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808xiaweiyi   0

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Hello i am new here i have been reading some of the guides thank you all for providing so much information. My fiancee is in china we had a wedding ceremony there for her family but did not get legally married (documentaion/paperwork) and now filing for K1 Fiancee visa. i am sure this has happened before and have searched maybe i am inputting the wrong words for the search but i cant find a good description of what to do. should we state we had a wedding ceremony with pictures? thanks for any replys or links for more information

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Walks like a duck, looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, its a duck. How can you have a marriage ceremony and not be married?

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In Arizona its hot hot hot.

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

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The K1 route is still available to the OP. To be legally married in China, the two parties have to go to the appropriate bureau and register for marriage. Since the OP and his fiancee did not do this (judging by what was written in the opening post), then they are not legally married.

Now, with all of that being said, you will not want to use terms like wedding, spouse, etc. The ceremony can be referred to as an engagement ceremony. I have seen instances of Sino/American couples having a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony before the Chinese citizen departs China for the US on a K1 visa. There is nothing wrong with this.

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The K1 route is still available to the OP. To be legally married in China, the two parties have to go to the appropriate bureau and register for marriage. Since the OP and his fiancee did not do this (judging by what was written in the opening post), then they are not legally married.

Now, with all of that being said, you will not want to use terms like wedding, spouse, etc. The ceremony can be referred to as an engagement ceremony. I have seen instances of Sino/American couples having a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony before the Chinese citizen departs China for the US on a K1 visa. There is nothing wrong with this.

:thumbs:good insight.

In Arizona its hot hot hot.

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

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imo, it is better to get your marriage papers filed and go through the marriage visa route. it is less scrutiny over k1.

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The K1 route is still available to the OP. To be legally married in China, the two parties have to go to the appropriate bureau and register for marriage. Since the OP and his fiancee did not do this (judging by what was written in the opening post), then they are not legally married.

Now, with all of that being said, you will not want to use terms like wedding, spouse, etc. The ceremony can be referred to as an engagement ceremony. I have seen instances of Sino/American couples having a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony before the Chinese citizen departs China for the US on a K1 visa. There is nothing wrong with this.

:thumbs: Good to know!

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:thumbs: Good to know!

I was told by my highly successful Chinese attorney. Do not mention the wedding banquet . Or show any photos from it. I am in the same boat. Not married, but had a big #### wedding party. Especially if there's wedding signs hanging up.

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Don't send invites for the wedding celebration to the consulate interview staff and you'll be ok.

VJers over-react to this question. Don't mention the party or show photos, how the hell would they know?

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