Interfaith marriage - desperately seeking advise?

Hello, I  ve' known an amarican teacher how was  working in Riyadh ,during that time she met a jordanian man, they went to Jordan and they got married. I think you can go to Dubai or or any  GCC contry in order to get married there  .
The best of luck for the future  !☺

Abeer

Lady_Laura wrote:

We are aware that we could marry in my country and then come back but I am only looking for advise on how to get married here in Saudi.
We don't have a wasta and do not want to pay large sums of money to some official to make this happen

Thanks everyone

With you on business Visa and him on Iqama - forget about it.

Don't even know how wasta can help in this regards

As hamuds put it, since you are on visit and he on iqama, marriage in KSA is not possible operationally. Religiously also not possible since you are not planning to revert.  Knowing few Wasta's , I am not sure if even there is a wasta for this to happen in KSA.

A remotely possible solution - if the intention is to get married- then get married in yemen where he is from (with the current political situation there  - consider mortal risk ) and then he comes and applies for dependent visa for you with the marriage certificate.  Now I am not sure how yemeni authorities look on inter-religious marriages but this is a possibility to look into.

HRGuru wrote:

As hamuds put it, since you are on visit and he on iqama, marriage in KSA is not possible operationally. Religiously also not possible since you are not planning to revert.  Knowing few Wasta's , I am not sure if even there is a wasta for this to happen in KSA.

A remotely possible solution - if the intention is to get married- then get married in yemen where he is from (with the current political situation there  - consider mortal risk ) and then he comes and applies for dependent visa for you with the marriage certificate.  Now I am not sure how yemeni authorities look on inter-religious marriages but this is a possibility to look into.

Best answer ever! Couldn't have been put down better.

Have you tried getting married at the Yemeni embassy? Interfaith marriages are not that common here, though they do occur. I would suggest that you either get your marriage attested at the Yemeni embassy or if possible, the American embassy. 
My wife and I share the same faith but come from two very different countries, and it was a challenge to get married here. Sometimes the problem is not with the system but with the bureaucrats responsible for implementing the system that is the problem. I hope you are able to find a solution and I wish you all the best.