Keith

I am curious if you know if the US will recognize the marriage of an
American to a Cuban national that takes place in Columbia?

BritishInOhio

If they are both the same sex? No.

Mrtravel

Keith wrote:
    > I am curious if you know if the US will recognize the marriage of an
    > American to a Cuban national that takes place in Columbia?

Normally, yes, especially if you were both legally free to marry and
both were present.

Why would you think there could be a problem?

Folinskyinla

Hi:

General rule is that a marriage is valid if it is valid under the law of the place of "celebration."

BTW, www.mapquest.com shows ten different towns named "Columbia" in the United States, the only major one being in South Carolina. In asking questions like yours, it can be quite helpful in giving a little more information on the state or country where the marriage took place.

lpdiver

HEE HEE HEE... Smart ass I love it. I was recently married in ColOmbia and I know what you are getting at. Attention to details.


" De Feet of de duck go over the fence before 'de-tails' "

Folinskyinla

Hi:

To be honest, I didn't even think of the COUNTRY of Colombia. I guess the fact that it was spelled in English rather than Spanish obscured that detail to my mind.

lpdiver

Oooookay. Maybe I am just attuned to Colombia fopr personal reasons. As an anectedote I was discussing my plight about trying to get my wife to Louisiana from Colombia. This big; for lack of beeter way to describe him, redneck bubba looks at me strangely for a minute. Then he says." Good buddy I have a pick-up truck,I bring her back for you this weekend." He was from Columbia, Mississippi.

Keith

lpdiver <member@british_expats.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
    > Originally posted by Folinskyinla
    >
    > > Hi:
    >
    > >
    >
    > > To be honest, I didn't even think of the COUNTRY of Colombia. I guess
    > > the fact that it was spelled in English rather than Spanish obscured
    > > that detail to my mind.
    >
    > >
    >
    > >
    >
    >
    >
    > Oooookay. Maybe I am just attuned to Colombia fopr personal reasons. As
    > an anectedote I was discussing my plight about trying to get my wife to
    > Louisiana from Colombia. This big; for lack of beeter way to describe
    > him, redneck bubba looks at me strangely for a minute. Then he says."
    > Good buddy I have a pick-up truck,I bring her back for you this
    > weekend." He was from Columbia, Mississippi.

You guys are just hilarious... Thanks for the feedback.. No we are not
the same sex and yes I was talking about Colombia the South American
country. I guess that is what I get for using spell check and not
checking verifying.
Here is a funny.. I once sent an email to about 200 people around the
world on an engineering alias and used spell check that corrected what
was supposed to be inconsistence and made it incontinence. Man did I
get a bunch of shit for that..

On a serious note.. My girl was concerned that the US wouldnt
recognize the marriage. I am in the process of having an invitation
sent to her via a Colombian friend residing in Bogota. Having her come
to Bogota to marry is one of the few options that I have without going
back to Cuba, marring and risk getting fined by the fine Bush
administration. I am also working on drafting up a proposal to the
treasury department for a humanitarian visa so I can go there
"legally". We dont feel waiting for the K1 visa to be processed and
hope that this is a faster process...

Folinskyinla

A huge GROAN on that one.

On the serious note -- note the general rule -- the question will be one of COLOMBIAN law.

lpdiver

Out of curiousity Why would you choose to marry in Colombia? My wife is Colombian and we married there. However, Colombia does not perform DCF for non residents anymore, so I am curious why the jump through the hoops for a Colombian venue. My wife does have a friend who married a Cuban here in the states.

Mrtravel

lpdiver wrote:

    > Out of curiousity Why would you choose to marry in Colombia? My wife is
    > Colombian and we married there. However, Colombia does not perform DCF
    > for non residents anymore, so I am curious why the jump through the
    > hoops for a Colombian venue.

So wife's family and friends can attend the wedding???

Maryanne Kehoe

Keith I gather your future wife is in Cuba right now (?) This is one of
those immigration "gray issues" that I think will have to be addressed
in the next coming years.

There is provision in the law for family members to visit once a year
but I don't know if this applies to spouses (?)

I think it would be better if you married in Colombia. On a related
note----our radio group is trying to get a visa for a speaker coming
from Havana (he works for RHC) and State has told us when we started the
process to start it *one year before* as there is currently an enforeced
slow-up of visa applications for Cubans seeking to enter the USA as
temporary visitors. So I can imagine other kinds of visas involving
Cuban nationals would have the same delays.

Does the Swiss embassy still handle US interests there in Havana? ("the
US Interests Section")



Re: US recognize marrige of an American to Cuban national in Colombia?

Group: alt.visa.us.marriage-based Date: Wed, Oct 22, 2003, 12:54am
(EDT-3) From: [email protected] (Keith)
lpdiver <member@british_expats.com> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
Originally posted by Folinskyinla
Hi:
To be honest, I didn't even think of the COUNTRY of Colombia. I guess
the fact that it was spelled in English rather than Spanish obscured
that detail to my mind.

Oooookay. Maybe I am just attuned to Colombia fopr personal reasons. As
an anectedote I was discussing my plight about trying to get my wife to
Louisiana from Colombia. This big; for lack of beeter way to describe
him, redneck bubba looks at me strangely for a minute. Then he says."
Good buddy I have a pick-up truck,I bring her back for you this
weekend." He was from Columbia, Mississippi.
You guys are just hilarious... Thanks for the feedback.. No we are not
the same sex and yes I was talking about Colombia the South American
country. I guess that is what I get for using spell check and not
checking verifying.
Here is a funny.. I once sent an email to about 200 people around the
world on an engineering alias and used spell check that corrected what
was supposed to be inconsistence and made it incontinence. Man did I get
a bunch of shit for that..
On a serious note.. My girl was concerned that the US wouldnt recognize
the marriage. I am in the process of having an invitation sent to her
via a Colombian friend residing in Bogota. Having her come to Bogota to
marry is one of the few options that I have without going back to Cuba,
marring and risk getting fined by the fine Bush administration. I am
also working on drafting up a proposal to the treasury department for a
humanitarian visa so I can go there "legally". We dont feel waiting for
the K1 visa to be processed and hope that this is a faster process...

Keith

I am trying to marry in Colombia because if I do it in Cuba I chance
being fined for "unauthorized travel to Cuba". I have a Colombian
friend who is inviting her to Colombia so she can get a visa from
Cuba. He was not aware that Colombia does not perform DCF for non
residents anymore. As of when where you aware of this?


lpdiver <member@british_expats.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
    > Originally posted by Folinskyinla
    >
    > > A huge GROAN on that one.
    >
    > >
    >
    > > On the serious note -- note the general rule -- the question will be
    > > one of COLOMBIAN law.
    >
    >
    >
    > Out of curiousity Why would you choose to marry in Colombia? My wife is
    > Colombian and we married there. However, Colombia does not perform DCF
    > for non residents anymore, so I am curious why the jump through the
    > hoops for a Colombian venue. My wife does have a friend who married a
    > Cuban here in the states.

Mrtravel

maryanne kehoe wrote:

    > Keith I gather your future wife is in Cuba right now (?) This is one of
    > those immigration "gray issues" that I think will have to be addressed
    > in the next coming years.
    >
    > There is provision in the law for family members to visit once a year
    > but I don't know if this applies to spouses (?)

The issue is that she is not his spouse. In order to file a fiance visa,
he would have to admit that he met her during an illegal visit to Cuba.
I don't know if CIS cares. After all, their area of jursidiction is with
the immigrant.

lpdiver