Legal Question in Immigration Law in Rhode Island

Re: Procedures to marrying an immagrant

Assuming you are a US citizen, you can marry him in his country and file applications with US Citizenship & Immigration Services to bring him in as an immediate relative of US citizen. The requirement for the marriage depends on the country. Usually they require single status certificate.

Or you can file applications to bring him in as a fiancee of US citizen and then marry him in the US.

Re: Procedures to marrying an immagrant

You can apply for fiancee visa for him. The main requirements generally are that you and your fiance� must:

Be free to marry -This means that both of you are unmarried, or that any previous marriages have been terminated either through divorce, annulment or death;

Have met with your fiance� in person within the last two years before filing for the fiance� visa. (The only way this requirement can be waived is if meeting your fiance� in person would violate long-established customs, or if meeting your fiance� would create extreme hardship for you.);

Marry within 90 days of your fianc�(e) entering the United States.

If you decide to marry him abroad and then petition for him, you will have to submit a petition for alien relative on his behalf. Once that is filed, you could also apply for a K-3 visa for your spouse to come earlier.

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