Marriage Certificate for Interview

[PJ0422 0]

Hi,

Our interview is on Dec 13th in Memphis. On the notice form it says to bring "Certified copies of the marriage certificate". Will notarized copies do or do I have to go back to the County Clerk's office and get certified copies from them?

Thanks!!

[YuAndDan 153]

I would get a certified copy from the clerks office.

[CWR 0]

I would get a certified copy from the clerks office.

Same here, that's what we did as well.

[Dr_LHA 3]

Hi,

Our interview is on Dec 13th in Memphis. On the notice form it says to bring "Certified copies of the marriage certificate". Will notarized copies do or do I have to go back to the County Clerk's office and get certified copies from them?

Thanks!!

The important difference here is what your current marriage certificate is and what a certified marriage certificate is. Often when you get married they give you a piece of paper that says marriage certificate on it, but its not an actual legal document, its pretty much just a souvenier. The actual legal document is usually the certified marriage certificate that comes from the Clerks office after your marriage has been officially registered there.

USCIS want a copy of the official document. You don't need to notarize it, and don't send an original, just a copy. However you need to make sure that you send the right one. 9 times out of 10 its the certified marriage certificate that you have to write to the clerk's office to get. The 1/10 is mostly when people get married in a civil cermony (i.e the courthouse) rather than a church.

Edited November 20, 2006 by dr_lha