I just want to double-check if I have this right...

[jb90304]

This question isn't really regarding immigration, more like just legal marriage process. I am asking here because I will be going through immigration stuff afterward, I visit here often and reply for this would be quick (just please let me know if it is 'correct' or not)

I know states may vary but to get married (FL in my case), me and my partner go to the courthouse or something w/ witness to get license, then I get that signed by a priest or someone else qualified after wedding within certain date before the license expires (60 days for FL) and that signed document is sent back to gov't and marriage is completed??

 

[kaylee]

I think so, pretty much after you exchange your vows and sign it .....

 

[jb90304]

my answer right now is 'i think so' too lol
i am pretty sure but i wanted to be sure

 

[Dallben]

That's how it works in Jersey - After you get the license (in NJ in the municipality where the bride resides) though here the official that performs the ceremony only has something like a week to send it in... A few weeks - a month after it's all done you call the government agency responsible for filing the certificate (in NJ it's the municipality where the ceremony took place), and ask what you need to do to get a certified copy.