Get married in Ecuador and apply to have the interview in Morocco

[am&je 0]

Hi all...

 

I visited my fiancée for 9 days and we did an engagement day. Now, after 6 months, I want to visit him again in Morocco for 7 days. I do not know what is right. Do we marry in Morocco when I visit him for the second time or wait?

 

The second choice is to meet in Ecuador (Third visit), marry there and make a wedding. Then we translate the marriage contract into English in Ecuador, but my fiancé lives in Morocco and the interview day should be in Morocco

 

Is the second choice allowed to have no problem or not?

 

After the second visit we will complete a year of relationship

 

If we make the second option (marriage in Ecuador) the relationship will be 18 months

 

Thanks..

Edited May 3, 2018 by am&je

[mlh 93]

Where you get married doesn't affect where you have your interview. 

 

My husband and I got married in St. Lucia and he's from the UK, so that's where his interview was.  It's about where he lives, not where you get married.

[am&je 0]

9 minutes ago, mlh said:

Where you get married doesn't affect where you have your interview. 

 

My husband and I got married in St. Lucia and he's from the UK, so that's where his interview was.  It's about where he lives, not where you get married.

Thank you for the information

 

What is your opinion of the situation, what is the most appropriate and successful, the first or second option?

[RJandHamid 1,133]

I think it might be easier if you marry in Morocco. Casablanca is a tough consulate, so you don't want them questioning why you didn't marry in Morocco since it's very culturally important for the family to be very involved in the wedding (unless they are all going to Ecuador too). Plus you'll miss out on the fun of a Moroccan wedding, and having photos with his family and friends can be a huge benefit come interview time.

[mlh 93]

1 hour ago, am&je said:

Thank you for the information

 

What is your opinion of the situation, what is the most appropriate and successful, the first or second option?

I know from reading a lot on here that Morocco is very tough, so I would read up on the regional forum to understand how to “frontload” you application. Like RJandHamid mentioned, if it’s important culturally, then you may need to get married in Morocco, but you might want to visit 1 or 2 more times to establish the relationship a little more

 

I forget her username, and I’m on my phone so can’t easily look it up, but one of the girls on here went through the process for her husband in Casa and she’s always hugely helpful with questions about what they did and had to do again to get approved after an initial denial.

 

Good luck!!!

[am&je 0]

1 hour ago, RJandHamid said:

I think it might be easier if you marry in Morocco. Casablanca is a tough consulate, so you don't want them questioning why you didn't marry in Morocco since it's very culturally important for the family to be very involved in the wedding (unless they are all going to Ecuador too). Plus you'll miss out on the fun of a Moroccan wedding, and having photos with his family and friends can be a huge benefit come interview time.

I’m Ecuadorean I’m very cultural as well. It’s very important for me that my family is present is the “reception/party”. I was thinking to visit him in September and get married/sign the contract with his parents and my parents present and then go to Ecuador to do the reception etc.. Traveling from Morocco to Ecuador is too expensive and long hours trip so it will be almost impossible to flight his parent to Ecuador.. The other option was that after the second time visiting him to apply for the k1 visa and during the process visit him again in February and so on...

[RJandHamid 1,133]

If your parents and his parents can be present for the legal marriage in Morocco, I think that's the way to go. You can still have a party/ceremony in Ecuador after the CR1 process. You could do the K1 visa as well, but I don't recommend it. Not only are K1s being denied at a high rate in Casablanca, but also you will need to wait until he gets to the US before you can have any kind of marriage ceremony. Then after getting married and filing AOS, he'll need to wait 3-5 mouths before he can travel out of the country. 

 

I think getting married in Morocco and then going the CR1 process will be easiest and more likely to have a better interview outcome. 

[am&je 0]

13 hours ago, RJandHamid said:

If your parents and his parents can be present for the legal marriage in Morocco, I think that's the way to go. You can still have a party/ceremony in Ecuador after the CR1 process. You could do the K1 visa as well, but I don't recommend it. Not only are K1s being denied at a high rate in Casablanca, but also you will need to wait until he gets to the US before you can have any kind of marriage ceremony. Then after getting married and filing AOS, he'll need to wait 3-5 mouths before he can travel out of the country. 

 

I think getting married in Morocco and then going the CR1 process will be easiest and more likely to have a better interview outcome. 

Thank you for your advise. Do you or someone here knows what are the requirements to get married in Casablanca? Such as documentation, translations etc..