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CR-1 Visa Approved!  Zoom Ceremony.
 
My husband and I married through Utah Online marriage ceremony in September 2020. I visited him in Costa Rica in October 2020 and filed for the CR-1. Our I-130 was approved January 29, 2021. We were DQ in the NVC on February 16, 2021 and received our interview date on February 24th.
 
My husband passed his interview this morning and now we await his passport and POE in the coming weeks.

DQ February 16, 2021
Got interview email today
Interview scheduled March 11, 2021

I originally contemplated using WebWed to get married but after researching extensively, it was much easier, more straightforward, and 90% cheaper to go directly through the Utah Couty Clerk. It's the same jurisdiction WebWed uses and you can do it by yourself. YES, it is completely legal and legitimately recognized across the US and therefore anywhere in the world that registers marriages that occur in the US. NO, your marriage certificate will NOT mention anything about online and will look like any regular marriage certificate. YES, you still have to be in person at some point following the marriage to meet the consummation requirements of USCIS, but that doesn't sound like a problem for you. Don't feel like you're required to explain to all of these people here why you've personally decided that getting married online through the US (Utah). It sounds like you have thought it over and it fits your situation.

Here are instructions based on what I did in September: 
 
Apply for marriage license here :
http://www.utahcounty.gov/Dept/ClerkAud/Marriage.html
  You'll need you Driver's License for the US citizen and a government ID or Passport for the foreigner as well as each a selfie that is clear, similar to passport photos.
Please carefully read the instructions before applying. You will need to put the county clerk's address as the mailing address for the non citizen during this part.
You'll complete the application and pay $70 or $50 if you complete the free Marriage Counseling they offer.
You'll get emailed the marriage license, and if you followed the instructions on the site which tells you to put the Utah County clerk's office as the mailing address for the foreigner , you will then forward the marriage license email back to them asking them to correct the address to the foreigner's actual address. Then you'll receive an updated marriage license.
Once you have the license, you go here :
http://www.utahcounty.gov/Dept/ClerkAud/MarrCeremony.html
  You will schedule the ceremony as web conference. You'll need the marriage license number, the link on the email they sent you, and the names of two witnesses that will appear for the ceremony. You will get a link you can send to as many friends and family as you want to join the Zoom meeting during the ceremony.
24 hours before your ceremony, you'll get a reminder email with a portal to pay the ceremony fee of $35.
During the ceremony, the clerk will send your marriage license in and within 5 minutes, you'll receive an email with a digital certified marriage certificate that you can use for name changes or any other official business in the USA. You'll have a paper copy mailed to the citizen's address.
Additionally, for registering my marriage in the other country, i went and ordered two more paper copies while i was at it so i can mail one back to Utah to get an apostille.
Edit to add what my digital certificate looks like :
https://imgur.com/a/IYAqpma

I don't understand how it's even possible but we received our interview date today!
 
The only problem is, it's only in 15 said so I'm worried he won't be able to get the medical done in time. 

DQ February 16, 2021
Got interview email today
Interview scheduled March 11, 2021

DOS ended the wet signature requirement 5 years ago 

I don't understand how it's even possible but we received our interview date today!
 
The only problem is, it's only in 15 said so I'm worried he won't be able to get the medical done in time. 

Filed online 10/21, got my NOA2 approval today. 

I originally contemplated using WebWed to get married but after researching extensively, it was much easier, more straightforward, and 90% cheaper to go directly through the Utah Couty Clerk. It's the same jurisdiction WebWed uses and you can do it by yourself. YES, it is completely legal and legitimately recognized across the US and therefore anywhere in the world that registers marriages that occur in the US. NO, your marriage certificate will NOT mention anything about online and will look like any regular marriage certificate. YES, you still have to be in person at some point following the marriage to meet the consummation requirements of USCIS, but that doesn't sound like a problem for you. Don't feel like you're required to explain to all of these people here why you've personally decided that getting married online through the US (Utah). It sounds like you have thought it over and it fits your situation.

Here are instructions based on what I did in September: 
 
Apply for marriage license here :
http://www.utahcounty.gov/Dept/ClerkAud/Marriage.html
  You'll need you Driver's License for the US citizen and a government ID or Passport for the foreigner as well as each a selfie that is clear, similar to passport photos.
Please carefully read the instructions before applying. You will need to put the county clerk's address as the mailing address for the non citizen during this part.
You'll complete the application and pay $70 or $50 if you complete the free Marriage Counseling they offer.
You'll get emailed the marriage license, and if you followed the instructions on the site which tells you to put the Utah County clerk's office as the mailing address for the foreigner , you will then forward the marriage license email back to them asking them to correct the address to the foreigner's actual address. Then you'll receive an updated marriage license.
Once you have the license, you go here :
http://www.utahcounty.gov/Dept/ClerkAud/MarrCeremony.html
  You will schedule the ceremony as web conference. You'll need the marriage license number, the link on the email they sent you, and the names of two witnesses that will appear for the ceremony. You will get a link you can send to as many friends and family as you want to join the Zoom meeting during the ceremony.
24 hours before your ceremony, you'll get a reminder email with a portal to pay the ceremony fee of $35.
During the ceremony, the clerk will send your marriage license in and within 5 minutes, you'll receive an email with a digital certified marriage certificate that you can use for name changes or any other official business in the USA. You'll have a paper copy mailed to the citizen's address.
Additionally, for registering my marriage in the other country, i went and ordered two more paper copies while i was at it so i can mail one back to Utah to get an apostille.
Edit to add what my digital certificate looks like :
https://imgur.com/a/IYAqpma