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Yes. If your marriage was legally valid in the country you married in, AND you provide the legal paperwork showing this marriage was valid, AND the US doesn't consider the marriage "onerous", your marriage will be recognized by the US.

"Onerous" in this case are sets of conditions that the US considers too severe to allow for the marriage to be recognized. Things like coersion into marriage, significantly underage partner, inability to give reasonable consent, bygamy/polygamy, incest, etc. The list is not long, and the US will recognized many marriages that no state would otherwise allow (e.g. allow 1st cousins to marry, allow two 17 year olds to marry without parental concent, etc.).

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