Wedding Ceremony and Fiancee Visa

[Vietnam 0]

Sorry to hi-jack your thread a bit, I heard that if you have a wedding in the countryside (que^) without marriage certificate before the wedding ...... police (Cong an phuong) will fine, $500 US dollars or something, is that true?

No worries Thanh, I am curious about this as well. I think I heard this before. Does anyone have a definitive answer?

If your fiance is living in the countryside. You should tell to the organizer to post the word "Engagement Ceremony" only. Sometimes, the local police officer will come to look for some bribes if that's a unregistered wedding.

If your fiance is living in a city, never mind, no one pays attention to ask if you have the permit to organize an "Engagement Ceremony".

You should call it "Engagement Ceremony" as you are not legally married yet. It will follow correctly according to Vietnam Law and no problem with US Consulate as well.

Hien

Call it an Engagement Ceremony "Dam Hoi" and definitely do it. Believe it or not, it may actually complicate your case if you don't] do it.

And on your timeline-- you will not be going through the Armenian Consulate, you will be going through Ho Chi Minh City.

[Lucas 0]

Call it an Engagement Ceremony "Dam Hoi" and definitely do it. Believe it or not, it may actually complicate your case if you don't] do it.

And on your timeline-- you will not be going through the Armenian Consulate, you will be going through Ho Chi Minh City.

Why not call it a Lễ Đính Hôn? We plan on having a Dam Hoi in September, but many of my friends and family will be coming in December for the "other" event... whichever we choose to call it. Do you see any issue with that?

Thanks and appreciate your help!

[wait4ever 0]

[i'm also curious as to what qualifies as having Family in the US. I know she has a nephew on the east coast and some distant relatives in Texas, but other than that, she has no immediate family. They are not particularly close, and I haven't met any of them. Has anyone here had a similar situation?

Form DS-156, which is submitted prior to your fiancee's interview, asks the following question of the beneficiary:

#37. Are any of the following persons in the US or do they have US legal permanent residence or US citizenship? Mark YES or NO and indicate that person's status in the US (i.e., US legal permanent resident, US citizen, visiting, studying, working, etc.)

Husband/Wife,Fiance/Fiancee

Father/Mother,Son/Daughter,Brother/Sister

[AustinJohn 2]

I called the U.S. Consulate in HCM city in regards to this matter of "marriage ceremony" before the K1 visa. The consulate representative quickly told me that a marriage ceremony is not a problem unless you get a marriage certificate. By the way she replied to me, it seemed to me that it was a common question for her to answer.

I have also planned a marriage ceremony before my fiancee gets her visa. What's this about a fine for not filing?!? I think my finacee's uncle works with the police so if that's true, I hope it's not an issue for us.

I was planning on telling my fiancee to share the pictures with the U.S. consulate officer when she has her interview. I was thinking about trying to hide it but changed my mind. My fiancee will be nervous enough and under enough pressure without having to worry about hiding something. I also thought it best that she be completely honest with them.

[AustinJohn 2]

I talked to my fiancee this morning. I asked her if there would be a problem with the police and a marriage ceremony without the paperwork. She said, "No, the police here aren't difficult." She lives south of HCM city.

[Lucas 0]

I talked to my fiancee this morning. I asked her if there would be a problem with the police and a marriage ceremony without the paperwork. She said, "No, the police here aren't difficult." She lives south of HCM city.

Austin John, wow! thanks for looking into this.

Lucas

[Sinh & Lien 0]

I don't think you really have to worry about the police, i have seen first-hand and attended many of these weddings in vietnam and never ever heard about police being a problem. I live 17km east of Nha Trang. Also, my situation is that i didn't even have a engagement ceremony or wedding but we still got approved for our visa. The point we made was that we are going to have them both together this summer before my fiance leaves for the US. My "dam hoi" is on the 29th of June and my wedding is the 3rd of July. We got asked about it during the interview but they took our explanation without further questions.

From what you have told, i don't forsee any major problems, they might bring one or two things out to try to stump you but i really don't see any thing. But don't get too confident, you never know!!!