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My fiancee and I are planning to get married in UTAH. For context, my foreign fiancee was married to a Filipina before and got divorced in the US. The problem is that the Philippines won't accept his divorce unless he files for the recognition of divorce, which takes a lot of time and money, not even sure if it is going to be recognized.

So the lawyer advised us to get married outside of the country, which I chose UTAH online wedding. My question is, is the marriage already registered in the US or do we have to file to register it there?

We are not planning to register it here in the Philippines as they said it can be liable for bigamy (not so sure tho). Please enlighten me.

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29 minutes ago, unixl said:

My fiancee and I are planning to get married in UTAH. For context, my foreign fiancee was married to a Filipina before and got divorced in the US. The problem is that the Philippines won't accept his divorce unless he files for the recognition of divorce, which takes a lot of time and money, not even sure if it is going to be recognized.

So the lawyer advised us to get married outside of the country, which I chose UTAH online wedding. My question is, is the marriage already registered in the US or do we have to file to register it there?

We are not planning to register it here in the Philippines as they said it can be liable for bigamy (not so sure tho). Please enlighten me.

What do you mean registered?  There is no central marriage registry for the United States.

 

If you are both legally able to marry, you can marry via the Utah online wedding program, and submit your marriage certificate as evidence for a spousal petition.

 

If you do the Utah wedding when you are in separate locations, you will have to meet in person before submitting the petition.

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We are living together for 2 years now.

51 minutes ago, SalishSea said:

What do you mean registered?  There is no central marriage registry for the United States.

 

If you are both legally able to marry, you can marry via the Utah online wedding program, and submit your marriage certificate as evidence for a spousal petition.

 

If you do the Utah wedding when you are in separate locations, you will have to meet in person before submitting the petition.

We are living together for two years now.

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On 4/7/2024 at 1:42 PM, unixl said:

My fiancee and I are planning to get married in UTAH. For context, my foreign fiancee was married to a Filipina before and got divorced in the US. The problem is that the Philippines won't accept his divorce unless he files for the recognition of divorce, which takes a lot of time and money, not even sure if it is going to be recognized.

So the lawyer advised us to get married outside of the country, which I chose UTAH online wedding. My question is, is the marriage already registered in the US or do we have to file to register it there?

We are not planning to register it here in the Philippines as they said it can be liable for bigamy (not so sure tho). Please enlighten me.

So YOU are the US Citizen.  Your male fiance was married to a Filipina before, and divorced in the USA?

 

For the USA, there is no Federal or National registration of marriage.  Your marriage certificate from the State of Utah/Utah County is all you will need as evidence you are legally and lawfully married.  The Filipino or Filipina to which you are married, will not be able to get a CEMAR from the PSA showing you are the only registered spouse.  The Certified Copy of Divorce Decree obtained in the USA, will be satisfy USCIS and later the Consular Officer.

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30 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

So YOU are the US Citizen.  Your male fiance was married to a Filipina before, and divorced in the USA?

 

For the USA, there is no Federal or National registration of marriage.  Your marriage certificate from the State of Utah/Utah County is all you will need as evidence you are legally and lawfully married.  The Filipino or Filipina to which you are married, will not be able to get a CEMAR from the PSA showing you are the only registered spouse.  The Certified Copy of Divorce Decree obtained in the USA, will be satisfy USCIS and later the Consular Officer.

My Fiancee is the US citizen. I'm Filipina. And yes, He is divorced in the US to his ex Filipina wife.

Just now, unixl said:

My Fiancee is the US citizen. I'm Filipina. And yes, He is divorced in the US to his ex Filipina wife.

Thank you for answering. Have a great day.

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4 hours ago, unixl said:

My Fiancee is the US citizen. I'm Filipina. And yes, He is divorced in the US to his ex Filipina wife.

Thank you for answering. Have a great day.

In that case, you will be able to get a Certificate of No Marriage, CENOMAR from PSA.  That and the Marriage Certificate and evidence of being together during or after the marriage, will do instead of the CEMAR.

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