AustinBound2020

45 minutes ago, Wuozopo said:

Did you beg and tell them you are in a serious bind? Tell them your sad story of how long and how much money it cost to get to this point. What date is your deadline?

Begged, pleaded, and gave them the whole story. Unfortunately no one was budging. Luckily we have until the end of May but as things might not be getting better anytime soon and it takes a few weeks to obtain marriage certificate after registering with the county, we figured the sooner the better. Luckily, Bexar county (San Antonio) was able to get us in tomorrow morning. We’re going to do that before anything else gets closed down. Will keep your all posted. 

1 hour ago, Wuozopo said:

Have you tried calling another county like San Saba, Gillespie, Mason, Kimble? They have no cases yet and may not be locked down. Here’s a map of cases. Click one to identify the county name. 
https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/ed483ecd702b4298ab01e8b9cafc8b83
 

San Saba Phone: 325-372-3614

Mason 325-347-5253

Kimble Phone: 325-446-3353

 

You can marry in any county, but have to file the paperwork at the county where you got the license.

Thanks for the suggestion. Have called around and most of the smaller counties aren’t accepting people from outside their county. I’ll keep calling and post if I find one that is able to accommodate. Hopefully others will as well. Fingers crossed 

1 hour ago, Wuozopo said:

What town/state?

Travis County (Austin, TX)

We can definitely get creative about finding someone to officiate the ceremony but getting the marriage license remains the key issue. We have applied for it online however the county still requires in-person pick up and hasn’t come up with alternatives given the current situation. If anyone manages to get their license please let me know how/where you were able to coordinate this. Thanks!

Also curious about a possible extension. Entered the US on a k1 visa a few weeks ago however we are unable to marry as everything is closed. Seeing that there doesn’t seem to be an end date for all of this, we’re getting nervous that we won’t be able to get married before k1 status expires at the end of May. If anyone hears about extensions please share the information. We will do the same. Thanks, all!