If a US citizen gets married outside the US, will that marriage be recognized in the US?

groverraj

yes, their marriage will most probably be recognized by the US. At the most you may need the marriage document attested by the local US Consulate. if you ahve issues, just get remarried again in US at a civil court.

if you got married in India ? as a US citizen ,you must report the marriage to a US consulat in India nearest you residence ,
Marriage in India
The procedure for a foreigner (e.g., an American citizen) to get married in India depends on whether the parties wish to participate in a religious ceremony or a civil ceremony. If required, the Embassy can issue a â€œno objectionâ€ letter to any American citizen who wishes to obtain an Indian marriage certificate. The letter can be obtained free of charge from the American Citizen Services Unit any weekday from 10:00 â€“ 12:00 or 2:00 â€“ 3:30, simply by presenting a U.S. passport.

If after marrying, you are interested in obtaining an immigrant visa to the United States for your new spouse, please contact the Department of Homeland Securityâ€™s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (previously known as â€œINSâ€) to obtain more information about filing an immigrant visa petition. Their website is www.uscis.gov. Their office at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi can be reached by writing to ins.ndi@dhs.gov, or by calling 2419-8506 (begin by dialing 011-91-11- if calling from the United States).

go to this page for more information :
http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/american_citizen_registration.html

http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/acsregistravel.html

jimobasa

The marriage certificate is valid but there might not be a record of the marriage in US. I am British but I married in Jamaica and there is no record of my marriage in UK Registry unless I apply to have it recorded

billy

You should have no problem. I see a lot of American tourists go to my country, get married and bring the women here without any problems. I have friends and and relatives as well who have taken their boyfriends and girlfriends back to my country, married and returned here without any problems. All you have to do is report the changes to your embassy in that particular country and it should be registered in the system worldwide.

dÅ«'bÄ“-É™s

Yes, and check this site visajourney.com. It'll help you a little.

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Brand X

Usually they are since we give foreign laws 'comity'...that is we give them full faith to the degree we can.

Mavs rule

IT should as long as that countries laws were followed with marrige licenses and all.

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