Marraige in Mozambique or in the U.S.?

[kimberlyanne85]

Hello. I have petitioned for an I-129 visa for my fiancee, but now we are thinking about getting married in Mozambique this June. How would that affect our application?

[barbarajlw]

Hello. I have petitioned for an I-129 visa for my fiancee, but now we are thinking about getting married in Mozambique this June. How would that affect our application?

If you have applied for 129F petition for a fiance visa then you have to get married in the USA (within 90 days of entering). A 129f is strictly for fiance only , you can't get married and your fiancee/wife arrive on a K1 visa not happening. You can cancel 129f and then file for CR1 spousal visa but why would you , you have already paid one amount $340 and now you want to pay for another visa.If you get married in Mozanbique then you come home and apply for CR1 and wait for approval. Your wife stays in Mozanbique till approval, then if approved she arrives and gets green card status straight away and also can work immediately.
K1 visa approved she comes you marry and she can stay and you don't have to be apart.

[kimberlyanne85]

Dual Citizenship

Thanks for that information. You're right: It is best to get married in the United States. Actually, he will be my husband. I suppose I should have said "fiance" instead of "fiancee."

The reason we were thinking of marrying in Mozambique is because then I would be an automatic citizen of Mozambique, with dual citizenship. Does anyone know about dual citizenship, and how I can become a Mozambique citizen if we get married outside of Mozambique?

Thanks.

[barbarajlw]

Thanks for that information. You're right: It is best to get married in the United States. Actually, he will be my husband. I suppose I should have said "fiance" instead of "fiancee."

The reason we were thinking of marrying in Mozambique is because then I would be an automatic citizen of Mozambique, with dual citizenship. Does anyone know about dual citizenship, and how I can become a Mozambique citizen if we get married outside of Mozambique?

Thanks.

Would you be living in the US or Mozambique? If you are petitioning for him to come to the US for marriage you realise he can't go back there till he gets his GC or you have an AP advance parole papers approved and in his hand. When you apply for AOS he will get a 2 year conditional GC and can't or should not be out of the country for more than 12 months is the rule but they recommend no longer than 6 months as it will be seen as abandoning resident status.
Would you not have to live there to get citizenship for yourself? He can get citizenship here in US after 3 years of residency. You would have to look up their countries embassy site and laws on that.

[kimberlyanne85]

Citizenship

We want to live here initially and see if it works out. It's always good to have a backup plan in case my future husband can't get good work here. Anyways, according to Mozambique law if you marry a Mozambican in Mozambique you become a citizen. I am researching other ways to get citizenship there. I do think that the American citizenship is more important and harder to come by, so since we do not want to wait to be together and I have already begun the fiance visa process I think we'll stick by that. I don't want to put that in jeapordy by getting married in Mozambique.

Now as far as jobs for immigrants, I'm not too sure on the best options. Miller graduated from a national pedagogical university and is a licensed secondary school philosophy teacher. Unfortunately, there are no philosophy classes in United States high schools, and I'm afraid that few, if any, of his credits will transfer. If we have any money left after this visa process, he'd like to study business in the U.S.

[mathewgj]

Secondary school teachers generally do not need to have a degree in the subject you teach, you just need to be a certified teacher by your state (which usually involves some coursework and some student teaching).

Good luck with everything!