How to get a Foreign Marriage recognised in the U.S?

[ProbeGT 47]

5 hours ago, Eseskay said:

Do i need any other documentation for the proof other than the Pakistani Marriage Certificate? there is no need for my Wife to do anything from the U.S right? like get any kind of documents?  Thank you.

Do you have a Nikah Nama, or only a Marriage Registration Certificate?

 

If either of you is Muslim, you will need three documents (Nikah Nama + English Translation + Marriage Registration Certificate)

[SalishSea 18,188]

5 hours ago, ProbeGT said:

If you are married in Pakistan per Pakistani law, then your marriage is recognized by the US.

If either one of you is Muslim, you will need a Nikah Nama in addition to your Marriage Registration Certificate

If you are both non-Muslims, then you can use just the Marriage Registration Certificate + your religious documentation (Church, Temple, etc)

 

*Unless you are first cousins, then the marriage would only be legal, for immigration purposes, in a state that allows cousin marriage.

[ProbeGT 47]

2 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

*Unless you are first cousins, then the marriage would only be legal, for immigration purposes, in a state that allows cousin marriage.

Correct.  Based on this forum, the IO may ask the petitioner to move to such a state, though not always.

[Sandra G. 5,075]

19 hours ago, Eseskay said:

Thank you all for the replies. So i shall be starting my CR-1 process shortly without a worry since the marriage is recognised in the U.S. Do i need any other documentation for the proof other than the Pakistani Marriage Certificate? there is no need for my Wife to do anything from the U.S right? like get any kind of documents?  Thank you. 
Also, another question, does the Embassy require a sponsorship in case of CR-1 as well? 

Your wife doesn't have to do anything in the U.S. Yes you will need a sponsor.USCIS usually takes 12months to approve the CR1 visa, and probably they will put you in AP again, you will have to wait at least 20 months to come to the U.S.

Edited December 17, 2020 by sandranj

[Eseskay 1]

On 12/16/2020 at 12:56 PM, carmel34 said:

I remember your original post back in February, with many pages of discussion where you and your fiancée (now wife) were trying to understand why her I-129F petition was revoked.  It was an unusual case because of the circumstances--after many months in administrative processing, which is normal for Pakistan, the petition itself was revoked and sent back to USCIS to die.  The K-1 visa was not denied, but the petition was revoked.  You received many suggestions warning you that simply getting married and trying for a CR-1 visa, starting with the USC filing a new I-130 petition, may not solve your problem if the reason for the I-129F petition being revoked is not known, so if the same problem is there and is not fixed, the I-130 could also be denied.  Were you able to find out why the first petition was revoked?  Your case was strange because the petition is mostly focused on the USC petitioner, so something must have come up related to her and her petition when it was reviewed as part of AP at the Islamabad embassy.  Did she ever receive an explanation from USCIS why her I-129F petition was revoked?  Did she submit a FOIA request to try and find out what the reason was?  @MachadoMercedess can you shed any light here?  I'm saying all this because your chances for an I-130 approval would be much greater if you know the reason  for the revocation and can submit the new petition with this in mind.  A CR-1 petition and eventual visa application process is long and expensive, it could be 18 months or longer, so to avoid the same outcome after a long time of waiting, I would suggest that your fiancée do everything she can to know why the first petition was revoked before filing another one.  A marriage certificate may not be enough if an underlying problem still exists.  Good luck!

Hello Carmel, 
I hope you're you good. Yes i am glad you remembered it! My case is unusual we're both not sure as to why? Can you elaborate what an FOIA request is? We tried a whole bunch of things to find out the reason as to WHY they denied us but they never responded to her or any of our lawyers or me. That's the weird part. We tried everything we could. I don't think they really want to tell us the reason but maybe after filing a CR-1 they'll let us know. What do you think we should do? We already got Married here in Pakistan. She's even moving in, in a couple of months, to stay here with me. 

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