No wedding photos

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If that is true, anyone can go to their fiancés parents and say that they would like to be considered as married and then suddenly be ineligible for a K1 visa?

   In an Islamic country, you have to do this in front of family in friends to be allowed to stay in the same house.  Otherwise it's "adultery" or living in sin.  We were still made to take separate hotel rooms afterwards and always would be unless a wedding takes place and we actually get married.  You can't stay in the same hotel room if you are not married.  I think what we are looking at here is a formal commitment acknowledged by friends and family.  This is necessary among people who don't officially date before marriage.  It's like posting the banns.  Then it is accepted by friends, neighbors and family that it is religiously ok for you to be together and you don't have to sneak around like teenagers.  If he did not accept marital responsibility for me, the doorman of his building won't even let me in without the third degree.  But all of this is cultural and not legal.  It involves no ceremonies or documents.  Saying something does not make it so for immigration purposes.

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The only legal marriage for foreigners in Egypt is a civil ceremony performed at the local marriage court, which is in accordance with Islamic practice.  

 

https://eg.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/local-resources-of-u-s-citizens/marriage-in-egypt/

 

You are NOT married and fine to use the K path.

 

Anyway, I have family up in the mountains of PA and I hate having to go there to visit! I dont know why. Its a long drive and a lot of hills I guess. lol. So I get where your family is coming from. The suggestions you got so far are all good ones.. Do a small private ceremony locally and then go visit your family afterwards. Pictures at the ceremony are a good idea as stated even if its just you guys. You can also take pictures of the "event" with your family and submit them. The event doesnt have to be on the same day. Tell your fiance to not worry about pictures as evidence. They arent even strong evidence. But it is weird if you take zero photos of the wedding. So snap a few. You may not want them now but you probably will want them later.