Help, I would like to marry my Spaniard boyfriend?

Katiebug637

Help, I would like to marry my Spaniard boyfriend?

Hi all, I am a U.S citizen and i have been dating my bf from Spain for almost 2 years. After trying basically everything we can possibly try, marriage is the only solution for my Spaniard bf and I to be together without problems. I was living in Spain without papers for a year because I couldn´t bear being apart and now I have to return to the states otherwise we would face major problems ahead. I am planning to return this weekend =( Now there is a possibility that i may get banned from coming back to Spain for 3 to 10 years. I will go to the Spanish Embassy in the states to try plea for forgiveness for breaking the law and overstaying my visa. Anyways if they do lift off my ban, I think marrying in Spain would be the best option.. Of course if my ban is still present and i can´t return to Spain then we have no choice but to get married in the states, but my question is which would be a wiser or smoother option? We plan on residing in Spain after we are married so marrying in Spain would seem like the better option however i am not sure if they will lift my ban and i have been stressing like crazy. I also heard that if you marry in the U.S it takes 8 to 10 months for paperworks to settle before he can actually come over and live with me permanently as a legal residence (thats if marriage didn´t already lift my ban as we prefer to live in Spain). My 2nd question is do you know if during the process for marriage paperwork if my bf has to actually be present in the U.S because he has his career here and he can´t just take off whatever months needed for paperworks to be done, is there a way we can do paperworks with him being in Spain and coming only prior to the day when we can actually get married. If I am able to lift the ban just by pleading for forgiveness everything will be perfect but i won´t know the answer to that until i actually try. I am scared to try because i´m scared they will say no. Thanks for reading my question, please offer me any advice that you have…

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Fritwell, K2, GB | 6 months ago (16 minutes after post)

I think you can only marry in Spain if you are catholic, you would need a Civil ceremony in the States anyway if you are not Catholic. If you are Catholic, the Spain option would makes sense, getting the answer no and not doing anything about it are the same thing at the end of the day so you may as well ask if you are going to do nothing if you don’t ask. Does that make sense? At least if you marry in the states it may make the visa application a bit easier

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An Unknown Location | 5 months, 1 week ago (3 weeks, 2 days after post)

Wow, welcome back! I wondered what had happened to you!…As you can see, unfortunately, most of the adults who used to be helpful on this site have moved on, and the whole site has been co-opted by emo teens or people posing as Africans, begging for money - the usual Myspace style spam…It’s a real shame. I was actually just about to delete my account before I noticed you had posted again a few weeks back.

I don’t know much about how your marriage situation would work in Spain, though I’m taking it that things must be working out now for you two? I’ll read the post you made just before this one. I hope you’re still doing alright…back in the U.S, I’m guessing??

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An Unknown Location | 1 month, 3 weeks ago (4 months, 1 week after post)

You aren’t banned from Spain unless they actually deported you and in which case you can return after 3 months (it happened to a fellow student when I was there this past year).And you don’t have to be Catholic to marry in Spain- that’s just silly. If you plan on living in Spain, marrying in Spain is your best bet as it is much easier. Good Luck!

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