QUESTION
If I get marry in Ghana, Africa, can I still get marry in the United States? Im from US and he’s from Ghana.
Asked on Feb 16th, 2025 on Discrimination - Florida
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What tribe he is from, he has to have a ceremony there. I was thinking we can have the ceremony there (marriage ceremony with papers filed) and have a ceremony in the US. Is that possible? Is it illegal? Can I still do an K-1 fiancé visa? Which one will process the fastest: fiancé visa or a spouse visa when we have an 21 year age gap and we just met 6 months via Facebook? I have visit one time during Christmas and my next time is this summer.
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OK, so if you get married in Ghana, and that is a legal marriage under that country's law, then you cannot pursue a case for a fiancé visa. A case for a fiancé visa is only permitted when the parties are not legally married. Uscis immigration will recognize a marriage as valid if that marriage where performed is valid. So if you get legally married in Ghana, then you would have to pursue a spousal visa case. If you do not get legally married in Ghana, then you would pursue a fiancé visa case. In order to pursue a fiancé visa case, you need to have physically met within two years of filing the K visa application. Once the foreign national enters the country on a fiancé visa, the couple has to get married within 90 days, and then you can sponsor him for a green card. Statistically, the fiancé Visa cases process a little faster than the spousal visa cases.
Answered on Feb 17th, 2025 at 1:51 AM