Marriage certificate vs. Marriage contract for Jordan

[ALSA 2]

My I-130 has just been approved a few days ago and now I have begun the NVC process. I am just waiting for my case number and IIN number. I was reading the Amman embassy website and it states that for the day of the interview to bring:

Original or certified copy of your marriage certificate issued by Jordanian civil status Department plus a photocopy and English translation.

Original or certified copy of your marriage contract (katb al-kitaab) plus a photocopy and English translation. Contracts that list divorced spouses as “single” will not be accepted and must be corrected by the Sharia Court.

I just got married in Amman this past summer and I only got a marriage contract from the Sharia court. My question is do I need to send both contract and certificate to the NVC and bring them along to the interview? If so, where do I get a marriage certificate from. I am not Jordanian but my wife is. Do I have to be there with her to obtain this document? Inshaa'Allaah someone can shed some light on this matter. Thanks!

[Cathi 5,749]

they want the marriage contract in arabic from the issuing court and certified english translation. My husband arrived from Jordan a month ago, and I attended the interview in Amman with him. I was the one who did all of the papers. And just so you know Amman is a 100% electronic consulate, from here on all correspondence with the nvc will be electronically. I mean EVERYTHING. All papers, and documents will be scanned and sent to the NVC, including the i 864 and AOS and the ds-260 All originals of the papers and documents must be brought with the beneficiary and handed to the CO the day of the interview. Do not send any paper to the NVC at all. They will only be rejected and sent back to you delaying your case.The marriage certificate is obtained at the civil status department, you do not need to be there to get it and the NVC doesn;t need it, only the day of the interview. Your spouse will also need a certificate of personal record from the civil status department as well. You need to go the the Amman consulate site and read their embassy specific requirements. Good luck

Edited November 17, 2012 by mimolicious

[ALSA 2]

they want the marriage contract in arabic from the issuing court and certified english translation. My husband arrived from Jordan a month ago, and I attended the interview in Amman with him. I was the one who did all of the papers. And just so you know Amman is a 100% electronic consulate, from here on all correspondence with the nvc will be electronically. I mean EVERYTHING. All papers, and documents will be scanned and sent to the NVC, including the i 864 and AOS and the ds-260 All originals of the papers and documents must be brought with the beneficiary and handed to the CO the day of the interview. Do not send any paper to the NVC at all. They will only be rejected and sent back to you delaying your case.The marriage certificate is obtained at the civil status department, you do not need to be there to get it and the NVC doesn;t need it, only the day of the interview. Your spouse will also need a certificate of personal record from the civil status department as well. You need to go the the Amman consulate site and read their embassy specific requirements. Good luck

Thanks mimolicious,

I have read the requirements on the Amman consulate site and this was the only stump I came across. Do you know how long it takes to get a marriage certificate? Also, where to get it from? I am looking for the names of the place and marriage certificate in Arabic since my Spouse doe not know English. I am still waiting on a reply from another member about the name of the certificate of personal record in Arabic so I can let my spouse know to pick that up along with a passport and police clearance. I also heard there was a beneficiary ID number for electronic filing, would you happen to know how to obtain that? I will be calling NVC on Monday for Case number and IIN, should I ask for anything else? From what I have read, the first thing to do after receiving the case number and IIN is to fill out the DS-261, then fee for I-864 and when confirmed send I-864 documents. Then IV fee and when confirmed send IV documents which is what I need to work on now. Thanks for everything.

[ALSA 2]

they want the marriage contract in arabic from the issuing court and certified english translation. My husband arrived from Jordan a month ago, and I attended the interview in Amman with him. I was the one who did all of the papers. And just so you know Amman is a 100% electronic consulate, from here on all correspondence with the nvc will be electronically. I mean EVERYTHING. All papers, and documents will be scanned and sent to the NVC, including the i 864 and AOS and the ds-260 All originals of the papers and documents must be brought with the beneficiary and handed to the CO the day of the interview. Do not send any paper to the NVC at all. They will only be rejected and sent back to you delaying your case.The marriage certificate is obtained at the civil status department, you do not need to be there to get it and the NVC doesn;t need it, only the day of the interview. Your spouse will also need a certificate of personal record from the civil status department as well. You need to go the the Amman consulate site and read their embassy specific requirements. Good luck

One last thing I forgot to ask. Do I scan and email the ds3032 or do they have something else for Amman electronic filing?

[Cathi 5,749]

you get the marriage certificate at the civil status department. There is an electronic from for the ds3032 the ds-261...you will get it from the nvc once you have a case number . Don;t worry the nvc will email you and tell you exactly how to proceed.

Edited November 19, 2012 by mimolicious

[abezyo 35]

ALSA, When i got the marriage certificate from the civil status dept., I got it when the wife and I went to get her passport done and the daftur ahlee done. Its a really long wait but its a day process to get it done. If your wife wants to get it done make sure she goes early in the morning with ALL the proper documents for it so that she wont have a hassle getting it. We did it in Ramadan and very early so it was a big pain in the butt haha but its just a ton of people at the civil dept which is why it takes so long.

Also make sure she goes to the civil dept. assigned for HER area...any civil dept. will not do.

[abezyo 35]

Also one last thing...You do not have to be with her for her to get it. Just aslong as she has the right paperwork she can get it.

[Cathi 5,749]

Thanks mimolicious,

I have read the requirements on the Amman consulate site and this was the only stump I came across. Do you know how long it takes to get a marriage certificate? Also, where to get it from? I am looking for the names of the place and marriage certificate in Arabic since my Spouse doe not know English. I am still waiting on a reply from another member about the name of the certificate of personal record in Arabic so I can let my spouse know to pick that up along with a passport and police clearance. I also heard there was a beneficiary ID number for electronic filing, would you happen to know how to obtain that? I will be calling NVC on Monday for Case number and IIN, should I ask for anything else? From what I have read, the first thing to do after receiving the case number and IIN is to fill out the DS-261, then fee for I-864 and when confirmed send I-864 documents. Then IV fee and when confirmed send IV documents which is what I need to work on now. Thanks for everything.

the marriage certificate you get the same day. Just go to the civil status dept in your area, make sure you get it in english and arabic, and also when you are there you need to certificate of personal information, also in english and arabic. It literally takes 5 or 10 minutes to get them, no different than getting a birth certificate at a city hall here in the US. You do NOT need either of these at the NVC stage, at the NVC they are only worried about the marriage contract from the court. Just hand them to the CO at the embassy when they ask for the other documents. Amman is very organized, and everyone there is very friendly, don;t worry they will tell you exactly what they need as they need it.