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Rae
Joined: 10 Oct 2007
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 Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:25 am Post subject: Marrying while on vacation & Dual citizenships |
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Can an American marry a foreigner while on vacation in the States? If both intend to live outside the USA after the marriage, can the American petition the spouse for permanent residency?
Both their countries of origin allow for dual citizenship and they both want to take advantage of it. Any advice?
I should add that a Visa isn't required to visit. |
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thatwhitegirl
Joined: 31 Jan 2007
Location: ROK
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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America allows for dual citizenship? Maybe if you're parents are from different countries...
but I was under the impression that you had to give up American citizenship if you wanted to get a British passport.
Anyway, I married my British husband while on vacation in the US. My grandfather went into the town office and asked about the marriage license. You do have to go into the town hall and request a license before the marriage...and it took a few weeks to arrive, as I remember.
I don't know about the permanent residency....as far as I know, you have to actually live in the US, and your spouse has to live there for a certain number of years.
I'd recommend looking on the US immigration website, but it is rather overwhelming. |
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Rae
Joined: 10 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:37 am Post subject: |
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| thatwhitegirl wrote: |
America allows for dual citizenship? Maybe if you're parents are from different countries...
but I was under the impression that you had to give up American citizenship if you wanted to get a British passport.
Anyway, I married my British husband while on vacation in the US. My grandfather went into the town office and asked about the marriage license. You do have to go into the town hall and request a license before the marriage...and it took a few weeks to arrive, as I remember.
I don't know about the permanent residency....as far as I know, you have to actually live in the US, and your spouse has to live there for a certain number of years.
I'd recommend looking on the US immigration website, but it is rather overwhelming. |
Thanks for the response. I've looked at the US Immigration site but nothing is said about it being illegal. I've read another thread on here about Korean gf's being stopped at the airport immigration and given the 3rd degree. I've also read somewhere that it's illegal to visit the USA if you intend to marry an American. I was hoping someone can shed some light on why it's such a big deal with immigration. Does it only matter if a visa is required for entry?
As for dual citizenship:
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"A U.S. citizen may acquire foreign citizenship by marriage, or a person naturalized as a U.S. citizen may not lose the citizenship of the country of birth.U.S. law does not mention dual nationality or require a person to choose one citizenship or another. Also, a person who is automatically granted another citizenship does not risk losing U.S. citizenship. However, a person who acquires a foreign citizenship by applying for it may lose U.S. citizenship. In order to lose U.S. citizenship, the law requires that the person must apply for the foreign citizenship voluntarily, by free choice, and with the intention to give up U.S. citizenship." |
Here's the link:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1753.html |
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