USCIS and the IMPOSSIBLE R.F.E.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Thanks, Gary and Alla. Many here (I suppose I also am guilty) do not read,... before commenting.

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Okay! Busy afternoon!

Calls to USCIS.

First very pleasant girl, ... no help atall.

She transfers me to a senior adviser (maybe not the official title, but 'someone above her').

This guy tells me point-blank: Go to your County (in my case, Parish) Courthouse and ask them to do a Search of the marriages on file,... and then ask them to write a statement that THERE IS NO RECORD OF MARRIAGE OF G.L. TO N.C.M.

Hay! no problema.

They do this for me.... muy pronto!!

So, I have a "CLERK'S CERTIFICATE OF NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF MARRIAGE" from my parish.

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Haha! The search was conducted from the year 1800 to present date, Dec 6, 2011! Carrrrambita!

(No marriages for me from 1800 thru 1988!)

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Then, ... on to the office of my divorce attorney (yes, I was married once to an american, but divorced in 2003).

She, the attorney, is also a professional client of mine.

She offered per my request to author a paper stating that she represented me in divorce, in 2003, and that I have not married again. Notarized. Sealed. etc.

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Finally, I will author a short statement tonight, re-iterating the scenario in 2008, when I asked the first beneficiary to return to her homeland BEFORE THE 90 DAYS EXPIRED, AND.....WITHOUT EVER GETTING MARRIED.

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Someone here made what I thought was a good recommendation, of sending a tax return, stating I filed as 'single'.

BUT.... REALLY.... THAT PROVES NOTHING... other than that I was single when I filed the tax return, which was not anywhere near in time, to the time that my first alien fiancee was here. So, the dates would not concur or cause one to come to any sort of conclusion about that.

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LASTLY.... I BELIEVE.... that EVEN HAD I included in my statement on #11 on the I-129F, that we did not marry,.... I think still... I would have been served this RFE!

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I hope someone benefits and learns from my experience here.

I will send this 3 letters/certificates mentioned above to the Vermont office in the next few days and I believe that will be END OF STORY.

Thanks all.

I believe you are right about the RFE. I offer a money back guarantee on my advice. I also do not believe you would have gotten the RFE if you had included an explanation in the first case...but then if frogs had wings they would not bump their @ss when they hop.

Good luck

[GringoD 33]

I will also have my daughter - 20 yr old - to sign 'as witness', the statement I will write tonight.

I would have my mother sign as well, as witness, but she's in Florida, and I want to get these papers off FAST! to Vermont.

Gary and Alla,...

... I asked the guy at USCIS today, the same question. I asked him what good was this certificate from my county/parish, because I'm a little devious-thinking (part of my job also, is to dig up facts and histories) and we could have gotten married in some other place other than my parish.

This was the 2nd person, higher authority, that I spoke with, and he repeated to me, that this was the thing to do. And, in so doing, IF this satisfies the USCIS, then it shows they are being reasonable, because most people get married in the place where they live. And, I agree wholeheartedly, the uscis people did a good job here, due to my error of omission.

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And, hopefully, that is the lesson in general learned by others:

DON'T LEAVE OUT INFORMATION THAT YOU MAY THINK APPEARS AS THE OBVIOUS TO THE USCIS REVIEWER.

[GringoD 33]

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Edited December 7, 2011 by GringoD