We do not have a marriage certificate

[marymina119 3]

Hi all

I want to file for citizenship for my wife based on marriage , my question is we only have a translated copy of our marriage contract from egypt we never went to city hall to get legaly married here in the US so we do not have a US marriage certificate , so can we fill the N400 for citizenship with our translated copy of the marriage contract from egypt or we have to go get married in cityhall ?

Thanks

[ricnally 258]

You don't need a US marriage certificate. Married in Egypt is married everywhere.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Hi,

You are legally married in the U.S. based on your Egyptian marriage.

Didn't the U.S. give your wife an immigration visa based on marriage to a U.S. citizen? The U.S. government recognized your marriage and that is why your wife got a spousal visa.

Send in a copy of your Egyptian marriage contact. It's legal in the U.S.

Best of luck

[luvwillprevail 5]

Me and my husband have the same problem because embassy kept our translated copy even tho they say they didn't what I am having a problem with is changing my last name on social security they won't do it say I have to petition courts to recognize our marriage in state of California it's a crock of bull makes me so mad still haven't got my name change yet good luck