Quick question about being married outside US

[hjcruz916 0]

I am married outside the US. My question is, do i state in my documents that i am married or do i continue to put everything as single until i bring my wife over?

[aaron2020 11,651]

Married is married. You are not single.

[Nette_Valdi 4]

If you have a valid marriage certificate then you should be stating that you are married Especially if your filling out an I-130 form. YOU ARE NOT SINGLE no matter where u got married at.

[NickD 203]

Generally not a good idea to lie when filling out any immigration form, will pay a very stiff price later. If you have a question that asks you, if you are married or single, and you are married, and check single, you are lying. You have to be 100% honest when you fill out these forms in every question.

[~Yoly~ 4]

No matter in what country you got married. Married is Married and that is effective everywhere you go

[r9dblanco 1]

CASADO I Puntoooo. If you put otherwise, your Wife or Husband wont get that Green Card for a very, very, very, veeeryyyyyyy Long time.

[Aztec&Taino 144]

You are married! A marriage is valid if it was legally obtained in whatever country's appropriate jurisdiction.

[NickD 203]

Well it does get complicated, in Wisconsin, since I am a resident, we had to get a married license in my county, but could get married anywhere we wanted to. Provided that area recognized our license. If I didn't, could be fined $10,000.00. Then getting a divorce here, will this be recognized in a different country? Maybe, and maybe not, will lead to future problems with around 220 different countries and 50 different states in this country to deal with.

Ironically all of this information is available on the internet, but may have to look deep to find it. Can only wonder how people got by before the relatively new internet.

But with the USCIS, not even vaguely familiar all these different laws, when filling out the forms, if you are married, you are married. If petitioning, can't even do that unless you can prove some kind of relationship. With marriage, a translated certificate does this if not in English.