Marriage without a ceremony with fiancee visa

[juanlee337 0]

I want to apply for finance visa instead of spousal visa because I dont want her to wait for me another 6~8 months after we get married to come to the US. 

 

The plan is to get fiancee visa approved, have ceremony outside of the states(non official), and once she comes here with her fiancee visa, get married(apply for marriage licence without a ceremony).

 

Anybody have any thoughts or experience int his matter?

 

[GabiMatch 161]

As long as you don't get legally married before she came to the states you should be fine with a ceremony, specially if you do that after her visa is approved. Could actually be a very nice way to celebrate the visa approval!!!

Good luck!

[Lemonslice 4,549]

3 minutes ago, GabiMatch said:

As long as you don't get legally married before she came to the states you should be fine with a ceremony, specially if you do that after her visa is approved. Could actually be a very nice way to celebrate the visa approval!!!

Good luck!

So many people got in trouble, I lost count. Do not do any kind of marriage, legal or otherwise, unless you do not mind starting over with a spouse visa.

[AK_2014 113]

Echoing @Lemonslice: If you are planning to file for a fiancee visa, is not a good idea to have any kind of ceremony that could be construed as marriage, even if it is not official.

 

I have read many, many cases here of people who did that, and found themselves in limbo: too "married" for the K-1, and "not married enough" for a CR-1, so they had to wait even longer, have an official marriage ceremony, and then start all over again applying for the CR-1.

[f f 725]

make sure not perform any of the local customs associated with getting married or have any sort of religious figure there talking about marriage.

 

it is ceremonies like this which cause people to be too married for the k1 and not married enough for the cr1.

[Crazy Cat 39,190]

43 minutes ago, juanlee337 said:

I want to apply for finance visa instead of spousal visa because I dont want her to wait for me another 6~8 months after we get married to come to the US. 

 

The plan is to get fiancee visa approved, have ceremony outside of the states(non official), and once she comes here with her fiancee visa, get married(apply for marriage licence without a ceremony).

 

Anybody have any thoughts or experience int his matter?

 

EITHER come to US BEFORE any kind of marriage on a K-1.... or..... get married, file for CR-1 and then come.........If try to play games with USCIS or NVC, you will very, very likely find yourselves with a MUCH longer wait..........

[SaRy 73]

Here are a K1 few visas cases that got denied due to ceremonies (official, religious...etc):

 

http://www.visajourney.com/sitesearch/?cx=partner-pub-3407508467788263%3A9725800110&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=K1+Denied+Ceremony&sa=Search&siteurl=www.visajourney.com%2Fforums%2Ftopic%2F648173-marriage-without-a-ceremony-with-fiancee-visa%2F&ref=www.visajourney.com%2Fforums%2F&ss=10655j8374279j38

[Mr Geminian 691]

K1 visa process takes nearly 6 months and if guys can wait for 6-8 months then  you can wait for a little more time. I know waiting is hell because all the K-1 & CR-1 will go through the waiting process but If you guys planned your marriage then I'd say get married and apply for CR-1. 

[Cyberfx1024 7,978]

17 hours ago, juanlee337 said:

I want to apply for finance visa instead of spousal visa because I dont want her to wait for me another 6~8 months after we get married to come to the US. 

 

The plan is to get fiancee visa approved, have ceremony outside of the states(non official), and once she comes here with her fiancee visa, get married(apply for marriage licence without a ceremony).

 

Anybody have any thoughts or experience int his matter?

 

 

Do you mean like a justice of the peace marriage?

[AussieTam 48]

My fiance and  I had a commitment  ceremony  while waiting  for K1 visa. 

My visa was approved  I entered the US and following  day we went to the local courthouse  and were legally  married. 

I didn't  see any problems  as it wasn't  a legal marriage  until I entered the country.

[C-ma'am 684]

Don't do it. She can be denied at POE.

 

 

[Roel 7,191]

You can't have a cake and eat cake...

SO MANY people had their K1  visa denied because of their "unofficial" ceremonies.

[YankeesFan1991 1]

Technically speaking having a celebratory ceremony is not only allowed, but normal and customary.  Many will have one ceremony with spouses family abroad, and then a second in the US, with only one of them being the actual "legal" marriage.  However, in practice, this has been causing problems recently with K-1 visas, where people were denied and told to apply as spouses, even if they were not yet legally married!.  I would not bring any of this up in an interview, nor have photos of the ceremony, or other evidence, if you do this.  If you want to celebrate privately with your spouses family, keep it private.