My fiance entered legally 3.5 years ago and has become out of status. EVERYTHING he has is expired including his passport...we want to get married but how do we go about doing so? We are in Los Angeles, California. Can we get married with his birth certificate and expired passports?
Renewing passports takes atleast 1.5 years through Russia (it's a long, painful process while they verify you have citizenship there, property, and then you have to renew TWO passports: one for inside russia and one for traveling)...we don't really want to wait but is waiting our best bet?
I heard you can get married with an International ID/Driver's License but I don't know if we should take the chance. Would it be too risky if we go to the interview and they ask to see which documents we used to get married???
Please tell me your advice:
Should we just wait it out for 1.5 years and use a valid Passport, government issued from Russia? Or should we do an ID from Russian Documentation Center ( I myself do not know how valid that document is) seems sketchy....
We have researched the Recorder's offices and all say documents must be VALID, nothing expired is accepted. I hope we are mistaken......
We just have time against us as it is, but if it's worth the wait we will wait....
I ALSO WANTED TO KNOW: IF HIS MOTHER (GC HOLDER) AND SISTER (USC) PETITIONED FOR HIM WILL IT REVOKE OUR MARRIAGE IF WE FILED???
Any advice is appreciated.
Thank you and God Bless
Happy Holidays
Renewing passports takes atleast 1.5 years through Russia (it's a long, painful process while they verify you have citizenship there, property, and then you have to renew TWO passports: one for inside russia and one for traveling)...we don't really want to wait but is waiting our best bet?
I heard you can get married with an International ID/Driver's License but I don't know if we should take the chance. Would it be too risky if we go to the interview and they ask to see which documents we used to get married???
Please tell me your advice:
Should we just wait it out for 1.5 years and use a valid Passport, government issued from Russia? Or should we do an ID from Russian Documentation Center ( I myself do not know how valid that document is) seems sketchy....
We have researched the Recorder's offices and all say documents must be VALID, nothing expired is accepted. I hope we are mistaken......
We just have time against us as it is, but if it's worth the wait we will wait....
I ALSO WANTED TO KNOW: IF HIS MOTHER (GC HOLDER) AND SISTER (USC) PETITIONED FOR HIM WILL IT REVOKE OUR MARRIAGE IF WE FILED???
Any advice is appreciated.
Thank you and God Bless
Happy Holidays
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