Sorry to hear about the deportation. This is a little above my head, but I’ll try… First, just from personal experience, after he is deported, he’ll get either a 5 year, 10 year or lifetime ban from re-entering. The only way around that is a I-212 waiver, and that takes at least a year. He would also need someone here in the US to apply for the waiver and I’m not sure you can do it as an LPR, or if it can be done from Peru. Usually it is done by a spouse or immediate family member who is a US Citizen. Check out some of the Visa forum links above, they would be able to answer these questions better than me. As for the marriage, yes, everything can be done in Peru, easier, cheaper and quicker than doing it from the US. You will legally be married in Peru, not the US, but it will be recognized here. Not sure about you getting the US Citizenship, as you’d need to be living here to do that and would also need a sponsor here. Getting Peruvian citizenship should be relatively easy once you are married.

~Alan

Me and my boyfriend are planning on getting married. Situation is, he is here in the US, but he is about to be deported because his work visa expired, and minor problems he got himself into here in the US is causing him to be deported. So I want to know if he gets deported, he will not be allowed back in the US for any reason, but I would like to live in Peru with him. Could I go to Peru and marry him, and would I be able to do all of the paperwork down there without having to come to the US, and if not, would he need to be present in the US in order for us to complete the marriage process to make it legal, and for me to get dual citizenship for me in the US, which I am a resident, and to get citizenship in Peru? Thanks!

Most of the people who do the civil wedding in Peru do it there because they need to….in your case, you are lucky to have the choice! Getting married legally here would almost certainly be easier. You’ll need to do the legal wedding first and I’d check with the church in Lima just to make sure there are no issues, but I don’t think there should be. Good luck!

Alan

Yes, that should be fine as long as you do everything through the Peruvian consulate.

Alan

It does get complicated and your case even more so because you are doing it through the mail. Because I did mine in person, I can’t offer too much specifics, so it’s best to call them at 312-782-1599, where I’m sure they can answer all your questions and let you know when you pay the fees. They put a bunch of stamps on the back of your documents to show you’ve paid and the fees were about $80 if I recall. The “Carta poder fuera de registro” is a form that the consulate will give you which gives your fiance the power to fill out all your paperwork on your behalf in Peru. This form gets mailed to Peru with all of your paperwork.

~Alan

Thanks! If you have your original birth certificate, DON’T send it, as they won’t send it back to you. What you need is an official copy, which is issued by your state for a small fee. The copies can be notarized anywhere, but I did it at the courthouse because they just happened to have a notary there. I would get the documents translated in Lima as it is MUCH cheaper than having it done here. Make sure you use a certified translator.

~Alan