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My fiancée and I are considering our options to marry once her divorce is finalized. We are discussing the possibilities of marrying in France or the USA but our intent is to live in France. I will need to obtain a Carte de Sejour, an approval to work, obtain health insurance and so on. The question is that we live in a smaller sized Ville and generally speaking, there is a few weeks wait to marry. The Livret de Famille is given within a day or two of the wedding (per the Mayor’s Office). This is a good thing as if I must return to the USA for a Spousal Visa / Sejour, the process could be about two weeks before it is issued and I can fully begin my new life here in France.

If we marry in the USA, does the French mayor of the Ville we reside in still issue the Livret de Famille or must it be obtained from another source as this Mayor did not perform the actual wedding? I would hate to make a trip to the USA to marry (and see family) then need to return to the USA again for the interview for the Visa / Sejour and then wait for it to be issued.

As always, thanks very much for your fantastic help!