Applying right after wedding - issue?

[Laud 40]

Hi. My partner and I are getting married in April and are looking to start the CR1 process immediately. We've been hovering in this forum, downloading forms, and gathering documents ready to go.

 

One thing we've noticed on the forum is that people rarely send the i130 straight after getting married and we wondered if there was a reason. We've been together for 4 years, living together for 3 of those, so we have no concerns of evidencing the authenticity of our relationship, but it occurred to us that immediate filing of the i130 might be a red flag for the NVC that could delay the process.

 

Any guidance or advice greatly appreciated.

[Dashinka 24,846]

You can submit the I130 as soon as you have your marriage certificate in hand.  I am not aware of any delays caused by submitting it as soon as it is possible.

 

Good Luck!

[gregcrs2 1,778]

54 minutes ago, Laud said:

Hi. My partner and I are getting married in April and are looking to start the CR1 process immediately. We've been hovering in this forum, downloading forms, and gathering documents ready to go.

 

One thing we've noticed on the forum is that people rarely send the i130 straight after getting married and we wondered if there was a reason. We've been together for 4 years, living together for 3 of those, so we have no concerns of evidencing the authenticity of our relationship, but it occurred to us that immediate filing of the i130 might be a red flag for the NVC that could delay the process.

 

Any guidance or advice greatly appreciated.

We married on a Friday and submitted the I-130 on a Monday.  We had everything filled out before marriage.  There is no red flag for filing quickly.  Press on and good luck.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Absolutely no problem filing as soon as you can. 

Depending on local authorities, it can take a few days to a few months for some people to get their certified marriage certificate to submit with their I-130.

[Laud 40]

2 hours ago, gregcrs2 said:

We married on a Friday and submitted the I-130 on a Monday.  We had everything filled out before marriage.  There is no red flag for filing quickly.  Press on and good luck.

Great to hear! Thank you!

 

15 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

Absolutely no problem filing as soon as you can. 

Depending on local authorities, it can take a few days to a few months for some people to get their certified marriage certificate to submit with their I-130.

Fantastic. We thought that was probably the case but wanted to double check we weren't overlooking something else.

[pushbrk 13,157]

Some people delay for financial reasons.  Many member here marry during an international trip and are broke when they return. Many also don't prepare in advance for the process like you have.

[Nitas_man 3,100]

6 hours ago, Laud said:

Hi. My partner and I are getting married in April and are looking to start the CR1 process immediately. We've been hovering in this forum, downloading forms, and gathering documents ready to go.

 

One thing we've noticed on the forum is that people rarely send the i130 straight after getting married and we wondered if there was a reason. We've been together for 4 years, living together for 3 of those, so we have no concerns of evidencing the authenticity of our relationship, but it occurred to us that immediate filing of the i130 might be a red flag for the NVC that could delay the process.

 

Any guidance or advice greatly appreciated.

No issue.  Good luck!

Edited February 17, 2021 by Nitas_man

[retheem 568]

You can file it as soon as the day after your wedding...scratch that, 5 minutes after you say i do.

[pushbrk 13,157]

10 hours ago, retheem said:

You can file it as soon as the day after your wedding...scratch that, 5 minutes after you say i do.

Forget the scratch.  Pretty rare to have certified copy of the marriage certificate 5 minutes after saying "I do."  The correct answer, already given, is that you can file as soon as you have a Certified Copy of the Marriage Certificate in hand.  In some places that can take a few weeks.  In others, maybe the same day.

[SalishSea 18,186]

15 hours ago, retheem said:

You can file it as soon as the day after your wedding...scratch that, 5 minutes after you say i do.

Not really.  Little detail of marriage certificate is needed.....

[Kaykay2019 5]

On 2/16/2021 at 5:34 PM, pushbrk said:

Some people delay for financial reasons.  Many member here marry during an international trip and are broke when they return. Many also don't prepare in advance for the process like you have.

Lol...to your statement that many members marry during an international trip and are broke when they return. That was exactly my situation when I got back from marrying my partner in my country which is even worst considering me giving money out to relatives. We got married in December and even though I planned  on submitting the filing upon returning to the US in January,  I couldn’t because of the bills that I had to take care off. However I just submitted my documents to a lawyer who will be helping me out with the process because my ex-husband and I already went through the process before as he was in the US on a student visa. I felt that legal assistance along the way maybe necessary for this second filing. 

[Boiler 46,215]

I walked out of Church with my marriage Certificate.

 

Maybe 15 minutes.

[pushbrk 13,157]

7 hours ago, Boiler said:

I walked out of Church with my marriage Certificate.

 

Maybe 15 minutes.

A certified copy of a certificate of marriage as registered with the local government entity?  The certificate you needed to file your petition.  Possible but rare.

[Boiler 46,215]

1 minute ago, pushbrk said:

A certified copy of a certificate of marriage as registered with the local government entity?  The certificate you needed to file your petition.  Possible but rare.

Church of England

 

Certainly then you went into the Vestry filled in the paperwork were given the Marriage Certificate and walked out, now obviously they did something as far as national registration was concerned. Presume they sent a copy somewhere.

 

I know there are many many different ways these are done. And have been done, come across quite a few on here and I am sure this is just the tip of the iceberg. 

 

Here we are, looked it up.

Marriages

Clergy of the established Church of England are registrars for marriage. In each parish church two identical registers of marriages are kept and when they are complete, one is sent to the superintendent registrar. In the meantime, every three months it is required that a return certified by a clergy person detailing the marriages that had taken place, or else that no marriages had taken place, in the preceding three months, be submitted directly to the superintendent registrar.

The Marriage Act 1836 also permitted marriages by licence to take place in approved churches, chapels and nonconformist meeting houses, other than those of the Church of England. Marriages were only legally binding if they were notified to the superintendent registrar by the officiating minister so in effect, this required the presence of a local registration officer as the authorising person. When a nonconformist minister or other religious official, such as a rabbi, performed the ceremony it was necessary for the local registrar or his assistant to be present so that the marriage was legal. This legislation was not repealed until 1898, after which date, nonconformist ministers and other religious leaders could take on the role of notifying official, if so appointed, and on the condition that their premises were licensed for the solemnising of marriage. The civil authorities, i.e. the local registrar, could also perform marriage by certificate in a register office. Changes in marriage laws since 1836 have also affected how marriages are registered, for example, civil partnerships for same-sex couples were introduced by the British Government in 2004 and the GRO records these ceremonies through its civil registration system.

 

[pushbrk 13,157]

4 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Church of England

 

Certainly then you went into the Vestry filled in the paperwork were given the Marriage Certificate and walked out, now obviously they did something as far as national registration was concerned. Presume they sent a copy somewhere.

 

I know there are many many different ways these are done. And have been done, come across quite a few on here and I am sure this is just the tip of the iceberg. 

 

Here we are, looked it up.

Marriages

Clergy of the established Church of England are registrars for marriage. In each parish church two identical registers of marriages are kept and when they are complete, one is sent to the superintendent registrar. In the meantime, every three months it is required that a return certified by a clergy person detailing the marriages that had taken place, or else that no marriages had taken place, in the preceding three months, be submitted directly to the superintendent registrar.

The Marriage Act 1836 also permitted marriages by licence to take place in approved churches, chapels and nonconformist meeting houses, other than those of the Church of England. Marriages were only legally binding if they were notified to the superintendent registrar by the officiating minister so in effect, this required the presence of a local registration officer as the authorising person. When a nonconformist minister or other religious official, such as a rabbi, performed the ceremony it was necessary for the local registrar or his assistant to be present so that the marriage was legal. This legislation was not repealed until 1898, after which date, nonconformist ministers and other religious leaders could take on the role of notifying official, if so appointed, and on the condition that their premises were licensed for the solemnising of marriage. The civil authorities, i.e. the local registrar, could also perform marriage by certificate in a register office. Changes in marriage laws since 1836 have also affected how marriages are registered, for example, civil partnerships for same-sex couples were introduced by the British Government in 2004 and the GRO records these ceremonies through its civil registration system.

 

Perfect, so your circumstance is unique to marriages conducted by Clergy of the "established Church of England".  Unique indeed.