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I'm not sure where this topic fits in but I have some questions. My boyfriend is from Canada and I'm from Panama. Can I get married to him in the US if he comes to US from Canada while visiting me? I can't go Canada and he can't come to PAnama so we decided we can go to a third country to get married and from there he can sponsor me to Canada? Is it possible to get married in a third country????

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Moved from DCF Discussion to Off Topic; OP is asking about marriage procedures and not about US immigration.

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If you can get a tourist visa to the US, and you are both free to marry under US federal law - No problems. People from all over the world get married in the US every single day. Research the marriage license process for the state that you plan to marry in. Some states are slightly trickier than others.

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Yup, like the previous poster said, just make sure to chose a state that doesn't require too much in advance of the wedding. Some states require a certain amount of time between the marriage license and the wedding, some require other things to be done first. So just pick a location that makes it easy to get married as a tourist. Make sure to request a ton of copies of your marriage certificate afterwards. Between Canada's immigration process and anything you may need to accomplish in Panama (including someday if you have children and want to pass on your citizenships), you'll be burning through marriage certificates all the time. :P

Long story short, we have a complicated case. We've been at this for nearly 5 years. You can read our story here. I highly recommend our attorney Laurel Scott, as well as attorneys Laura Fernandez and Lizz Cannon .

Filed I-130 via CSC in Feb 2008. Petition approved June 2008. Consular interview in Mexico, Oct 2008, visa denied, INA 212a6cii. We allege improper application of the law in this case.

2012, started over in Seoul: I-130 filed DCF on 7/2, I-130 approved 8/8, Medical at Yonsei Severance 11/20, IR1 appointment in November 2012.

CRBA filed 1-3-13 at Seoul for our daughter

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If I have a student visa instead of a tourist visa would that be okay too? Also, when you get married in the US you get a certificate and then what? what other documents are they going to give me? Does a formal ceremony has to be done after the certificate? Sorry guys, I'm really confused at all these documentations and terms about marriage in a foreign country :blink:

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I'm the UKC, the Old Man's the USC.

We met in Egypt... and married in Copenhagen Denmark.

No particular reason.....just liked the idea.

A marriage certificate is a marriage certificate is a marriage certificate... wherever you get married. :)

Old and Grumpy....But an American Citizen!!!

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If I have a student visa instead of a tourist visa would that be okay too? Also, when you get married in the US you get a certificate and then what? what other documents are they going to give me? Does a formal ceremony has to be done after the certificate? Sorry guys, I'm really confused at all these documentations and terms about marriage in a foreign country :blink:

Yeah, any visa that grants you entry to the US is fine. Actually, even people on overstayed visas or even who entered without inspection are able to get married in the US, so your visa type won't have any impact on your ability to get married, but some local offices get a little confused when anything varies from the norm of two US citizens marrying each other. Just make sure to have your passports and original birth certificates if you can, and check local requirements before you go for the marriage. If asked for a Social Security Number, there is no need to provide one if you/your fiance don't have one, you're just supposed to fill out a form that says you don't have a SSN at the very most.

As far the certificate, in the US there is only one marriage ceremony. Whether you do it civilly/at the courthouse, religiously/in a church, or through some other method, as long as the officiant is OKed by the State to perform a marriage, that is your legally binding wedding and there's nothing to do after that except make sure the marriage certificate is filed with the proper authorities. Once it's filed, they're able to put it on record and issue your certified copies for you to use.

The best thing to do is to google "marriage license" and your county or state. In most cases you have to get a marriage license first and then you bring that to your ceremony, wherever you end up having it. From there, most counties/local authorities direct you to the info for having a civil ceremony there, and from there, they can direct you on how long before you can get copies of your marriage certificate. Where my husband and I married it took like 2 weeks for them to put the marriage on the books and create marriage certificates that we could take.

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Long story short, we have a complicated case. We've been at this for nearly 5 years. You can read our story here. I highly recommend our attorney Laurel Scott, as well as attorneys Laura Fernandez and Lizz Cannon .

Filed I-130 via CSC in Feb 2008. Petition approved June 2008. Consular interview in Mexico, Oct 2008, visa denied, INA 212a6cii. We allege improper application of the law in this case.

2012, started over in Seoul: I-130 filed DCF on 7/2, I-130 approved 8/8, Medical at Yonsei Severance 11/20, IR1 appointment in November 2012.

CRBA filed 1-3-13 at Seoul for our daughter

4MLHm5.pngCzLqp9.png

You can find me at

Immigrate2us.net as Los G :)

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