Divorce Decree/Costa Rican wife

[sberendt 0]

My name is Sean,

This is my first time posting on the VJ forum.

My wife is a Costa Rica citizen. She and I are just about prepared with all of our

documents, so that I can send the I-130 petition.

We have one question and I'm not certain of the answer.

My wife obtained a single certificate of divorce from the Costa Rican Civil Registars office (Registro Civil).

I was under the impression, that document, along with the proper signatures and notaries would be suficient to

send with the I-130. I have recently found that I might need my wife's full Divorce Decree,(13 pages) translated and certified in order for the petition to be accepted.

Also I was told by the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica, that we are required to obtain notaries for my wife's Costa Rican

birth certificate, her son's and our Costa Rican marriage document in order to start the I-130 petition process.

At $50 each I would like to avoid if possible.

I welcome and appreciate any and all advice.

[MichonandRuben 15]

My name is Sean,

This is my first time posting on the VJ forum.

My wife is a Costa Rica citizen. She and I are just about prepared with all of our

documents, so that I can send the I-130 petition.

We have one question and I'm not certain of the answer.

My wife obtained a single certificate of divorce from the Costa Rican Civil Registars office (Registro Civil).

I was under the impression, that document, along with the proper signatures and notaries would be suficient to

send with the I-130. I have recently found that I might need my wife's full Divorce Decree,(13 pages) translated and certified in order for the petition to be accepted.

Also I was told by the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica, that we are required to obtain notaries for my wife's Costa Rican

birth certificate, her son's and our Costa Rican marriage document in order to start the I-130 petition process.

At $50 each I would like to avoid if possible.

I welcome and appreciate any and all advice.

Hi Sean,

Have you received any news yet from USCIS on your wife's visa process? We are in the process of getting all our documents ready for the interview. What I wanted to find out was if you ever got an answer to your question on whether the forms were required to be notarized? Did you end up having to have them done through Casa Amarilla?

I have, as I am sure you did, been reading through the old posts in the Portal for Costa Rica and came across a couple of opposing statements. I thought we might be able to help each other since we are both going through the process at the same time, albeit different visas. Best of luck!

BTW, we only used the one page divorce decree that they print out(it was translated but not certified except with los timbres) and had no problems... I am curious why they would require the WHOLE divorce decree.

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to Mexico, Latin & South America regional forum; OP is asking about documentation specific to Costa Rica.