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	Create New Topic   My Posts   My forum buddies   Invite friends   Private messages Russian brides > Main Forum > get married in Russia vs in the US. Please help Author Post bmadmax40 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/9/2006 12:08:22 AM   As I wanted the relatives of my fiaance from Russia to attend wedding, we decided to get married in Cheboksary, Russia. Does anybody here considered to get married in Russia instead of in the US or other country? There is a host of questions, such as what documents do I need to bring to Russia in order to get married. (I got a clue, but it would help to get actual forms and some advice). The way I think, spouses of the US citizens can apply for 2 kinds of visa at the same time. One is an immigrant visa and the other one is non-immigrant visa. The last one is used to enter the US while the immigrant visa is processed and I would assume, it shouldn't take long time to obtain (I mean K-3 non-immigrant visa). I know that all the questions could be answered by an immigration attorney. However, knowing that most attorneys are crooks and not always competent, I beg you all to give me some input how to deal with cituation. Somebody here must have gone through the same thing, ie marring in Russia verces obtainning a fiance visa. Guys, please take your time here to educate me and other people. EZE Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/10/2006 4:55:10 PM   I was married up the road from Cheboksary in Yoshkar-Ola in 2003. The documents you need are birth certificate, passport, and a paper from the Secretary of State for your state stating you are not currently married. The paper must have a raised seal (epistle?). Note this is the Secretary of State from you local state, not the federal one. The was some convention (Hague?) a while back that outlined the documents required and Russia and the US signed it. Funny thing about the marriage check is they can only check for marriage licenses in their own state. Anyway, its not hard to get. Took me two days in Missouri. No, she will not be applying for two Visa's. You can go the K-1 route OR the K-3. Both take roughly the same amount of waiting. I chose the K-3 for a couple of little known reasons that probably would never make any difference, but an off chance they may make a huge difference. The K-3 is an immigrant visa. There is no quota that could be applied to it. It is the right of an US Citizen to marry whom they want and bring them to this country (with the exception of fraud). So if something happened during the waiting period for approval with the immigration laws, a K-3 would still go through. A second consideration is she can travel back to Russia in the case of an emergency without obtaining "advanced parole". Just don't let the total stay time hit six months before she gets her green card. K-3s are treated differently in the immigration process. The K-1 is still looked upon as a trial period that may lead to a change in status to an immigrant Visa, or may not. My 2 cents worth. EZE Your own mileage may vary depending on track conditions. DrKoop Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/11/2006 10:46:37 AM   Spouse visa denials standards are much tougher than fiance(e) visa denial standards, but when dealing with federal officials, you have to bear in mind that each federal employee is legally the United States, and therefore, sovereign (it can do no wrong and can be sued only by it's own consent). DrKoop Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/11/2006 3:03:36 PM   Entire federal government is run on discretion, rather than laws or regulations. So, you are pretty much at their mercy. Just kiss a** and you'll be fine. That's how the federal government works. You can cite all the legal and regulation violations you want, but their liability is limited to $10,000 in federal courts, and up to $25,000 with individual agency for any wrongful act committed by any federal employee, including wrongful death. Criminal prosecution? You must be joking, except perhaps for espionage. Your Reply: Your name:   New Registration Password:   Forgot password?   refresh Code:   Russian brides > Main Forum > get married in Russia vs in the US. Please help
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