Fastest Way to Get Marriage Certificate?

[Amie&David 0]

Hey Everyone,

As David and I wait for our k-1 visa to come through I am making preparations for the AOS. I see we will need to submit our marriage certificate with the work permit application.

Does anyone have advice on how to get the marriage certificate asap? I heard in los angeles (where i live) it can take a month after the wedding, but if we were to get married in vegas we'd get the m.c. the same day, is this true?

I can't seem to find any info about this online.

Any info, advice would be appreciated

Thanks!

Amie

[YuAndDan 153]

Vegas looks like a good move for you, a nice day trip from LA.

Looks like you file for a marriage license with Clark County, NV get married, and can receive the certificate from Clark County a short time later, perhaps 24 hours later.

See:

http://www.travelmagazineusa.com/vegas-wed...equirements.asp

http://www.co.clark.nv.us/clerk/marriage_information.htm

http://www.co.clark.nv.us/recorder/mar_srch.htm

[LaL 418]

dont allow your officiant to file it for you!!! i dont know about CA laws, but we DID have to wait a month to get our certificate, where we could have just brought it to the clerk's office ourselves

[mercy 1]

We married at a court house (in Wisconsin) and asked the judge if we could get a copy of the marriage certificate that day and one of his assistants walked us down to the Register of Deeds to make sure that they processed it right away. We had it within 5 minutes. I'd call around to different court houses and see what they say.

[raymaga 25]

We got married on Sat., August 28th, and after the judge married us, she gave us the signed marriage certificate to take to the Court house ourselves on Monday, August 30th. We had to pay a very small fee for each copy (we got 3 at the same time) and they gave us the copies while we waited.

If the judge would have sent the signed marriage certificate in herself, we would have had to wait about a month to get copies ordered.

So, ask whoever will marry you if they will give you the marriage certificate right after the ceremony for you to take in to the Court house yourselves.

[Peggy 1]

We did the same thing. Took the certificate to the Court House.

[sarah and hicham 3]

We got married in CA and we got our marriage license on one day and got married about 2 weeks later and the officient wanted to personally take the signed marriage license/certificate to the county clerk's office so he did and the marriage certificate was ready the same day.