I was just wonering what happens when Tarik gets here? As much as I'd love to just stay with him every minute of every day with him I know we have to get things done. For religious reasons, we need to get married within days of him arriving. Islamically and Legally how should I go about that? Any advice?

Legally, contact the clerk of courts (of whatever office does marriage certificates where you live). Explain the situation, ask if there are any waiting periods if so can it be waived. Also, ask if there is a SSN requirement & can be waived. Explain your fiancee is not a US citizen.

My hubby & I were married in Louisiana where there is a 72 hr waiting period and SSN requirement. I was fortunate to speak with a very helpful lady at the clerk of courts. We got both requirements waived by a judge, it only took an extra 5 minutes (and no additional fee). We were married by a JP the same day and hand delivered our paper work to the clerk of courts after the ceremony so that we could get certified copies the same day. My hubby arrived on a Saturday and we we married on Monday. Its doable. Good luck!

We didn't want a courthouse ceremony nor had time to plan a wedding, so we went applied for a marriage license and made arrangment at the mosque to be married. They signed out license and also gave us a Islamic Marriage certificate (that was useful when we registered our marriage with the Moroccan consulate here in the US). We took the signed license back to the county clerk to have it registered and they gave us the marriage certificate while we waited.

Social Security is not likely to have him in the system for about 10 days or so after arrival, so anytime after that you can apply for the card. (he's on a K-1 right?)

I was also married in Louisiana and there was no SSN requirement (or it was automatically waived unbeknownst to me).

Florida has a 3 day waiting period, but the county judge can waive the requirements. I married my SO the day after he arrived (well technically he arrived a little after midnight so the same day I guess). You should be able to find the marriage laws and print them out before you go. For us the laws include religious and hardship reasons for a waiver of the waiting period.

I am very glad I printed that out bc the lady at the courthouse gave us a hard time, but I gave her the print-out and told her I wanted to talk to her supervisor. I was in hijab and told her I didn't know any men for my husband to stay with and we couldn't live under the same roof until married and I refused to pay for a hotel room bc I had been waiting to marry him for 2 years I think it helped that his visa was expressly to enter the US and marry me whose name was printed on his visa. He had also entered the US late the day before.

We had to get legally married at the court with the witness and everything in order to get the waiver, but we were happy with that since I requested (and got) 5 extra certified copies of our marriage certificate for only $5 each on the spot. They have come in handy

We went to the mosque that night where I had arranged everything for the islamic wedding. Many places will not marry you islamically without the marriaged liscense which is why we did it the way we did. He was so tired at the end of the day we snuck out of the wedding after 30 min and he was snoring in the car on the way home It was still a good day.