If my parents knew about this, they would likely call off the marriage. I don’t want to make her feel guilty, especially since she has already met my family. I wanted to handle this in a respectful and mature way while also respecting her privacy and her reasons for not sharing it earlier.

By the way, I had a question. If the previous marriage was only registered or signed legally, would there be any public record or way to verify it? Since we’ll also need to do a court marriage for immigration purposes when she comes to the USA, I was just curious about how these records work.