Argentina Acta de Matrimonio or Certificado

[John1017 0]

We have our embassy interview scheduled for tomorrow and I thought I had everything in order. Everything was accepted by NVC and our interview scheduled. However I received an email from the embassy which said they don't accept certificados de matrimonio, only acta de matrimonio.

Now we are getting nervous because there is now no way we can get the acta de matrimonio before our interview. We have the certificado de matrimonio,and it was legalized here in the capital Buenos Aires because we got married in the Provence of Buenos Aires.

Does anyone know if we will have a problem with only having the certificado de matrimonio and not the acta de matrimonio? I'm a little upset because throughout this whole process I thought the certificado de matrimonio was good, and then on the Friday before the interview they send an email about only accepting the acta.

[John1017 0]

To answer my own question in Argentina you must have the "Acta/Partida" de Matrimonio, and not the "certificado". For us on our wedding day the civil registry only gave us the little blue marriage book and the "certificado" de matrimonio. We had to go back to where we were married and pay 40 pesos to get a certified copy of the actual "Acta" de matrimonio. We also had to go get it legalized.

We passed the interview but they wouldn't issue the visa until we returned with the Acta de matrimonio. One day after the interview we returned with the Acta, legalized with a photocopy and now, I assume they will now begin processing the visa which should be available in a couple of weeks.

[Pumpita 5]

Hi John! Just one question, did you send all the copies legalized to NVC (did you choose the electronic processing right?) or just the copies and took the legalized ones to the embassy??

I'm from Rosario and have all the documents for the AoS and IV package only that the birth and marriage certificates are not legalized.

Thanks in advance for your answer!