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Originally Posted by Starla
Thanks again, everyone.
I called Worldbridge last week and found out that yes, I will need to apply for a settlement visa before I move over there. (Thank you for the link, Izzysmum).
One thing that people may want to take note of is: I called the City Hall of the US state where we would like to be married and asked what paperwork he would need in order to marry me in the US. They told me that all he needed was his passport (and if he had been married before, proof that the marriage has ended).
This is going easier than I thought! What a relief.
I do have some more questions though after reading some other people's responses about visas.
We had planned on marrying on a Saturday in the US, fly to England during the week and have a blessing ceremony in England the following Saturday. Is there a chance I would get my visa in a week? Can I apply in person and get it the same day? What is the standard waiting time, if any?
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In my case (this was 10 years ago) I got one of my visa entries in less than 2 weeks, but with the benefit of hindsight it was a reckless thing to do (to apply for it while on holiday in a third country, it just about worked, but in the paranoid times we live now this may no longer be the case).
Check with all the authorities involved, if I was you I would not count on this, since it could be a source of headaches, you could either come to England for the blessing and back to the US (I don't know how long tourist visas for US citizens are, for Mexicans they last up to 6 months) to wait for your definitive visa to be ready, or forego the idea of the ceremony in England so close to the US wedding.
Sorry if I come across as a pessimist, but I think you should not try to shoehorn two big bureaucracies around your very personal plans since unfortunately the systems will not care if they make your wedding an even more trying time.
