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Will my marriage be considered legal in US even if I am still married in another country?
If you are married under the laws of Another Country, you are considered married throughout the world. If you have one wife, you cannot legally marry another. It is bigamy and is against the law in the United States.
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Married in another country?
If you get married in another country, you have to have a ceremony in America. You should get married in the state you live in to meet residency requirements.
You were married abroad Do you need a US marriage license?
You are already married, you can't apply for a license. The US will recognize a valid marriage in another country.
Husband gets marries knowing he is still married to someone in another country is this marriage to the person he married in another country legal in the eyes of the law in the US?
He married in another state and didn't know he was still legally married to someone else
Can you get married in Jamaica with a Maryland marriage license?
It is not good in another country. The license must be issued by the country where the ceremony is.
What if you have a husband in the Philippines and subsequently got married in another country?
If you are already legally married and "got married" in another country you are committing bigamy, which is a crime. It can get you deported and even jailed. Also, your second "marriage" is invalid.
If you got married in another country but never filed the paperwork here in NY is the marriage legal?
If you have a copy of your paperwork, your marriage is legal.
If a person has 3 spouses in another country can they become us citizens and still keep their 3 spouses?
In US law you can only be legally married to one person at at a time. In most cases the first marriage is considered legal; and any subsequent marriage while still married to the original spouse, is considered invalid.
If you get married and then find out your husband is married in another country does that make your marriage unlawful?
This depends on the laws of the country in which you reside. Generally it is against the law to be married to more then one person at a time.
You are a US citizen married in another country and never filed the certificate in the US are you legally married?
If the marriage is legal in the other country, they are married everywhere in the world.
Can two documented immigrants who were married in another country get a divorce in California?
I do not think they can. I doubt that the state (or the country) will recognized the marriage of two illegal immigrants who married in another country. After all as far as the government is concerned "they are not here."
If you get married in another country do you have to have a legal divorce in the US?
No. I don't think it would be legal. I know people go to Mexico for divorce, but there is special paperwork and requirements that they meet. But, if you wanted to go to Germany for divorce I don't think you could. The laws there are German, not American law.
Does the Defense of marriage law apply to an American gay couple getting married in another country?
yes
