Does size of wedding matter

[ad8816 32]

Hello everyone, 

 

My fiancé and I have decided to go with the CR-1. He is coming back to the USA in 57 days and we plan to get married right after he gets here. We are doing a courthouse civil ceremony and keeping it very simple.

I just wanted to make sure that a simple civil service, that will only be attended by us and my parents, will be valid for a wedding ceremony, in they eyes of USCIS. I assume they can't put guidelines on how big or small the wedding is, as long as it is a legitimate and legal wedding ceremony. After the wedding, we are going to add his name to my bank account (that is already a "joint" account for us right now) and get checks and a joint debit card. Do these seem like good steps and would anyone recommend for us to do something else, like a notarized letter from my mother who will attend the wedding? I will also be submitting plenty of pictures, phone call history, Skype history, personal letters, etc. as extra foundation for our petition. 

 

Thank you to all who help so much!

 

 

Edited October 23, 2017 by alyssa&davide

[Gorkhali 214]

size of wedding doesn't matters. We needed 6 people to sign our wedding certificate as witness and post that our wedding ceremony was pretty much (2 boatman, me, my wife and my wife's best friend). We said our vows to each other.. did our little traditional custom and got married in middle of the lake on a sunny day where Mt. Fishtail was reflecting and witnessing our vows. 

 

Oh when we came home to USA (few days back), we had a huge party with friends and family.. lots of dancing, singing, laughing, eating, getting drunk and afterwards lots of cleaning

 

Edited October 23, 2017 by Gorkhali

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37 minutes ago, ad8816 said:

Hello everyone, 

 

My fiancé and I have decided to go with the CR-1. He is coming back to the USA in 57 days and we plan to get married right after he gets here. We are doing a courthouse civil ceremony and keeping it very simple.

I just wanted to make sure that a simple civil service, that will only be attended by us and my parents, will be valid for a wedding ceremony, in they eyes of USCIS. I assume they can't put guidelines on how big or small the wedding is, as long as it is a legitimate and legal wedding ceremony. After the wedding, we are going to add his name to my bank account (that is already a "joint" account for us right now) and get checks and a joint debit card. Do these seem like good steps and would anyone recommend for us to do something else, like a notarized letter from my mother who will attend the wedding? I will also be submitting plenty of pictures, phone call history, Skype history, personal letters, etc. as extra foundation for our petition. 

 

Thank you to all who help so much!

 

 

The size of the wedding does not matter as long as it is a valid wedding. My wife and I got married through a civil wedding as well and we had no issues whatsoever.