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So last year my wife and I went through the K-1 nightmare, finally got our K-1 visa last year and had our 90 second civil wedding ceremony in the courthouse in New York.

However, now we're planning to have a church ceremony with family, friends, the whole deal in Ireland where her family is. The plan is to just have a convalidation of the marriage or "church blessing" since we are already civilly married. However the parish priest insists that we go through all the diocese paperwork necessary for a first time marriage.

We have no problem doing this, however, I believe I read somewhere (maybe on this forum) that a church ceremony in Ireland is considered legally binding and would be considered being married twice.

Does anyone know if this is really the case? And if it is, what are the consequences of us doing this?

Our original plan was to just have a church blessing of the wedding with no paperwork filed, but the parish priest has said he will not allow the ceremony if we do not file the papers.

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blehhhh,

"convalidation" Cool word!

Enjoy the event and don't worry about anything with regard to the USA and the USCIS.

Yodrak

So last year my wife and I went through the K-1 nightmare, finally got our K-1 visa last year and had our 90 second civil wedding ceremony in the courthouse in New York.

However, now we're planning to have a church ceremony with family, friends, the whole deal in Ireland where her family is. The plan is to just have a convalidation of the marriage or "church blessing" since we are already civilly married. However the parish priest insists that we go through all the diocese paperwork necessary for a first time marriage.

We have no problem doing this, however, I believe I read somewhere (maybe on this forum) that a church ceremony in Ireland is considered legally binding and would be considered being married twice.

Does anyone know if this is really the case? And if it is, what are the consequences of us doing this?

Our original plan was to just have a church blessing of the wedding with no paperwork filed, but the parish priest has said he will not allow the ceremony if we do not file the papers.

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So last year my wife and I went through the K-1 nightmare, finally got our K-1 visa last year and had our 90 second civil wedding ceremony in the courthouse in New York.

However, now we're planning to have a church ceremony with family, friends, the whole deal in Ireland where her family is. The plan is to just have a convalidation of the marriage or "church blessing" since we are already civilly married. However the parish priest insists that we go through all the diocese paperwork necessary for a first time marriage.

We have no problem doing this, however, I believe I read somewhere (maybe on this forum) that a church ceremony in Ireland is considered legally binding and would be considered being married twice.

Does anyone know if this is really the case? And if it is, what are the consequences of us doing this?

Our original plan was to just have a church blessing of the wedding with no paperwork filed, but the parish priest has said he will not allow the ceremony if we do not file the papers.

Hi,

I am doing exactly the same thing. My husband and I had a civil ceremony in Virginia, USA just over a year ago but we are having a convalidation in Ireland this August.

I don't think it is the case that you will be married twice. You are already married all you are doing by having the catholic ceremony is taking the sacriment of marriage and to do that you will need to give your priest a certified copy of your original marriage certificate and fill out some additional paperwork with him. You do not register your marriage as a civil cermony as you already had one of those...you will need to register it with the catholic church in the same way that they they registered your baptisim and Communion etc. The priest (when you meet with him) will have you both fill out a pro nuptia agreement...which is a simple form to say that you both enter catholic marriage freely. He'll ask a few questions about how you met, how long you have been married etc etc. Nothing too scary. That is then filed with the catholic church and only ever sees the light of day if you want to get an annulment. He won't let you marry unless you fill them out. Its qucik and easy and nothing to worry about

Good luck with the service. Mine is in 7 weeks time!!!!!

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So last year my wife and I went through the K-1 nightmare, finally got our K-1 visa last year and had our 90 second civil wedding ceremony in the courthouse in New York.

However, now we're planning to have a church ceremony with family, friends, the whole deal in Ireland where her family is. The plan is to just have a convalidation of the marriage or "church blessing" since we are already civilly married. However the parish priest insists that we go through all the diocese paperwork necessary for a first time marriage.

We have no problem doing this, however, I believe I read somewhere (maybe on this forum) that a church ceremony in Ireland is considered legally binding and would be considered being married twice.

Does anyone know if this is really the case? And if it is, what are the consequences of us doing this?

Our original plan was to just have a church blessing of the wedding with no paperwork filed, but the parish priest has said he will not allow the ceremony if we do not file the papers.

Hi,

I am doing exactly the same thing. My husband and I had a civil ceremony in Virginia, USA just over a year ago but we are having a convalidation in Ireland this August.

I don't think it is the case that you will be married twice. You are already married all you are doing by having the catholic ceremony is taking the sacriment of marriage and to do that you will need to give your priest a certified copy of your original marriage certificate and fill out some additional paperwork with him. You do not register your marriage as a civil cermony as you already had one of those...you will need to register it with the catholic church in the same way that they they registered your baptisim and Communion etc. The priest (when you meet with him) will have you both fill out a pro nuptia agreement...which is a simple form to say that you both enter catholic marriage freely. He'll ask a few questions about how you met, how long you have been married etc etc. Nothing too scary. That is then filed with the catholic church and only ever sees the light of day if you want to get an annulment. He won't let you marry unless you fill them out. Its qucik and easy and nothing to worry about

Good luck with the service. Mine is in 7 weeks time!!!!!

Ours went exactly like this as well. We had to fill out all of the Church's paperwork in regards to the sacrament. They actually had a separate form for a convalidation vs. a normal civil/religious marriage. We just gave him a copy of our marriage certificate to take care of the civil aspects to keep for their files.

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We'll be doing the same thing.

Don't worry about the paperwork. Even if it did make you married twice, only the first one would legally count under US laws (and many other legal systems most likely), so it won't make you unmarried or anything.

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