Getting married in Hawaii

[meintx 0]

Hi,

My fiancee has gotten her K-1 visa. We are planning to go to Hawaii for our honeymoon. Has anyone gotten married in Hawaii?

My concern is that the state says they take 60-120 days to mail the marriage certificate. If you want it faster, ou can order copies, that takes 4-6 weeks. We would like to apply for AOS as soon as we get married. We are trying to figure out if we can get any papers at the wedding in Hawaii as proof of marriage to file with the AOS application.

Any experiences?

Thanks

[YuAndDan 153]

You need to send a copy of the marriage cert, that is issued by the government agency.

Why not marry by civil ceremony where they process quickly, and and honeymoon in Hawaii.

Las Vegas is known for quick weddings, you just have to hand carry the compleated marriage license back to Clark County clerks office and walk out with the marriage cert.

Even where I live in NY we got married in less than a week.

[small axe 0]

Hi,

My fiancee has gotten her K-1 visa. We are planning to go to Hawaii for our honeymoon. Has anyone gotten married in Hawaii?

My concern is that the state says they take 60-120 days to mail the marriage certificate. If you want it faster, ou can order copies, that takes 4-6 weeks. We would like to apply for AOS as soon as we get married. We are trying to figure out if we can get any papers at the wedding in Hawaii as proof of marriage to file with the AOS application.

Any experiences?

Thanks

Hey, there...

My K-1 fiancee & I were married in Hawai'i three weeks ago, and nothing could have been easier.

The application for the marriage license (at the State Dep't of Health on Punchbowl St. In Honolulu...) took about 15 minutes, and we were able to pick up certified copies of the marriage certificate at the same office only two days after the ceremony ($10 for the first, and $4 for each additional copy). Again... 15 minutes, at most. You'll need to deliver the completed license to that office by hand after the wedding in order to get the certificate copies that fast, but... whomever you choose to officiate will most likely offer to do that for you.

My advice? If you're going to Hawai'i anyway, and if the alternative is a JP in the county courthouse back home... by all means, have the ceremony on the beach in Hawai'i!!! Ours was thoroughly enjoyable, hassle-free, and inexpensive, to boot.

There are plenty of folks able & willing to perform a ceremony on very short notice over there, and if you'll be staying on Oahu, I'd be happy to recommend the guy we wound up using.

[Dr_LHA 3]

Las Vegas is known for quick weddings, you just have to hand carry the compleated marriage license back to Clark County clerks office and walk out with the marriage cert.

They actually don't do that any more, you have to wait 2-3 weeks and get it in the mail.

[Vox 0]

We got married in Hawaii in April and gout our marrige certificate the next day in person. Just make sure that you take a certified copy of of licence yourself, explain situation and you should be ok.

Las Vegas is known for quick weddings, you just have to hand carry the compleated marriage license back to Clark County clerks office and walk out with the marriage cert.

They actually don't do that any more, you have to wait 2-3 weeks and get it in the mail.

[Dr_LHA 3]

We got married in Hawaii in April and gout our marrige certificate the next day in person. Just make sure that you take a certified copy of of licence yourself, explain situation and you should be ok.

Las Vegas is known for quick weddings, you just have to hand carry the compleated marriage license back to Clark County clerks office and walk out with the marriage cert.

They actually don't do that any more, you have to wait 2-3 weeks and get it in the mail.

Sorry I should have been more clear. I meant they don't do that in Vegas any more.

[meintx 0]

Hi,

Thanks for all the replies. We are going to go Kauai and hope to get married there. It looks like they will do it in person in Honolulu, not sure about the other islands.

Vox, where did you get married? Does the wedding officiant provide a certified copy of the marriage license?