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aineagusian
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Marrying Irish Citizen

Post by aineagusian » Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:53 pm

Hello everyone, hopefully someone can help with this. It's probably been discussed, but I didn't find something as close to my situation as i need. Any advice would be of great value!

I plan on marrying my Irish fiance in Ireland next year. I'm an American citizen. We than plan on coming here and having a blessing kind of thing. I believe the K-3 Visa is the way to go instead of the fiance visa. What steps do we need to begin taking in advance of the wedding? Filing visas applications, documents, etc. Anything! I believe we plan on living here after the wedding, but not sure about that. Either way, we want to be able to travel freely in and out of the country.

Thanks alot!
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yankeegirl
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Post by yankeegirl » Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:40 pm

I'm not an expert or anything but I will try to help.

If you are planning on marrying in Ireland and then going to the US then I think the K-3 visa is the right one. I'm not sure but I think it can't be filed for until you are actually married. I'm not sure how long it takes to process etc.

Have you looked into Irish marriage laws? They are kind of a pain in the arse. (just my opinion). I'm not sure if you are planning on marrying in a church or registry office, but there is a minimum of a 3 month wait from the time you file your notice of intent to marry before you can actually marry. If it is a registry office wedding, once you file the notice of intent to marry, you then have to reside in the district where you want to marry for at least 7 days. After that you have an appointment with the registrar, and THEN you can get married once the 3 months have passed. It's not like the US where many places only have a waiting period of a day or two. Also, if it is a registry office wedding, depending on where you want to marry, you could be looking at quite a wait. This is true especially of Dublin. Once you have turned in all of your paperwork and met with the registrar, you could be waiting for 6 months or more for a date to marry. I'm married to an Irishman myself and we ended up just going back to the US to marry lol. Good luck! :)
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