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Got married in the Catholic church after civil ceremony

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Hi All,

 

My wife and were legally married in a small civil ceremony with family and close friends shortly after her arrival on a K1 visa. It was always the plan to have a much larger wedding in the Catholic church down the line. She got her GC in November of 2020 and we got “re-married” in her home country earlier this year. There were 150+ people and it was a much more typical wedding. This of course had a big effect on some of our financial and travel activity. Has anyone done anything similar? It was really a matter of religion and celebration so I’m not sure how USCIS would view a situation like that.

 

Thanks in advance! You all are fantastic.

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1 minute ago, Misscloud said:

what is the question?

is it related to ROC? because many people did that and never have an issue, especially during covid time

the legal marriage = the civil ceremony

Yeah I suppose I should have phrased that all differently. Will it cause any issue that we married technically twice? How much should I explain since it resulted in decent sized foreign transactions and money transfers from my parents helping out?

 

I guess I’m overthinking.

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1 minute ago, visaquestion1234 said:

Yeah I suppose I should have phrased that all differently. Will it cause any issue that we married technically twice? How much should I explain since it resulted in decent sized foreign transactions and money transfers from my parents helping out?

 

I guess I’m overthinking.

no worries. u are not the only couple who "married" twice. technically its only 1 time ( the civic), the church = reception

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4 minutes ago, Misscloud said:

no worries. u are not the only couple who "married" twice. technically its only 1 time ( the civic), the church = reception

Great, thank you!

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1 hour ago, visaquestion1234 said:

Yeah I suppose I should have phrased that all differently. Will it cause any issue that we married technically twice? How much should I explain since it resulted in decent sized foreign transactions and money transfers from my parents helping out?

 

I guess I’m overthinking.

You were not married twice.  The first one was the legal marriage.

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