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To get married, do I need a paper that says I am single?

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Shub   78

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I've never been married before, but my mom suggested I should have a certificate from my country's authorities that certifies I am single, in order to get married on my K-1 visa. Do I?

I don't think I do, because I have found nothing online that says I do, but my mom is a champion at instilling doubt in my mind =P

Timeline:

2005-04-14: met online

2005-09-03: met in person

2007-02-26: filed for K-1

2007-03-19: K-1 approved

2007-06-11: K-1 in hand

2007-07-03: arrived in USA

2007-07-21: got married, yay!

2007-07-28: applied for green card

2008-02-19: conditional green card in hand

2010-01-05: applied for removal of conditions

2010-06-14: 10-year green card in hand

2013-11-19: applied for US citizenship

2014-02-10: became a US citizen

2014-02-22: applied for US passport

2014-03-14: received US passport

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Cécy   44

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We didn't need any specific paper to obtain our wedding license. You only need to provide documents if you have been married and divorced or widowed before.

All we needed to obtain our marriage license was our SSN # (you can get a letter saying why you don't have one), a picture ID and money to pay the register of deeds.

Contact the register of deeds in the state where you will get married and ask them what documents you need to bring.

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08.2006: Entered with a B-2 visa.

07.06.07: Civil Wedding

07.17.2008 AOS approved with interview. It took 367 Days!

11.08.08: Big family wedding

09.18.09-10.03.09: First trip to France with Hubby

I-751

04.19.10: Package sent to Vermont

04.21.10: Delivered in Vermont

04.22.10: NOA date

04.23.10: Check cashed

05.17.10: Received biometrics appointment letter

06.07.10: Biometrics Appointment

06.26.10: Touched

07.07.10: Card Production Ordered!

07.17.10: Card in the mail :) Done until citizenship

French Thread I

French Thread II

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bora bora   1

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We didn't need any specific paper to obtain our wedding license. You only need to provide documents if you have been married and divorced or widowed before.

All we needed to obtain our marriage license was our SSN # (you can get a letter saying why you don't have one), a picture ID and money to pay the register of deeds.

Contact the register of deeds in the state where you will get married and ask them what documents you need to bring.

We didn't need anything either. We were asked if we had ever been married before - which we hadn't - and that was it.

Plus, you're coming in on a fiance visa (that looks good).

11/2004 - Met in Brazil

09/2006 - Apply for K1

03/2007 - K1 approved

04/2007 - Apply for AOS & EAD

07/2007 - EAD approved

01/2008 - Conditional Residency approved

11/2009 - Apply to remove conditions

02/2010 - Permanent Residency approved

11/2010 - Apply for Citizenship

03/2011 - Citizenship approved

07/2011 - Moved back to Brazil

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Yodrak   7

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Shub,

That may depend on the laws of the jurisdiction in which you plan to get married. My wife's country has such a requirement of a foreigner for the foreigner to marry a citizen there.

Yodrak

I've never been married before, but my mom suggested I should have a certificate from my country's authorities that certifies I am single, in order to get married on my K-1 visa. Do I?

I don't think I do, because I have found nothing online that says I do, but my mom is a champion at instilling doubt in my mind =P

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