Who attended your wedding or ceremony?

“Who attended your wedding or ceremony?” is a practice question about wedding for a marriage-based green card interview at a USCIS field office. A real officer may ask it in other words, ask something else, or skip it. Practice can help you explain your own facts. It cannot tell you what USCIS will decide.

What is the officer checking with this question?

The officer may ask about guests to understand the people who were present when you married. Names and relationships can give context to the ceremony and any wedding photos discussed in the case. The question may refer only to the ceremony, so the officer may clarify whether your answer also includes people who attended a separate celebration.

What might the officer ask next?

• About how many guests were at the ceremony?
• Which people there were relatives of your spouse?
• Did any guests attend only the later celebration?
• Who served as a witness, if anyone did?

The next question usually comes from the words in your answer. If you name a person, a place, or a month, expect a question about it. The guide to green card interview follow-up questions explains how to practice past the first answer.

How do you prepare to answer it?

Recall the people who attended the ceremony itself before thinking about a reception. Identify close relatives and friends by name and their connection to you or your spouse. Use an approximate guest count if you cannot remember an exact total. If photographs help you review attendance, avoid naming someone you cannot identify or treating a person missing from one photo as proof that they were not there.

Answer from your own memory, in your own words. Do not learn a script or a sample answer. If your spouse remembers a detail differently, first check whether you mean the same event. Ask your lawyer about any concern with your forms or documents.

Can you practice this question out loud for free?

Yes. Choose "Answer it now, free". The officer asks this question first. You answer out loud, and the officer follows up on what you said. You can try 3 questions free, and you do not need documents. Feedback comes after the session, not while you speak.

More wedding questions

• When and where did you get married?
• Did you hold a reception or shared meal after the ceremony? What kind was it?
• Did you go on a honeymoon? If so, where did you go?
• Who was in your wedding party, if you had one?
• Why did you choose that location or type of ceremony?
• Were any of your spouse's family members unable to attend? How did you include them, if at all?
• What did you wear on your wedding day?

Read the wedding topic guide, or see all 91 interview questions.