Help! What are the requiremnts for getting married in the USA to...?

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A European? I'm recently engaged to an Austrian (who is a German resident) and we plan on getting married here in California this December. I'm just really confused about what kind of documentation we need for this. He'll be here on a visitors visa and is arriving in one week, so I'd like to get this sorted out asap. 

Would he need his birth certificate translated into English? 

Also, we're not planning on living in California at the moment. We're going to go back to Germany where my fiance is studying at a University in Cologne. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!

Carla · Accepted Answer

"The U.S. citizen fiancee must file the petition (application) for the fiancee visa and provide the following items:

    * Form I-129F (Petition for Alien fiancee)

    * If your fiancee has unmarried children who are under 21, they are eligible to accompany your fiancee, but only if they are listed on this form.

    * Evidence of your U.S. citizenship - your original U.S. birth certificate, your U.S. passport, your Certificate of Naturalization, or your Certificate of Citizenship. (Please see USCIS Form I-129F for information on the use of copies.)

    * 2 Form G-325A Biographic Data Sheets (one for you and one for your fiancee)

    * One color photo of you and one of your fiancee taken within 30 days of filing

    * A copy of any divorce decrees, death certificates, or annulment decrees if either you or your fiancee have been previously married.

    * Proof of permission to marry if you or your fiancee are subject to any age restrictions. (For instance, in some U.S. states, you must receive special permission to marry if you are under the age of 16.)

Read the instructions on the forms carefully.  If you live in the U.S., you should file with the USCIS office that has jurisdiction over where you live.  If you live outside the U.S., contact the nearest American Consulate to find out where to file. Forms are available online, or by calling 1-800-870-3676, or by submitting an online request to receive forms by mail. Further information on forms, filing fees, and fee waivers is available in Forms, Fees & Filing Locations. " http://foreignborn.com/visas_imm/immigrant_visas/marriage/7_fiancee_visas_applications.htm


"If you are a U.S. citizen who wants to bring your foreign national fiancee (male or female) to marry in the U.S., you may petition (apply) for a fiancee visa (K-1) for your fiancee. Both of you must be free to marry. This means that both of you are unmarried, or that any previous marriages have ended through divorce, annulment or death. You must also have met with your fiancee in person within the last two years before filing for the fiancee visa. This requirement can be waived only if meeting your fiancee in person would violate long-established customs or would create extreme hardship for you. You and your fiancee must marry within 90 days of your fiancee entering the United States.

You may also apply (on the same petition) to bring your fiancee's unmarried children, who are under age 21, to the United States.

After your petition is approved, your fiancee must obtain a visa issued at a U.S. Embassy or consulate abroad.  Your fiancee must remain unmarried until the arrival of the fiancee in the U.S. The marriage must take place within 90 days of your fiancee entering the United States. If the marriage does not take place within 90 days or your fiancee marries someone other than you (the U.S. citizen filing the petition), your fiancee will be required to leave the United States. Until the marriage takes place, your fiancee is considered a nonimmigrant. A nonimmigrant is a foreign national seeking to temporarily enter the United States for a specific purpose. A fiancee may not obtain an extension of the 90-day original nonimmigrant admission.

Please note that your fiancee may enter the United States only one time with a fiancee visa. If your fiancee leaves the country before you are married, your fiancee may not be allowed back into the United States without a new visa."  http://foreignborn.com/visas_imm/immigrant_visas/marriage/4_fiancee_visas.htm#apply

Anonymous · Answer

Your first decision should be to decide where you are going to live. Once you know that, the other peices fall into place. I'm going to assume you will choose to live in the USA and leave others to answer the UK part. Are you together now? In that case, getting married in the UK might be easier, but that depends on a lot of circumstances. Is he in the USA at the moment and you in the UK? If that is the case, it is usually better to get married in the USA. Many brides, though have a difficulty with this. You can't plan a wedding until you know when you're getting your visa and you have to be married within 90 days of arrival in the USA to continue your application for a Green Card. What my wife an I did was have a quick wedding in front of the Mayor with just two witnesses in attendance a few days after I arrived in the USA and then held a second wedding, complete with all the trimmings, some months later. You say the websites you have looked at are hard to understand. I agree. It's not an easy subject. have you tried the link below? I think its an easier read than most websites.

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