Divorce decree for USC K1 interview

[Sandris&Jim 3]

Dear All, I have spent hours trying to find where it is stayed the USC has to provide the foreign fiancee with his certified divorce decree. My fiance (the USC) is divorced but I only find the instruction of the I 129F form where it says we have to file "evidence" of the termination of previous marriages. The question arises because in Maryland there are two ways to obtain such a document. He can get a simple copy or a certificated copy. Does someone has experience with it? Also, Venezuelan Embassy only mentiones the Venezuelan citizen has to provide them with a certified copy of his/her divorce. Hey! by the way: petitioner is the foreign and applicant is the USC, am I right? Thank you so much. May God helps us all!!.

Sandris.

[tortuguita 1]

Dear All, I have spent hours trying to find where it is stayed the USC has to provide the foreign fiancee with his certified divorce decree. My fiance (the USC) is divorced but I only find the instruction of the I 129F form where it says we have to file "evidence" of the termination of previous marriages. The question arises because in Maryland there are two ways to obtain such a document. He can get a simple copy or a certificated copy. Does someone has experience with it? Also, Venezuelan Embassy only mentiones the Venezuelan citizen has to provide them with a certified copy of his/her divorce. Hey! by the way: petitioner is the foreign and applicant is the USC, am I right? Thank you so much. May God helps us all!!.

Sandris.

Hi from Mexico -

First of all, I have to ask why you are concerned with what the Venezuelan Embassy says about the divorce decree? I'm going to assume you meant the American Embassy as you are working on your K1 visa. Anyway, to answer your questions based on my assumption, the Petitioner is the US Citizen. The Applicant (Beneficiary) is the foreign fiance/spouse requesting residency in the United States. (I as the US Citizen made a petition to the Mexican Embassy for permission to have my Mexican husband make an application for his visa.) That being said, one of the requirements is that if either party (petitioner or applicant) has been previously married/divorced, then an original divorce decree must be submitted along with all your other paperwork. A copy of the divorce decree will not be sufficient. It has to have been certified by the Clerk of Court's office wherever the divorce occurred which in your case would be Maryland.

Hope this helps.

Edited October 16, 2012 by tortuguita

[C-ma'am 684]

Hi from Mexico -

First of all, I have to ask why you are concerned with what the Venezuelan Embassy says about the divorce decree? I'm going to assume you meant the American Embassy as you are working on your K1 visa. Anyway, to answer your questions based on my assumption, the Petitioner is the US Citizen. The Applicant (Beneficiary) is the foreign fiance/spouse requesting residency in the United States. (I as the US Citizen made a petition to the Mexican Embassy for permission to have my Mexican husband make an application for his visa.) That being said, one of the requirements is that if either party (petitioner or applicant) has been previously married/divorced, then an original divorce decree must be submitted along with all your other paperwork. A copy of the divorce decree will not be sufficient. It has to have been certified by the Clerk of Court's office wherever the divorce occurred which in your case would be Maryland.

Hope this helps.

Every USEM asks for the final divorce decrees of both parties at the interview stage, again.

[Andrea&Henry 311]

Hi Sandy! In our case, my now husband ( the US citizen) was also divorced. He went to the court and asked for his divorce decree and they give him 3 certified copies. We sent one with our k1 packGe, he gave me one, and the other one we kept it cause we needed it for our marriage license process. All of 3 were certified (stamp plus signed). We never had an RFE. And when I had my interview in Caracas, they never asked me his divorce decree.