marriage question

[stefang]

Question about marriage. What are the rules for marrying a foreigner? Can my Brazilian fiance and myself marry in Portugal or do we need to go to Brazil. She has a decent job and doesn't want to wait in Brazil while the paper work processes from our speedy government(wink wink).

Later we would have a nice ceremony for hew family in Brazil to see. Thanks for any help.

[stefang]

... in response to marriage question, posted by stefang on Jan 11, 2004

Thank you for the info I will look more into our regulations and my fiance can check the Portuguese laws since she is near the consulate in Lisbon.

[Bob S]

... in response to marriage question, posted by stefang on Jan 11, 2004

Like Ray says, it's according to the law in Portugal.  The U.S. embassy should have info on marrying a foreigner and how to process the application for a visa.  First you may need to get your birth certificate and ID all translated into Portugese.  Then you will need to get the marriage documents, licenses, and wot-not all translated back into English.  That's sort of along the lines of what I had to do in Japan.

[Ray]

... in response to marriage question, posted by stefang on Jan 11, 2004

You would have to check the law in Portugal, but I would be surprised if it was not allowed.

One caution: If you are considering a K-3 visa after marriage, the law requires that the K-3 visa be issued in the country where you were married, so she would NOT have the option to have the visa processed in Brazil!

Ray