Is it ok to get married a week before K1 visa expire?

[Genesis1 0]

Or its better if we'll do it at least a month before it will expire? Any suggestion? Experience?

(Reason for delaying the wedding, it's because i still need to wait and give more time for some of my family members to get to the US )

Edited February 12, 2015 by Genesis1

[oatmeal 8]

Hi.. the visa is valid for 6 months. But once you enter the US, you are only given 90 days to get married.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

Or its better if we'll do it at least a month before it will expire? Any suggestion? Experience?

(Reason for delaying the wedding, it's because i still need to wait and give more time for some of my family members to get to the US )

It's OK to wait even till the last day. Plan your wedding accordingly and have this special time with friends and family.

[Genesis1 0]

Hi.. the visa is valid for 6 months. But once you enter the US, you are only given 90 days to get married.

Thank you! Is it same day processing for the marriage license and marrige certificate? I've never been married so it's really a new chapter for me. I remember my sister got married July 28 but her wedding was registered August 08 that's a Philippine wedding by the way. I just want go make sure we wouldn't be running out of time

[Genesis1 0]

It's OK to wait even till the last day. Plan your wedding accordingly and have this special time with friends and family.

Woohoo! Alright! Thanks ?

You and Hank are great help to newbie like us.

May God bless you

[Greenbaum 12,259]

Your welcome.

[oatmeal 8]

Thank you! Is it same day processing for the marriage license and marrige certificate? I've never been married so it's really a new chapter for me. I remember my sister got married July 28 but her wedding was registered August 08 that's a Philippine wedding by the way. I just want go make sure we wouldn't be running out of time

You have to get the marriage license first. Then after the wedding, you can get your marriage certificate after it is file in your county.

[Hank_ 9,174]

Or its better if we'll do it at least a month before it will expire? Any suggestion? Experience?

(Reason for delaying the wedding, it's because i still need to wait and give more time for some of my family members to get to the US )

Visa expired the second you entered the USA at POE. You have 90 days on the I-94 from date of entry, you must marry within those 90 days

[VOL 425]

Go to Las Vegas and get married, They are open 365 days per year, and hours are from 8 a.m. to Midnight.

You can have one of your friends go online become a ordained minister and he can perform the ceremony.

[Genesis1 0]

Go to Las Vegas and get married, They are open 365 days per year, and hours are from 8 a.m. to Midnight.

You can have one of your friends go online become a ordained minister and he can perform the ceremony.

Thanks for the info, but i will only get married ones so i want it to be very special. I value the sanctity of marriage, so in my opinion marriages shouldn't be rushed it should be all well planned. ?

I feel bad for people who use marriages just to get a visa to be in a certain country they've been desirous to reside at.

Edited February 13, 2015 by Genesis1

[Hank_ 9,174]

A wedding is a moment in time (filled with too much hype), the marriage (the valued part) is a lifetime together and there is no way to rush it.

[oatmeal 8]

Thanks for the info, but i will only get married ones so i want it to be very special. I value the sanctity of marriage, so in my opinion marriages shouldn't be rushed it should be all well planned. ?

I feel bad for people who use marriages just to get a visa to be in a certain country they've been desirous to reside at.

Are you planning to get married in the church?

[Greenbaum 12,259]

You can get the license in one day and walk out and go upstairs to the justice of the peace and he/she will marry you then. Walk back downstairs and submit your completed license from the JOP and hand to the register and wait approx. one week for the marriage certificate. Simple or complex... your choice.

[Al422 221]

One BIG warning: DON'T press your luck for day 90. The 90 days limit is strictly enforced. While marriage on the last day is perfectly valid, marriage one day too late might as well be one year too late. A late marriage, even by one day, will screw everything up.

Most states require a waiting period, typically 1 to 3 days, after the marriage license is obtained to do the ceremoney. So if you get the license on day 89 and find out that the waiting period of that state is 2 days, then you will get pushed out to day 91. Please don't let this happen.

Get the marriage license at least 2 weeks before your time is up, and plan the marriage the following week. Things happen, like snowstorms. I know one couple who had to postpone their marriage because it was set for September 12, 2001, and because of what happened the day before, they had no way of flying to the place they were supposed to marry at.

Don't wait until the last minute. This is much too important to press your luck with.

[Genesis1 0]

One BIG warning: DON'T press your luck for day 90. The 90 days limit is strictly enforced. While marriage on the last day is perfectly valid, marriage one day too late might as well be one year too late. A late marriage, even by one day, will screw everything up.

Most states require a waiting period, typically 1 to 3 days, after the marriage license is obtained to do the ceremoney. So if you get the license on day 89 and find out that the waiting period of that state is 2 days, then you will get pushed out to day 91. Please don't let this happen.

Get the marriage license at least 2 weeks before your time is up, and plan the marriage the following week. Things happen, like snowstorms. I know one couple who had to postpone their marriage because it was set for September 12, 2001, and because of what happened the day before, they had no way of flying to the place they were supposed to marry at.

Don't wait until the last minute. This is much too important to press your luck with.

Noted, thank you for the info.