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ekl3s1a   1

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Hi guys,

I'm still pretty new to this community, I just filed my K1 visa for my fiancee and waiting for our NOA2 and hoping that our petition gets approved. However my question is: for anyone who had a successful K1 journey, after you guys got married here in the US are you planning or did you get married again in the philippines? My fiancee and I are planning to get married again in the philippines but I recently researched and I'm not sure if I'm right as it was hard to find any good/factual answers, after reporting to the Philippine embassy here in the US for our filipino citizen fiance/fiancee, I assumed that the philippine embassy reports back to the Philippine government that said fiance/fiance is married so we can't have an actual legal marriage in the philippines (i'm not sure if i'm writing this right). Does anyone have any experience or knows anyone who went through a second marriage in the philippines? I would really appreciate any feedback.

Thank you again,

RicoNhet

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ekl3s1a   1

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Once you marry in the US, you are legally married, and therefore cannot get legally married again anywhere else.

You may of course have the traditional ceremony for the sake of friends and family, but you will already be legally married.

Thank you 2far, that's what I have guessed from the stuff I researched online. Thank you again.

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That's essentially what we did. We were married in the court in Abu Dhabi so we could legally live together and not take any chances. Reported married to both US and Philippine governments. We had the traditional ceremony though for her friends/family and my family that could come with the whole dress, walking down isle, etc, etc.

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Once you marry in the US, you are legally married, and therefore cannot get legally married again anywhere else.

You may of course have the traditional ceremony for the sake of friends and family, but you will already be legally married.

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Hi guys,

I'm still pretty new to this community, I just filed my K1 visa for my fiancee and waiting for our NOA2 and hoping that our petition gets approved. However my question is: for anyone who had a successful K1 journey, after you guys got married here in the US are you planning or did you get married again in the philippines? My fiancee and I are planning to get married again in the philippines but I recently researched and I'm not sure if I'm right as it was hard to find any good/factual answers, after reporting to the Philippine embassy here in the US for our filipino citizen fiance/fiancee, I assumed that the philippine embassy reports back to the Philippine government that said fiance/fiance is married so we can't have an actual legal marriage in the philippines (i'm not sure if i'm writing this right). Does anyone have any experience or knows anyone who went through a second marriage in the philippines? I would really appreciate any feedback.

Thank you again,

RicoNhet

You can't get married twice! You can complete a renewal of vows; do the full blown wedding thing, but no marriage license, for all the family. That anyone can do.

You want to actually get married in the Philippines, then get married now and file for the IR/CR-1 spouse visa.

Whether you complete ROM doesn't matter, married is married. Can't do it twice, without a divorce or annulment in the middle ;)

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Talk to your parish priest in 'Pinas. He may perform an unofficial wedding ceremony for a small "donation." That's what our friends did.

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Look, you can always have another ceremony.

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Joan and I are planning to renew our vows with our family in the Philippines, but as others have mentioned, it won't be another "wedding."

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conversely as I understand it, (and your fiancé might prefer), you could have the non-legal ceremony (ie church type marriage) in the Philipines first, and then use your K1 visa to come to the US and then have the legal marriage in the US

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conversely as I understand it, (and your fiancé might prefer), you could have the non-legal ceremony (ie church type marriage) in the Philipines first, and then use your K1 visa to come to the US and then have the legal marriage in the US

I would never recommend that. If the embassy got wind it could kill your K-1 visa, as the embassy could interpret that as being married.

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I would never recommend that. If the embassy got wind it could kill your K-1 visa, as the embassy could interpret that as being married.

I agree

I would not recommend it either

In many states in the USA if you present yourself as a married couple, whether or not you have a marriage license then you are legally married..

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