does wedding pictures needed?

[beb25]

Hello there...just want to know if wedding pictures where needed if you are going to get married only with civil wedding?

 

[Christoph100]

My wife and I had a civil wedding in Thailand, both of us were foreigners in that country even tho she is a current resident, luckily she has some family living there too. I think its a good idea to have someone there taking pictures. My brother in-law was taking our pictures during the whole time. We actually have a lot of pictures and its nice to have those memories. After the ceremony we had pictures taken with my sister in-law my brother in-law our Thai friends who were our witnesses. We even have a few with the Registrar himself all great to have in my opinion, and yes these pictures are being submitted to CIC with our application.

Chris.

 

[JessNess]

Depends, but I recommend YES.

I sent in only 4 photos of my civil Canadian wedding. One where the commissioner was reading our vows, one of us kissing after, and two with us and our two witnesses (husband's best friends). We did not have family there because my husband's mother had just died the previous week and it would have been inappropriate to have a big wedding at the time. None of our families were at the wedding. His family was grieving and my mother lives in California.

However, we sent in with our application every single plane ticket to and from Canada (12 trips in total) including pictures from each 2 week trip. We also included 4 Skype chat screen shots from every month we have known each other (1.5 years), 20 pages of initial contact email to prove the date we met, phone bills from every month we have used phones, plus Facetime screen shots from each month we have known each other (photo included metadata on when the pic was actually snapped)…

So my recommendation to you is…. if you have ample proof like I did of the genuine nature of your relationship, then snap a few good photos of your civil wedding and you'll be fine. If you don't have good evidence otherwise, then make sure you have lots of wedding pictures with family and friends, etc because you'll need to make that aspect of your application "heavier" with proof.

 

[beb25]

We've been together for 4years and dating since 2007 and i can show lots of pictures the only problem.was when i go back home we are only planning for civil wedding as my parentd was here in xanada and only simple civil wedding.

 

[JessNess]

No problem, like I said, mine was a civil wedding too. Just have someone at the courthouse take 2-3 pictures of you guys after the ceremony is finished. It won't be a big deal since you have ample proof that you're legit

 

[CMLR]

I believe it is always a good idea to include wedding photos even if it is the simplest of weddings, such as a civil ceremony. The more proof a couple has that they are married, if filing as married, the better. That is just my thoughts. We were married in a friend's home by a pastor. We only had 15 people there including the two of us. Only 2 of my children, I have 4, could make it and my husband's sons were unable to attend. I come from a very large family, I have 5 other siblings and their families, my parents could have come but we did not want to offend anyone in my family. My husbands parents would have had a hard time coming across the border due to their health and we did not have the money to have a huge reception so we kept it to inviting just our kids and those friends that knew us both, we dated for nearly 3 years before marrying and had both met each others friends on several occasions. We had lots of photos taken even though the ceremony was maybe 15 minutes total Since I sang for him as a surprise and we had another song played other wise it would have been maybe 5 minutes long. It does not take long to have lots of nice photos of a wedding.

 

[ninakap30]

ın my case we dıdnt ınclude nothıng ...we marrıed ın turkey.we just sıgned and wıth us were only 6 people...thats because my husbands mother had dıed 5 months ago ....but ın Turkey later u can make a receptıon wearıng a weddıng dress after even one or 2 years.........we had ın plan to make lıke thıs but my mother dıed...........so we dont have any photos...do u thınk thıs wıll be problem for them?

 

[beb25]

ın my case we dıdnt ınclude nothıng ...we marrıed ın turkey.we just sıgned and wıth us were only 6 people...thats because my husbands mother had dıed 5 months ago ....but ın Turkey later u can make a receptıon wearıng a weddıng dress after even one or 2 years.........we had ın plan to make lıke thıs but my mother dıed...........so we dont have any photos...do u thınk thıs wıll be problem for them?

So what happened? Did the embassy ask you for anything or everything went smoothly for filing your papers?

 

[CutiePie92]

No problem, like I said, mine was a civil wedding too. Just have someone at the courthouse take 2-3 pictures of you guys after the ceremony is finished. It won't be a big deal since you have ample proof that you're legit

JessNess, you're right, for you it won't be any problem since you're American - US citizens don't get as scrutinized as other countries. so to answer your question, beb25, wedding photos are important, but it highly depends on where you are. for some countries, just a civil wedding is a huge red flag (India for example). a simple civil wedding is more accepted in the western part of the world. so in the end it really depends where you come from. which one is your visa office?

(eitherway, a relationship started in 2007 represents solid proof already.)

 

[beb25]

JessNess, you're right, for you it won't be any problem since you're American - US citizens don't get as scrutinized as other countries. so to answer your question, beb25, wedding photos are important, but it
highly depends on where you are. for some countries, just a civil wedding is a huge red flag (India for example). a simple civil wedding is more accepted in the western part of the world. so in the end it really depends where you come from. which one is your visa office?

(eitherway, a relationship started in 2007 represents solid proof already.)

Philippines...we can proof lots of photos when.we're in relationship but im wondering if civil wedding is fine amd no much photos

 

[keesio]

Philippines...we can proof lots of photos when.we're in relationship but im wondering if civil wedding is fine amd no much photos

Like CutiePie92 said, it depends on your visa office. I'm not sure how strict Manilla is about accepting a civil ceremony as adequate. Only you can answer best how common are small weddings in Philippines. But if you do have a small civil ceremony with just a few pictures (and do take pictures, no matter how small), then the rest of your relationship proof has to be very strong to compensate.