peruviangirl

Thank you very much for all your kind answers. I really appreciate your opinions. Just reading what one member had to go through makes me think it twice before insisting in getting married here. Although it made me laugh because it sounded so much like how Peru is, lying to a priest, bribing the notary, that is how you get things acomplished here , sounds bad but that´s how it is.

Thanks again to the people who answer my post,

Carmen in Lima, Peru

Don't get married in Peru, trust me, is a pain in the.....

We had both ceremonies the same day, actually first the religious ceremony and right after that the Civil ceremony. Somebody recommended "Maria Reina church" in San Isidro, there's where we got married, they have a beautiful chapel and the ceremony was in english and spanish, Father Edward was our priest and the ceremony was beautiful.

Good Luck

Vi

Tracy: Thank you very much for answering. Yes, there is a LOT of paperwork involved when you get married here in Lima and because we are both divorced it´s even worse, it really discouraged us to find out how many papers, translations, authentications, and very strict timings they required,

thanks again Tracy.

Carmen

I am the USC from Texas and married a Peruvian man. We were married in Texas, but we didn't have to do any of those things you wrote about.

I know it's different if you are married in Peru, but your marriage verification from Peru is valid in the States.

Check out the Embassy website for Peru for the best information. It sounds to me like you are being told something very complicated, but I'm not sure why.

The best advice I can offer is to be honest with all your documentation. Let me know if there is something else I can help with.

Tracy

Thank you very much for answering. Yes, I have gone to the Surco city Hall and the amount of paperwork is amazing, and everything needs to be authenticated in the peruvian consulate , then certified in The Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores and finally translated by an official translator. We are considering now marrying in the USA.

Thanks again,

Carmen

What I suggest you is to make your wedding in Texas..actually , Lima requires a lotttt of staff to make a civil wedding, like the blood test that must be done one week before the wedding and in certains labs that the City Hall listed for all the marriages. Actually, if you guys plan to said that your future husband is living with you at the same house, they can request for the "carnet de extranjeria", that's the document that allow an american to live in Peru..if they just request for the passport, be carefull at the moment of taking the photocopies cause they can look into the admission stamp and see how long he's being in Peru.

Something that they must be asking too, is the certificate of civil status...or "certificado de solteria"..paper that in USA doesn't exist.

Good Luck guys...hope this city hall don't ask for all the 10000 things for a civil wedding.

I have gotten this answer from another group and I am very confused now. Can somebody help please? This is what I got:

"

As far as I can determine, the K1 and K3 visas would only require the

filing of one I-129F, for both you and your son, if they are issued as

K1/K2 or K3/K4 nonimmigrant visas, in order for your son to accompany

you to the U.S.

However, if you marry in Peru and apply for a K3 visa, your husband

would then need to complete two I-130s, one for yourself and one for

your son. In the event that your I-129F (for a nonimmigrant visa) is

not approved first, then you and your son would be issued an immigrant

visa, based upon the first-approved I-130 petitions for each of you.

I believe a separate I-130 would have to be filed for your son, even

if he came to the U.S. on a K2 (nonimmigrant) visa, based on your K1,

because the I-485, to adjust status to Permanent Resident, could not

be filed until both the I-130s had been approved. You should call the

USCIS to make sure about that. If the USCIS tells you differently,

let us know."

I don´t understand why they are telling me "a separate I 130 would have to be filed for my son even if he came to the US on a K2 visa based on my K1, because the I485 could not be filed until both I 130 had been aproved."

Do you need I 130 to be able to file for an I 485 ifyou entered the US with a K1 and your son with a K2?

Thank you,

Carmen

Yodrak: No, we are not married yet. And we don´t know if we should go thorugh the K1 or the K3 yet.

But people are advising us to go through the K1.

Thanks,

Carmen

Carmen,

Are you and George married?

Yodrak

Hi, my name is Carmen and I am from Peru. George is from TX, USA. I have a son from a previous marriage, he is 8 years old, do we need to send two I-129 or just one? Thanks.

Also , here in Peru we use 2 last names , should we write the complete name in the forms (me and my child) or just first and last name? Than you very much,

Carmen and George

Yodrak: No, we are not married yet. And we don´t know if we should go thorugh the K1 or the K3 yet.

But people are advising us to go through the K1.

Thanks,

Carmen

Carmen,

Are you and George married?

Yodrak

Hi, my name is Carmen and I am from Peru. George is from TX, USA. I have a son from a previous marriage, he is 8 years old, do we need to send two I-129 or just one? Thanks.

Also , here in Peru we use 2 last names , should we write the complete name in the forms (me and my child) or just first and last name? Than you very much,

Carmen and George

Thanks, you are right. I am new here and we didn´t know which visa to go through so we were asking on the K1 and K3 to make a better decision, the K1 sounds faster though, specially after chatting with a peruvian woman this morning.

Thank you so much for answering all my questions, I really appreciate it.

Carmen

I could've have sworn I answered this.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=64789

It goes the same if you pursue a K-1.

Thank you very much for your answers!

In the question 22 of I 130, it starts saying "Complete the information below if your relative is in the USA and will apply for adjustment of status" As I am here in Peru , will I need to fill this question? What made me confused is that in the example in visa journey they do fill under the colum of the right.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN,

Carmen

1. If your son is under 21 years of age, you need one I-130. This rule also applies to the I-129F.

2. Write n/a

3. Write the complete name, faster for namechecks.

Question 22 of what form? If you're asking about the I-130, put the location of the US Embassy in Peru. Just fill in the two lines on the right.

Hi, my name is Carmen and I am from Peru. George is from TX, USA. I have a son from a previous marriage, he is 8 years old, do we need to send two I-129 or just one? Thanks.

Also , here in Peru we use 2 last names , should we write the complete name in the forms (me and my child) or just first and last name? Than you very much,

Carmen and George

Hi everybody here, my name is Carmen, from Peru,I am completely new on this K3 visa, although George (from USA)and I have been engaged for 2 years now and finally able to get married here in Peru. We want to start making the I 130 ready and after downloading the form and reading it we have these questions , any help will be greatly appreciated:

-I have 1 son , does George need to present 2 separate I-130s (1 for me and one for him)or just one ? The same with the I-129 , do we send 1 or 2?

So in" D.Other information question 1", does he write my son´s name?

Also, here we use 2 last names, so in "C number 17 "does he need to write my son´s complete name or just first name and last name?

We don´t understand question number 22, I am here in Peru and not planning to travel until I get the K3, so do I need to fill this question, do I put N/A?

Thank you very much,

Carmen

Hi my name is Carmen and I am from Peru. I am going to be marrying George in Lima soon, and we are having lots of questions about the wedding in Lima. Can somebody who has married a peruvian help us please? We went to the Surco City Hall and they say we need to state in all our documents that George lives in Lima otherwise he will have to come here, start the paperwork, get the medical test then fly back to TX and post his wedding "edicto" there , then come back to Lima and finally be able to get married. He can´t be coming that often due to his job, can somebody please post how you didi it? The timings are making us feel overwhelmed, like they are saying the medical exam will be valid only for 30 days, the born certificate needs to be a recent one , and so on.

He is coming to visit me next week for 5 days and then he will come for our wedding on September.

He can only come here the most for 10 days. And they are saying everything needs to be translated and authenticated. How long does it take for the peruvian consulate in the USA to authenticate his papers?

Any advices will be very welcomed. Thank you!

Carmen

Hi, my name is Carmen, I live in Peru. My future husband is George from TX. We want to get married in Surco, Lima-Peru. George is coming next week to Lima but he can only stay for 5 days, we are planning to get married onhis next trip to Lima around September. But we are getting a little overwhelmed as I talked to a guy who works for the City Hall in Surco and he said I can start the paperwork with a certified letter left by George on this trip and that will be valid for 6 months, but that it will be better if we state in all our paperwork that George lives in Surco, in my house , he is saying doing that will save all kinds of more paperwork like him flying to Lima, getting the medical examination, getting the wedding paperwork, flying back to TX, having to post the wedding papers in TX for 8 days, then coming back and getting married.

But they require a certified copy of his passport and I don´t know if I need to do that now or when he comes back on September.

Please if somebody from the USA who married a peruvian can post more or less how they did it and the timings will help a lot. Thank you very much!