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falcon1313

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I am a Canadian Citizen and my wife is US Citizen. We got married in India (religiously) but couldn't get out marriage legalize because none of us were Indian citizens.

Then we decided to legalize our marriage and we did that in the US recently at the courthouse.

Now, when she files I-130 for me, under the sworn affidavits from family and friends, is it OK if our family members put how we did religious ceremony in India or should just mention the legal marriage in the US (only).

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
 
I do not see anything wrong with being truthful. USCIS are aware many people have both a religious and legal ceremony. The fewer the untruths in your application, the better for you long term
 
USCIS is all about paper work and paper trail.

Do you have any paperwork to prove that you had a religious marriage? If not, use your civil marriage done in the good old USA as your official date of marriage. You can talk about your religious marriage at the interview.

If you list your religious marriage on your AOS papers, you will be asked to submit supporting docs which will delay your process for months or even years in some cases.
Like I said, the government is all about paperwork and paper trail... good luck...
 
Thanks "manalive":

My original question was something different. I am submitting my US marriage certificate. I'm gonna go though consular process and not AOS. We are gonna submit sworn marriage affidavits from third parties (family and friends). They all went to India and attended my religious ceremony. Now, would it be ok if they mention how we did the religious ceremony there and court marriage happened in the USA. To show how they came to know about our relationship.

I dont see any harm in stating the truth because we could not get the marriage registered in India (both of us weren't indian citizens). So we did the court marriage here in the USA. And i will be submitting my US marriage certificate.


correct me if i'm wrong.

thanks.
 
I assumed you are going through AOS. My bad...

You are right. You need to state that you did have a religious ceremony in India since you will be using affidavits to support your case.

If they ask for a marriage cert, just tell them that you could not register since both of you are not Indian citizens.

Keeping your file straightfoward and free from convoluting issues makes your process go faster. Good luck...
 
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