Death certificate question.

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I have a question about my fiancee and her previous husband's death certificate. In Japan they came out with a new format which supersedes the prior birth/death certificates. This change was made in 2006 and any new certificates she receives will not show any information on her prior husband's death which occurred in 2003 because it was prior to 2006.

But on the certificate (original Japanese copy and translated copy) it states clearly 'Following the Order of the Ministry of Justice, Ordinance No. 51, Schedule 2, Paragraph 1 (1994), this Family Register was superseded by a new format and was rendered obsolete on October 7, 2006.'. So my question is, will this be accepted when filing the I-129F application, or does that statement above give them reason to request additional proof of her previous marriage ending. I honestly have no idea how strict on the documentation needed to show proof of death is, and this document was issued as of February of 2009. Which kind of confuses me.

It was translated by a professional translation company with credentials posted on the document itself. They did copy everything, including the statement above word for word. FYI.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

- Aaron

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I have a question about my fiancee and her previous husband's death certificate. In Japan they came out with a new format which supersedes the prior birth/death certificates. This change was made in 2006 and any new certificates she receives will not show any information on her prior husband's death which occurred in 2003 because it was prior to 2006.

But on the certificate (original Japanese copy and translated copy) it states clearly 'Following the Order of the Ministry of Justice, Ordinance No. 51, Schedule 2, Paragraph 1 (1994), this Family Register was superseded by a new format and was rendered obsolete on October 7, 2006.'. So my question is, will this be accepted when filing the I-129F application, or does that statement above give them reason to request additional proof of her previous marriage ending. I honestly have no idea how strict on the documentation needed to show proof of death is, and this document was issued as of February of 2009. Which kind of confuses me.

It was translated by a professional translation company with credentials posted on the document itself. They did copy everything, including the statement above word for word. FYI.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

- Aaron

The statement that they changed the format doesn't prove her previous husband's death.

You can get a previous family registry called Kaisei Gen Koseki (改製原戸籍).

It is the old format one that should have the death record of her late husband.

The Japanese death certificate called Shibo Todoke Kisai Jiko Shomeisho (死亡届書記載事項証明書) would be good as well.

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Thank you. The document she has is the Kaisei Gen Koseki. I just wanted to make sure that even though it is a copy of an old document, it is still valid in the eyes of those processing the application.

Thank you for the help