blinkgoddess

I have a question, unsure if this is the right place to ask but hoping someone might have some experience here...

We (he, UKC and I, USC) want to marry here in the states and then he will return to the UK while I stay here and file the I-130. Not ideal in our eyes, and not the way people I know have done it, but seems to be the safest and "by-the-book" way... we'd rather spend a few long months apart than risk him being deported or banned

That said - I live in Maryland and I've looked - and I mean scoured - the internet for information but maybe I'm just googling it wrong.. I found the marriage license application information (forms, fees, where, etc etc..) but all the forms require a SSN for both parties!

How / where are we supposed to marry while he's still a UKC? Please don't tell me Vegas.. we will, but dammit that's not a trip I want to make at the moment Is there something I'm not googling?

Thanks in advance for any advice / experience you could offer..

Noorah101

My guess is that if you have a SSN you can provide it...and if you're ineligible for a SSN (as he will be), he won't need to provide it.

Rene

Noorah101

This site doesn't mention needing a SSN: http://marriage.about.com/cs/marriag...p/maryland.htm

Rene

blinkgoddess

Ahhhh, no that one doesn't but this states it's mandatory: http://www.courts.state.md.us/clerks.../marriage.html and both the Non-Resident Marriage Application and marriage application work sheet seem to require it.

I'll probably call tomorrow, it's just nearly midnight and I'm combing through the forums. He's coming out for a few weeks at Christmas and I just can't get my fill of information What else am I supposed to do when it's nearly 5 am in the uk! :P

Thanks for your help...

Noorah101

I hightly doubt a SSN is mandatory. Visitors to the USA *can* get married while here, and they are *not* eligible to get a SSN.

Rene

Trixie_b

When we got married, if I remember correctly, we just put "none" in the box and that was fine. The best thing to do is go to the court house and ask...

md95065

I, too, doubt that it is mandatory but remember that marriage is a state issue and the requirements can and do vary from state to state so it is not inconceivable that some state might require something that a visitor would not have.

Remember Loving vs Virginia wasn't decided until 1967 ...

halfmoon

I agree with Trixie_b - best to go and ask at the courthouse. Speak to a supervisor if the desk clerk doesn't know, that's what we had to do! We married in NC and I just needed to sign a statement to confirm I did not have a SSN.

redarmy990

im uk citizen my now wife us citizen.

we got married in rockville maryland in october and we just went to the court house and fied the application and got our marriage license there and then.

my wife just put her ssn and because im from enggland we left mine blank

so just go get married and start the long drawn out process

god its depressing waiting around when we could be together.

good luck

ljaw2002uk

Forget state to state, it varies from county to county.

It is mandatory to have a SSN in our home county, so as I didnt have one at the time, we had to go to the neighbouring county to get our marriage license.

ian-mstm

Is there a reason you need to be married in Maryland? You can get married anywhere - US immigration certainly doesn't care. My wife and I live in Kentucky and got married in Tennessee.

Ian

Mrs Van Geffen

I married my husband in California on 11.11.11 (me UKC him USC), we just went to the courthouse paid the fee and got the licence. I didn't fill out any US SSC and we got the license no problem!

I would ask at the courthouse to be sure and if you need an SSC then California is a very beautiful place to get married

Good luck x

jeffreyhy

Whether the clerks or supervisors know or not, 99 times out of 100 their response will be something along the lines of "I can give you the form but I cannot help you fill it out. If you need help, consult a lawyer." Court house staff are not lawyers and are generally well trained to not provide legal advice, and answering the question about whether or not a SSN is required by law is giving legal advice.

Regards, JEff

Trixie_b

OK then, go to the court house, fill out the form, leave the SS no blank or say none, hand it back if they accept it OK, if they don't you have your answer.

I think the phrase is: "Suck it and see"

By the way, you may or may not be interested in our experience of getting married. The court house staff were not one bit interested in my immigration status. And immigration were only interested in if we were legally married and that it was genuine.

jeffreyhy

I thought the phrase was "try it and see", but I may be behind the times. In any case I like this one better as long as I'm the ...ee.

Regards, JEff