Seeking Practical Advice on Marrying My Egyptian Girlfriend While Working in Kuwait
I’m a 25-year-old Indian Muslim man currently working in Kuwait, and I’m in a serious relationship with an Egyptian Muslim woman who i met online. We both love each other deeply, and our intention is marriage—not just a relationship.
At the moment, I’m at the very beginning of this journey. Her family doesn’t know about me yet, but my plan is to travel to Egypt, meet her family respectfully, and ask for her hand in marriage. I believe they will approve Inshallah If everything goes well, we’d like to get engaged first. After that, I hope both our families can meet during an Umrah trip together, and then we can decide on a wedding date.
The biggest challenge is that, with my current situation in Kuwait, I’m not yet eligible to bring my future wife to live with me because of the local sponsorship and visa requirements. So even if we get married, I’m unsure how to handle the period afterward.
I’m trying to think several steps ahead instead of acting on emotion alone. I don’t want to make promises that I can’t keep. I want to have a realistic, responsible plan that respects both families and gives us the best chance of building a stable life together.
For those who have gone through something similar—especially international marriages involving the Gulf countries—how would you approach this? Would you wait longer before marriage, get married and manage a temporary long-distance arrangement, or consider another path?
I’m looking for practical advice from people with real-life experience. Thank you in advance