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I've read that some(all?) places in my state, California, are very slow to get you the marriage certificate required for the AOS paperwork. Does anyone have any experience with getting a prompt marriage certificate in or around California? Can you please share some tips on getting the certificate in time? Thank you.

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My wife and I got married last year in San Diego at the County Administration Centre.

 

She called 4-6 weeks to get an appointment, we showed up and they performed a small ceremony with my in-laws present. We were able to get our marriage certificate two weeks later.

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5 hours ago, visahopeful2018 said:

I've read that some(all?) places in my state, California, are very slow to get you the marriage certificate required for the AOS paperwork. Does anyone have any experience with getting a prompt marriage certificate in or around California? Can you please share some tips on getting the certificate in time? Thank you.

Riverside county, took us 18 days from the day we got married.

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8 hours ago, visahopeful2018 said:

I've read that some(all?) places in my state, California, are very slow to get you the marriage certificate required for the AOS paperwork. Does anyone have any experience with getting a prompt marriage certificate in or around California? Can you please share some tips on getting the certificate in time? Thank you.

I think it's just LA & SF proper that are very slow. We were married in Riverside County, and had ours in two weeks (and that was with an online request which their web site says takes 3 days longer than going in person). And we were able to make an appointment for a civil ceremony two days after we got our license. There are county clerk's offices in CA that take walk-ins for civil ceremonies; ask around in the county you live and neighboring counties. 

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We got married in Contra Costa County, got our copies of the marriage certificate right after the ceremony and sent out our AOS paperwork three hours later (I don't remember when we got the license and made the appointment, but it can't have been more than 5 days prior, since that was the time I got my K-1 approved). You can make it work if you are willing to plan accordingly, for sure, in small counties. In our case, we got lucky that the most conveniently located office ended up being so fast, but we also specifically looked into it beforehand and called to confirm we would get it the same day, and we would have been willing to travel if that wouldn't have been the case. Ask around your neighboring counties, you will likely find a fast one. Good luck!

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16 hours ago, visahopeful2018 said:

I've read that some(all?) places in my state, California, are very slow to get you the marriage certificate required for the AOS paperwork. Does anyone have any experience with getting a prompt marriage certificate in or around California? Can you please share some tips on getting the certificate in time? Thank you.

CA Recorder marriage March 13, Certificate Ready March 18. San Marcos, CA.

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