Marriage for the Arab community in United States
What matters to people looking for marriage in United States, and what differs in registration and paperwork.
Cities
The main cities in United States.
- Dearborn
- Chicago
- New York
- Houston
- Los Angeles
- Atlanta
Registration and paperwork
Procedures change, and they differ with your situation and your nationality. What follows is a general pointer, nothing more; the authority itself is the reference, and you should ask it before taking any step.
Worth knowing
- Differences between states are large; do not reason from one to another.
- A marriage licence is normally obtained before the ceremony, which must be performed by someone legally authorised — check that your imam is authorised in your state.
The French consular procedure, on our agency site
Mizan also runs a marriage agency, and it publishes dated guides on the French procedure: the certificate of capacity to marry, the publication of banns, and registering the marriage in the French civil registry. Each guide names the consular page it was checked against, and the date it was checked.
These describe what France asks of its own nationals. They do not describe the local law of the country on this page.
- Marrying in the United States as a French citizen (in French)
- American marriages France does not recognise (in French)
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