Certificate of being single?!?!

[bubpce 6]

im reading some posts here about some certificate of being single, so im being confused. In the instructions i have been sent it says birth certificate, court certificate, police certificate and proof of termination of previous marriages.

So im wondering what is this certificate of being single??

Thank you for your help

[Kish.2328 9]

It varies from country to country. Here in the Philippines, CENOMAR (Certificate of No Marriage) is needed for the interview. Since you are from Macedonia, I cant really tell but please make sure you are reading the post that came from your country to avoid confusion.

[eekee 182]

If you were married before, you need your divorce decree. If you have never been married, forget about it.

[Captain Hammer 113]

No idea what the requirements are for Macedonia, but there's no certificate of "no marriage" required for Ukraine or Russia.

[LvivLovers 39]

I can't say for sure whether it is 100% necessary or not, but everything I read back at the time we were getting married in Ukraine indicated that you needed a Letter of Non-Impediment to Marriage...it was basically a document that testifies that you are single and thus free to get married that you could get from the U.S. Embassy in Kiev. You would swear under oath that it is true before one of the officers at the Embassy, then get it apostilled at the Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs so it would be legal in Ukraine. RAGS or ZAGS supposedly required it of us before we could get married. But again, I think all of this applied only because I was a foreigner getting married in Ukraine to a Ukrainian citizen. Maybe it can be bypassed but I didn't take any chances. In the U.S., unlike in Ukraine, there is no central database indicating whether a person is married or not. The best you could do is collect documents on a state by state or even county by county basis saying that you are not currently married there. Since that's not really all that practical, they came up with the idea of just having you attest to being single under oath. It's not really "proof", as you could just lie under oath, but I guess in their minds it's better than nothing.

Edited June 29, 2011 by LvivLovers

[LvivLovers 39]

Decided to check whether it's still required or not....sure looks like it to me per the U.S Embassy in Kyiv:

http://ukraine.usemb...ian-issues.html

You can see the actual document from the links on that page btw.

Edited June 29, 2011 by LvivLovers

[eekee 182]

Right, but that's for getting married in Ukraine. This person was asking about for K-1, and from the wording, it looks to me like "proof of termination" is only required if there was a marriage to be terminated in the first place.

[sashiku01 0]

im reading some posts here about some certificate of being single, so im being confused. In the instructions i have been sent it says birth certificate, court certificate, police certificate and proof of termination of previous marriages.

So im wondering what is this certificate of being single??

Thank you for your help

I had to get one of these before i started my husbands papers... are u in macedonia?? because if you are there you have to make an appointment at the Embassy,... and get a legal document saying that you have been single in the united states... but if you are in the united states you can either go to your circuit court and get the same document...