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Interesting the husband said he can't travel to get married while on a green card....but he could travel to another country for consummation of the marriage?

 

 

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Proxy marriages are permitted provided that the marriage was consummated after the proxy ceremony. Where were both parties located for the proxy marriage?    And for evidence that the marria

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I wonder if the wife could manage to come to the US (or Canada or wherever does not acknowledge their proxy marriage) to freshly marry the husband. Then in the eye of the US immigration they just married once. 

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1 minute ago, issea said:

I wonder if the wife could manage to come to the US (or Canada or wherever does not acknowledge their proxy marriage) to freshly marry the husband. Then in the eye of the US immigration they just married once. 

The challenge would be for her to get a B-2 visa in which to do that.  I don't see that happening at all.

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23 hours ago, Going through said:

Interesting the husband said he can't travel to get married while on a green card....but he could travel to another country for consummation of the marriage?

 

 

As a previous post mentioned the OP may get his GC via asylum. Just a guess. 

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3 minutes ago, issea said:

As a previous post mentioned the OP may get his GC via asylum. Just a guess. 

But if he just couldn't travel to his home country, why not just travel to another country (in this case he and the wife later ended up going to Sri Lanka) in the first place to get married?

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14 minutes ago, LilyJ said:

But if he just couldn't travel to his home country, why not just travel to another country (in this case he and the wife later ended up going to Sri Lanka) in the first place to get married?

Their marriage timeline is: 1) proxy marriage in 2016 and 2) consummation in 2018 

My wild guess would be they initially wanted the marriage to take place asap. If they both went to Sri Lanka to marry, then the date on marriage certificate would be of 2018 (or at least later than the date of the proxy). 

 

Edit: suppose due to whatever reason, the travel to a third country for OP was not possible before the proxy marriage happened. 

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27 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

The challenge would be for her to get a B-2 visa in which to do that.  I don't see that happening at all.

How about a third country who does not deem proxy marriage as legal? Maybe Canada or some state in Europe? Those countries are relatively easier for her to get a visa, I think. 

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We know they can get to Sri Lanka.

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31 minutes ago, issea said:

 Maybe Canada or some state in Europe? Those countries are relatively easier for her to get a visa, I think. 

Europe, maybe...Canada, not so much these days.

Marriage in Sri Lanka seems the best bet since they both can already travel there.

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July 25, 2017 (Day 11) - Biometrics PDF posted online

July 28, 2017 (Day 14) - Biometrics letter received in the mail, appointment for 08/08/17

Aug 08, 2017 (Day 24) - Biometrics (fingerprinting) completed

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Sep. 27, 2017 (Day 74) - Naturalization Interview--- read my experience here

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29 minutes ago, issea said:

How about a third country who does not deem proxy marriage as legal? Maybe Canada or some state in Europe? Those countries are relatively easier for her to get a visa, I think. 

It seems the subject of this thread has created a mess by registering this Skype "marriage" in Pakistan........

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Hello everyone! Anyone who has knowledge about the story please kindly share their  experiences.... 

a person (f2A category,6 months left for his citizenship ,state Massachusetts) Did Skype online marriage in 2016 and registered also in his homeland country and avoided traveling as entered as refugee in the USA this is the reason..

then he planned for his wedding ceremony and went to the 3rd country in 2018 and did all major wedding functions with his whole family but did not registered again in the 3rd country because he already registered in his homeland country !! Now he has entered his spouse Case in end of 2019 .... so now give us suggestions is it gonna be approved or not ? Or he should go again that 3rd country and do registered their marriage again in person with his wife ???? Is it possible to registered after 2 years; they will accept it ?? Really confused 

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