Submit I-130 before marriage?

[superbb]

I'm getting married in less than 3 months (Jan. 15th), and I see the wait times for I-130 is about 5 months.  Can I submit this now, before the marriage, in order to speed things up?

[Ravens9273]

Part of submitting the I-130 is sending in a copy of a marriage license.
To send in now and send a marriage license later dated afterwards would not be a good thing.
It would also mean you lied on your forms claiming someone to be a spouse who was not at time of filing. Sure way to make sure your lady never makes it into the country.
Highly not recommended.

[Vaughn]

The marriage "license" is surrendered to the minister or official performing the ceremony.

The document to submit with I-130 is the marriage certificate...  while you're at it,
order an extra "officially sealed" document or two as backups.

Sorry, superbb - you're going to have to wait to file the I-130.

BTW ~ Congratulations. I assume your future wife just arrived ? Whooops - nope, I just
realized you two are planning a Kyiv wedding....  Enjoy yourselves !!

[Wayne]

The ZAGS sets the date for your wedding.  I don't know about Kyiv, but in Simferopol the waiting time is several months.  Suggest you have your Fiancee check into this.