I have a question which has probably been spoken about before (hopefully)...
My fiancee and I have recently been given a K1 visa for her to travel to the US Now, as you may all know, a k-1 visa is only valid if we get married legally in the US - we must not become legally married anywhere else besides the US.
Having very religious families (both sides) plus our own willingness to get married by the church, we are facing a dilemma where we would like to have a religious ceremony in DR prior to us leaving for the US. Not all our families can come to the US for such an occassion plus a wedding in the US is extremely expensive.
We have contacted several priests regarding the issue and they all gave the same answer - a religious ceremony automatically becomes a legal union in DR. Obviously, regardless of how much we are willing to get married by the church, we wont do anything that might jeopardize her visa. I guess my questions are:
1) Has anyone had this same scenario?
2) What did you do about it? Any ideas?
With all our hearts we would like to get married by the church so your ideas and suggestions will be appreciated!!
My fiancee and I have recently been given a K1 visa for her to travel to the US Now, as you may all know, a k-1 visa is only valid if we get married legally in the US - we must not become legally married anywhere else besides the US.
Having very religious families (both sides) plus our own willingness to get married by the church, we are facing a dilemma where we would like to have a religious ceremony in DR prior to us leaving for the US. Not all our families can come to the US for such an occassion plus a wedding in the US is extremely expensive.
We have contacted several priests regarding the issue and they all gave the same answer - a religious ceremony automatically becomes a legal union in DR. Obviously, regardless of how much we are willing to get married by the church, we wont do anything that might jeopardize her visa. I guess my questions are:
1) Has anyone had this same scenario?
2) What did you do about it? Any ideas?
With all our hearts we would like to get married by the church so your ideas and suggestions will be appreciated!!