Getting married on tourist visa (I-94)

[americaandnorway 3]

Hi!

I'm traveling to the US at the end of this month so I can get married to my American fiancee at the beginning of September.

I'm wondering if anyone here have done it before and if anyone have done it, how did you do it related to getting into the country and what kind of proof you brought with you. I'm going back to Norway again at the end of September so we can start on the visa process.

I will also be traveling with my dad and step-mom.

Thanks for all the help I can get.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Hi!

I'm traveling to the US at the end of this month so I can get married to my American fiancee at the beginning of September.

I'm wondering if anyone here have done it before and if anyone have done it, how did you do it related to getting into the country and what kind of proof you brought with you. I'm going back to Norway again at the end of September so we can start on the visa process.

I will also be traveling with my dad and step-mom.

Thanks for all the help I can get.

This is not the way to go about this.

You will have to prove that you did not intend to get married while in the US, but you did.. so you will be misrepresenting yourself at the border. Which is a huge, big, red BAD IDEA.

[Leigh Ann 8]

This is not the way to go about this.

You will have to prove that you did not intend to get married while in the US, but you did.. so you will be misrepresenting yourself at the border. Which is a huge, big, red BAD IDEA.

No. The OP said he/she was going back to Norway to begin the visa process. The only thing you can't do at the border is say you're not intending to immigrate (i.e. live here permanently). They're not doing this on a tourist visa. What the OP is planning is fine.

[payxibka 10,044]

This is not the way to go about this.

You will have to prove that you did not intend to get married while in the US, but you did.. so you will be misrepresenting yourself at the border. Which is a huge, big, red BAD IDEA.

You need to read the post more carefully.... Your reply is a huge, big, red BAD reply

[Justine+David 218]

Be truthful, don't give more information than asked, i.e. don't rush to explain how you guys are getting a CR1.

Do you have a job? Ask for a letter stating when you'll be back to work.

Money saved? Show some account statements.

Show the return plane ticket, copy of your lease from an apartment/house, etc etc.

[mamaSue 38]

This is not the way to go about this.

You will have to prove that you did not intend to get married while in the US, but you did.. so you will be misrepresenting yourself at the border. Which is a huge, big, red BAD IDEA.

Totally wrong information.

Ther's nothing to stop the OP getting married in the US..... it's totally OK.

They are not planning to adjust status. As long as they are planning to go home and start immigration proceedings, they are totally within the law!

[sweetpiano 0]

Be truthful, don't give more information than asked, i.e. don't rush to explain how you guys are getting a CR1.

Do you have a job? Ask for a letter stating when you'll be back to work.

Money saved? Show some account statements.

Show the return plane ticket, copy of your lease from an apartment/house, etc etc.

Great reply! I got married in the US on a tourist visa and left the country afterwards. Had no problem coming in, answer only when asked.

[Harsh_77 716]

I would say, at POE, just say you here to spend time with your fiance and your parents. I am sure you will still have ties back at home like your job and house and stuff.

You can get married while you on your tourist visa and then go back to your home country and start your CR1 process.

I think that should not create any problem as long a you plan to go back to your home country and file paper from there.

[americaandnorway 3]

Sorry for the late reply.

Thanks everyone for the good replies given. I'll take with the papers on the above examples given as advice by some of the members here.

[patient2010 93]

You need to read the post more carefully.... Your reply is a huge, big, red BAD reply

agreed please read the post clearly before responding...GOOD LUCK on the wedding....

[americaandnorway 3]

Thanks for all the good wishes.

Just want to say for other people looking to do the same thing, marriage went great and it was no problem to enter into the country.

I brought with me a bank statement saying I had savings in Norway, a phone bill showing an address in Norway, a copy of the rental contract, a signed statement from my landlord saying I would return after my vacation to the US, a signed statement from my boss saying I would return after my vacation to the US and plane tickets.

I only answered the questions I was asked and nothing more. I had with me my parents, so asked what my intention with the vacation was I answered "so my parents could meet my fiancee's family" and wasn't asked anything more around that. I also had to show a return ticket and and answer when I was in the US the last time.

It was also no problems getting a marriage license from the state (MN).