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US Marriage license?

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Cluniac17 Newbie

Cluniac17   0

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Hello,

I am a US citizen and my spouse is a green card holder through our marriage.   We used to live abroad,  were married in a foreign country and moved to the US about 4 years ago at which time she got a green card.   

It occured to me, that at no point did we ever take our foreign marriage license and go to a US city hall/town hall where we lived and get a US based one.   My question is, does this matter?  It was never required as part of the immigration process,  and is there any legal transactions or point where it could be requested in the future?  Looking back on it I thought this was odd that the US government doesn't require you to do this,  but I was wondering what other people's experiences are and legally what should be the best course of action.

 

thank you,
Matthew

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arken Mentor

arken   4,197

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US marriage license is for unmarried  people planning to marry in the us, not applicable to you two and so was never asked for. So don’t worry about it.

Spouse:

2015-06-16: I-130 Sent

2015-08-17: I-130 approved

2015-09-23: NVC received file

2015-10-05: NVC assigned Case number, Invoice ID & Beneficiary ID

2016-06-30: DS-261 completed, AOS Fee Paid, WL received

2016-07-05: Received IV invoice, IV Fee Paid

2016-07-06: DS-260 Submitted

2016-07-07: AOS and IV Package mailed

2016-07-08: NVC Scan

2016-08-08: Case Complete

2017-06-30: Interview, approved

2017-07-04: Visa in hand

2017-08-01: Entry to US

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Myself:

2016-05-10: N-400 Sent

2016-05-16: N-400 NOA1

2016-05-26: Biometrics

2017-01-30: Interview

2017-03-02: Oath Ceremony

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tumi alpha Newbie

tumi alpha   1

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No, it does not matter. Marriage (heterosexual) is almost universally accepted and recognized the world over no matter where it took place. I married my US citizen wife in China, we have the red marriage books and nothing else (despite both of us not being Chinese...).

 

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Ontarkie Grand Master

Ontarkie   13,915

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~~Moved to Moving Here and Your New Life, from General Immigration - As the question is about registering a marriage in the US.~~

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Filed 03/08/2014

NOA/fee waiver 03/19/2014

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