Looking ahead-wedding without legal "marriage" if not approved in t

[Matthew Udall]

Originally posted by Folinskyinla

Matt is a doctor's kid and I'm married into the mental health field.

My oldest brother carried on in my father's footsteps and is a general
practitioner (MD) in the Provo Utah area, and my oldest sister is a
nurse in the Jackson Wyoming area.


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[Kelley]

I was advised by my immigration attorney that doing a "non-legal"
ceremony before the legal one while you're still waiting for paperwork
is definitely ILLEGAL. Apparently it constitutes visa fraud because
the person says they're coming in as a tourist, not to participate in
a ceremony.

So does that mean you can't get dressed up and go to a nice party
while you're here as a "tourist"? I dunno.... doesn't make sense to
me. But apparently when you go for your AOS interview and you have to
show pictures of the wedding and all that, it could make for a very
sticky situation.