 and never renounced my Russian passport. In such cases, the Russian government still considers me strictly their own citizen and does not recognize my U.S. citizenship. This means that if I were to try to enter Russia to get a recent apostille, they may keep me there and say I have an obligation to serve in the military, etc. Of course, I could do a process where I do in fact renounce my Russian citizenship, but I'd rather avoid the costs and hassle with this if I can...)

The Colombian government won't care if she's married or not to leave the country. The only reason you would need to register your marriage in Colombia or in a Colombian consulate would be a just in case procedure should you ever make a big purchase in Colombia or decide to live there at some point.

Diana