get married in the DR, just don't tell the US consul, have a nice church affair, white gown, reception, big cake, expect to pay for it all, honeymoon in a cabana, dominican style. but if your plan is to bring the new bride/husband to the US it is faster to apply for a fiance visa....i had some newlyweds stay at my penthouse for a while in SD, they were married in the DR. at immigration they got tripped up when the interviewer asked who took the first shower in the morning. my apt has 4.5 bathrooms, i don't use the master bath as i prefer not to look at piles of hair care products, underwear hanging out to dry, don't like to get tangled up in electrical chords for hair dryer, hair comb, cell phone charger, can't find "my toothbrush", etc. i use the bathroom for the bedroom next door, it's all mine and has no mess, no females allowed. but beware this question in an immigration interview. applying for a fiance visa is a faster way to get your beloved dominicana into the U.S., and because in the interview nobody knew who took the first shower they were denied and he was far from poor. they had a legit 100% legal wedding in SD....... my sister in law (dominican) married a dominican guy who came to the U.S. when he was a child, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen, they got married in the DR. he was unaware that at age 18 he was recquired to register with the military draft board (no wars were being fought at the time thanks to pres. carter), that threw up a red flag with immigration and it took 7 years, lawyers, to bring his wife and by that time 6 year old daughter to the US, he was also far from poor. by comparison it took 2 years to bring my wife of now 20 years to the U.S. on a fiance visa. i understand it's quicker now, somewhat. Canada, although part of the U.S. may have different rules.......ha, ha, ha, i know i pi77ed somebody off........Quebec is different though, it is a part of France............