What requirements do i need as an American to marry a foreigner living in another country?
Take a look at the US embassy website in the Dominican Republic at usembassy.gov.do. You’ll find quite a bit of information on this very question. This is only part of what’s available there. Now, as for bringing her back, you’ll need to file an I-130 immigrant visa petition for her, but you won’t be able to do that in the DR. You’ll have to get married and then come back to file. Or, if you’ve already met her, you could also consider filing a fiance petition and marry her here. Check out uscis.gov and the embassy website for more information on forms and procedures. General Requirements for foreigners to marry in the Dominican Republic In order to get married in the Dominican Republic, a man and a woman must be of a certain minimum age (16 for men, 15 for women), be legally eligible to marry, and be entering into the marriage contract of their own free will. Failure to comply with any of these basic criteria could mean that Dominican authorities will decline to register the marriage a
