PR and marriage regestration advise needed!!!!!!

[vish1979]

My finance is Canadian permanent resident. I am here in US on student visa, my visas are expired but my I-94 is showing D/S instead of any expiration date. i am graduating this may, and i am planing to get married by Aug this year. Because of my visa i don't want to take any risks and go to Canada for registration of our marriage instead of that i prefer to do that process here in US. I am a resident of NJ and have my apartment lease on my name. i have a social security number but i have lost the card.

If i get married to a Canadian permanent resident here in US, get my marriage certificate and then my wife sponsor me there in Canada would that be a problem? I mean can she file papers with our status? is it required to appear for an interview in country where the marriage process was performed? or i can appear anywhere even in my home country if i decide to go back after getting married. what process should i exactly follow to avoid all complication? and is it advisable to get married and register our marriage in our home country or it don't create any significant problems.

[cmk2]

As a general comment, anyone can get married almost anywhere in the world, however, it will depend on Canadian Immigration authorities to validate whether the country/place where the marriage did take place was an "official" one. If you get married in Canada, then, you know for sure, that there won't be any questioning. However, since you are a non-US citizen residing in the States on a student visa and intend to get married with a Canadian wife in USA, then, it should be no problem.

I would suggest that you ensure that your marriage is subsequently registered and that you quickly apply to get a marriage CERTIFICATE which will be required to be submitted when applying for permanent residence under the FAMILY class. Furthermore, check with the Marriage Registrar office about the wait period before you get your certificate processed and mailed back to you. In Canada, it can take up to 3 months.

The interview does not depend where the marriage has taken place. The most important would be for you to know which Immigration office will be processing your application. By the sounds of things,it seems that your student visa is almost expiring and are on your way back home. Therefore,most likely your application will be processed back home and the interview, if any ,will take place there.

Hope that helps..