Can I marry a foreign citizen in their country?
I'm an American citizen and want to marry a Chilean citizen. She's lived in the states for 5 years and is currently on a student visa. We want to marry in July 2014 (by then her status will be as a tourist because her student visa will have expired and she will change to a B2).
My question is, if we fly out to Chile, get married there (because of family reasons), and in two weeks fly back to Oregon state to live here (she would enter on her B2 tourist visa) will that raise any red flags with immigration when we submit papers for her residency? Will she even be able to get through customs if we return as a married couple?
Will our Chilean marriage be recognized in the US? Will we have to re-marry to obtain an american marriage license?