Hi, need help

[AshleyOsama0805 0]

So I am a US citizen female going to be marrying my egyptian fiance in 7 months and I have been reading up on all the requirements to be married but there is so much information I just want to make sure I have everything I need so when I go there I have not forgotten anything. I have gone on the embassy websites but it's seems like things are different between Cairo embassy and the laws here in the US. Anyways is there a step by step list for what I will need. I have so many pages saved on my phone but at this point I am overwhelmed. He is counting on me and trusting me to have everything needed and doing what he can on his side but most of it I know falls on my shoulders. Anyways we are getting married in Egypt and I know civil ceremony is how they do marriages to foreigners there. But what documents do I fill out before going there and do I need to send them in before and what documents do I need when I am there. I am waiting on my passport, and I know I need my divorce certificate from previous marriage, but what else do they need me to have.

Also when we marry do we have to wait in Egypt until his visa is approved or can we apply for him to come to US with me until it's approved. I have a daughter here so that is why I am asking. We do not want to be separated since it's been so long since we have seen each other and it's hard enough away now.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

[canadian_wife 1,822]

http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1

The link I just posted is a step by step guide for bringing a foreign spouse to the U.S. The first step is to get married, however I do not know what needs to be done to marry and Egyptian in Egypt (perhaps try posting in the regional forum). Once you are married you may file the papers to petition to have him come to the U.S. and permanent residency. YOU do not have to remain in Egypt. YOU may return to the U.S. at any time. Your (then) husband will need either a tourist visa (which he can use to visit but not stay and live) or an immigrant visa (which the guide above will help with)

Sadly the process takes about a year and separation is inevitable.

good luck

[Ahmed & Amy 291]

Hi there,

Follow the instructions on the US embassy website. https://egypt.usembassy.gov/acs12.html

I did exactly that 7 years ago and had no problems. We made an appointment with the embassy and I filled out an affidavit for marriage. Because I had been married once before I had brought my original divorce documents. I also brought my original birth certificate as well, but I can not remember if it was required or if I had brought it just in case.

Once you fill out the affidavit you can go to the Egyptian Ministry of Justice in downtown Cairo and have the civil marriage done there. The documents will be in Arabic and they will tell you what building you will need to go to to have stamps placed on it to make the marriage contract valid; once that is done they will refer you to a place right down the street from there to get it translated; once translated it will have to have stamps on it from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

All this took about 2 weeks from the moment we received our Egyptian marriage certificate at the ministry of justice till everything was completed with the million stamps on both English and Arabic documents.

As far as making a decision on whether to stay in Egypt while you are waiting on the immigration process (which can take up to a full year to complete) or whether you wait it out in the US, will have to be something you will have to seriously discuss with your new husband.

I have 2 sons who live in the US from my former marriage. I stayed living in Egypt thinking the time I spent here would not be too long as my husband and I were waiting for him to graduate from his university. Well nothing has gone as we planned, he didn't graduate on time as we planned, his father became severely ill and had to have 24/7 care; so I stayed and helped, my husband left his studies for sometime to help support his family, as he has a stepmother and younger brother. It was tough to say the least. To make it more complicated but a blessing all the same, my father in-law insisted on seeing a child from my husband and I. We had a daughter and when she was only 1.5, he passed away. After his father passed away my husband was able to continue his studies full time and then graduated and found work in his field. We didn't begin the immigration process until we had his university degree in hand and for him to be working in a professional field.

I keep and have kept regular contact with my sons since the time I left and finally was able to go and visit them this year. But it has been hard and heavy on me all this time. If you prefer to stay together (you and your soon to be husband), you may want to consider having your daughter with you in Egypt while you wait it out; if you can't bring her like I was unable to do, then you must make a decision either to stay with her in the US or be without her for a year maybe year and half.

Good Luck to you and Mabrook on your coming wedding.

[TBoneTX 45,266]

Welcome to the forum.

[AshleyOsama0805 0]

Thank you everyone. I have no idea yet what to do. I was reading up on there is a way after getting married that we could apply for him to come to the US until his visa is approved. It said after filling out the form I-130, he is eligible to fill out a non immigrant k-3 visa to come to the US until the visa is approved. That was on the embassy website, so is that something that we could do or no. I just don't won't to have to choose between him or my daughter because I love them both and also I don't want my ex to make it where I could lose my daughter.

[Boiler 45,467]

K3 is effectively dead.

[AshleyOsama0805 0]

Okay thank you for that info. I guess some sites have not updated that yet.

[Pitaya 2,577]

Welcome to the forum.