I now have a question concerning about our paper procedure. As I am currently here under tourist status, we discussed about marriage to get a permanent solution but in order to do that I have to provide paper work from the States to prove that I am single? then because I will be leaving Ch soon, I wonder is it possible to apply for a visa once I have all my paper work ready or have to wait for another 3 months to re-enter and to it.
Thank you a lot in advance for your helpful replies.
Your fiancé can apply for a fiancé permit for you once you have all your paperwork sorted. You need to apply in the States for a Type D visa at the nearest Swiss embassy/consulate to you, then stay in the States until it’s issued. If/when the fiancé permit is approved the Type D visa will be stamped into your passport so you can enter Switzerland long term legally.
More on marrying in Switzerland here:
Tom
"Affidavit of Eligibility to Marry: Some countries require an affidavit by the parties as proof of legal capacity to enter into a marriage contract. No such government-issued document exists in the United States. You may execute such an affidavit at a U.S. embassy or consulate. The U.S. embassy or consulate cannot attest to your marital status; however, most countries will accept a statement from you regarding your ability to marry if your signature on the affidavit has been notarized by a U.S. consular officer."
http://bern.usembassy.gov/service/co...cy-zurich.html
Just be sure to schedule your appointment by email if its in Zurich and be specific when you tell them what you need. Affidavit for marriage eligibility.
I am an American bride wishing to get married to a Swiss groom. We have sent the paperwork for our marriage license while I was in Switzerland on a tourist visa.
I must return to the states by Nov. 16, 2015 (soon) so I'm sure our license will not arrive in time. We were told there is a possibility my tourist visa can be extended so I will not have to leave before we get the license. Has anyone heard of that actually happening?
Also, is there still a fiance visa? With all the immigrant law changes in Switzerland this year, I wasn't sure if it still existed. I want to return to Switzerland as soon as possible (before 90 day tourist visa). Does anyone know how long this will take or had experience with it?
Thank you!
I wanted to get something that takes just days to get instead of months but I know I'm asking A LOT! haha
Not going to happen, the Swiss never move quickly. Did you enter with a tourist visa though or are you simply here for the 3 months Americans are allowed as a tourist? If you don’t have an actual visa, it can’t be extended.
If you have to go back to the States, you’ll need to apply for a Type D visa to be able to enter Switzerland long term anyway and that’s done at the Swiss embassy. If the permit/licence is approved then the visa will be issued and would supersede any 90 day tourist restriction.
Otherwise, I'd get married in the U.S. We can marry in 24 hours!
After we return from the US (married), for six months I was married and my Swiss wife not!
Many documents later, they decided that she was married as well.
Tom
DeezBeez - Thinking again about your situation it might not make things any simpler to get married in the U.S. at this point. If I understand correctly, you've already applied for a marriage license here. I assume you entered as a tourist since you don't have a fiancee visa? If so you'd likely just complicate things further by getting married abroad while your application is pending here. I have heard that if you're already here on a fiancee visa it can be extended, but I am not sure how (or if) it works when you're a tourist.
Anyway, it took six months because, while a US marriage certificate was good enough for me, even for the Swiss, it wasn't enough for my Swiss wife, and so it had to be sent to the Swiss consulate in NYC, and all in all it took six months and CHF 35.
Fortunately, a friend's sister had been through the same when she married a German in Germany, so he knew what to do.
Tom
Show up at the courthouse in the place we live in the U.S. with all the paperwork, pay $35, go back 3 days later to pick up marriage license in front of official witness = done.
We are still doing the big show with music, puffy dress, flowers, the whole deal in my home country in Europe with all our loved ones later on, but we avoid the paperwork hassle. Doing the legal in Italy or Germany was going to be a bureaucratic nightmare, especially since neither of us lives there anymore and my soon to be Mr. has been married and divorced before (=international paperwork nightmare).