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catracha85   6

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My wife and I had beeing discussing the idea of marrying here in the US. We are already married in her home country (honduras). A friend of mine recommend me to it, because he says it is easier to obtain any document without presenting the honduran marriage certificate, which is in spanish and traductions are always needed (besides the fact that every time we need a traduction I spend 70$).

Also that a US marriage certificate has more validity here...

What do you think?? Has anyone marry in your wife/husband country and here in the US???

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OnMyWayID   1,489

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My wife and I had beeing discussing the idea of marrying here in the US. We are already married in her home country (honduras). A friend of mine recommend me to it, because he says it is easier to obtain any document without presenting the honduran marriage certificate, which is in spanish and traductions are always needed (besides the fact that every time we need a traduction I spend 70$).

Also that a US marriage certificate has more validity here...

What do you think?? Has anyone marry in your wife/husband country and here in the US???

I am not sure I understand the "70 dollars every time we need a translation" - many places on the web translate for about 25 a page and they send you a PDF.. Just print it out when needed, no need to re-translate the same document.

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nane1104   146

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Someone correct me if I am wrong...you are already married (to your wife), thus you are not eligible to marry in the US.

I guess you could divorce and marry again? j/k

I don't know why you decided to marry in Honduras but maybe you should have considered the inconvenience of a spanish marriage certificate before you got married?

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Doing anything weird with your marriage paperwork, like marrying again, is ALWAYS a bad idea.

I don't even think it would be legal, unless you divorced first, and then remarried.

And that would make your immigration status all weird.

So, no. Don't do that.

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Little_My   464

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You cannot legally marry someone twice. If you had a legal marriage ceremony in Honduras, then that's it - the only way to do the legal process again in the US would be to get a divorce first and re-marry, which hardly seems like a good idea or worth all the trouble.

People get married abroad all the time, including couples who are both US citizens - I can't believe that having a Honduran marriage certificate could be that big of a pain. Why won't you get one legitimate good translation that is certified and notarized made out of the original, and you can then submit photocopies of that one for everything you need. The photocopies can be also notarized if that is required for something. It's not as if you need to have it re-translated every time you need it in English for something.

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calibob   73

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I got married twice to the same woman........a civil then a religious ceremony 5 months later. But I agree, two civil marriages aren't right. Could the OP get a discount for multiple copies or get the original copied and certified/notarized?

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My wife and I had beeing discussing the idea of marrying here in the US. We are already married in her home country (honduras). A friend of mine recommend me to it, because he says it is easier to obtain any document without presenting the honduran marriage certificate, which is in spanish and traductions are always needed (besides the fact that every time we need a traduction I spend 70$).

Also that a US marriage certificate has more validity here...

What do you think?? Has anyone marry in your wife/husband country and here in the US???

Honduras does not have international form of marriage certificate? Get one translation and keep a copy of it - submit copies of the original certificate and notarized copy of translation.

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I would like to have a religious marriage ceremony for my family with my wife after she gets here from China. I would not register it (obtain a marriage license) from my town, which is required in my state to have a legal marriage. Any problem with that?

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Little_My   464

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It's fine to have an additional religious / festive ceremony, or several of them, in addition to a legal marriage ceremony - the No-no is to legally marry twice. We got married legally at city hall in NYC in a civil ceremony and just had a bigger more traditional and partly religious wedding ceremony and reception in my home country. Many people do that, and it is totally OK. What would not be OK is to legally marry somewhere abroad, for example, and then obtain a marriage license in the US and have another legal marriage ceremony.

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It is actually legal to remarry someone to whom you are already married in at least some states. I know that in New York, you can marry the same person over and over again, and in New Jersey you can have a recommitment ceremony in front of a judge/JP and register it with the county. I don't think it would make it easier though. For USCIS purposes you will always need to show the Honduran marriage certificate and to have another would be useless for that purpose - which is really the only place you'll probably need to show it. Good luck.

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croa01   2

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Also that a US marriage certificate has more validity here...

More validity??? The legitimacy of a document is like being pregnant. Either you are pregnant or not. There is nothing in the middle. Either you have a valid document or not...In Spanish, French or Latin

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My wife and I had beeing discussing the idea of marrying here in the US. We are already married in her home country (honduras). A friend of mine recommend me to it, because he says it is easier to obtain any document without presenting the honduran marriage certificate, which is in spanish and traductions are always needed (besides the fact that every time we need a traduction I spend 70$).

Also that a US marriage certificate has more validity here...

What do you think?? Has anyone marry in your wife/husband country and here in the US???

In Arizona its hot hot hot.

http://www.uscis.gov/dateCalculator.html

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bigdog   376

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If you are married you cannot get remarried in US. Get whatever copies of documents you need, certified and translated. Submit copies of certified documents to USCIS, have the originals ready to show them. This is not a cheap process to come to US, no easy. Everyone wants to find the scam to do it easier, faster, cheaper it cannot be done.

In Arizona its hot hot hot.

http://www.uscis.gov/dateCalculator.html

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Casprd   167

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I would like to have a religious marriage ceremony for my family with my wife after she gets here from China. I would not register it (obtain a marriage license) from my town, which is required in my state to have a legal marriage. Any problem with that?

Religious ceremony is fine. Just don't have anything filed with the county so it won't be a problem. Lots of people renew their vows with no issues.

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