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NVC - US Marriage Certificate Rejected

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Hi All,

I am a long time reader of this forum and appreciate everyone's assistance.

I am a US citizen and am in the process of petitioning my step-son to the US.

The NVC has accepted all of my documents, with the exception of my wife and i's marriage certificate.

We were married in the United States and I submitted a scanned certified copy (certified in October of 2015) to the NVC.

Would anyone be able to advise me why it was rejected? Perhaps needs to be more recently certified?

I can't find any data regarding the criteria for marriage certificates online.

Thank you in advance!

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4 minutes ago, thegold91 said:

Hi All,

I am a long time reader of this forum and appreciate everyone's assistance.

I am a US citizen and am in the process of petitioning my step-son to the US.

The NVC has accepted all of my documents, with the exception of my wife and i's marriage certificate.

We were married in the United States and I submitted a scanned certified copy (certified in October of 2015) to the NVC.

Would anyone be able to advise me why it was rejected? Perhaps needs to be more recently certified?

I can't find any data regarding the criteria for marriage certificates online.

Thank you in advance!

Did they mention why they rejected?

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5 minutes ago, thegold91 said:

Hi All,

I am a long time reader of this forum and appreciate everyone's assistance.

I am a US citizen and am in the process of petitioning my step-son to the US.

The NVC has accepted all of my documents, with the exception of my wife and i's marriage certificate.

We were married in the United States and I submitted a scanned certified copy (certified in October of 2015) to the NVC.

Would anyone be able to advise me why it was rejected? Perhaps needs to be more recently certified?

I can't find any data regarding the criteria for marriage certificates online.

Thank you in advance!

I am assuming you are talking about the NVC uploading of your documents that ended up getting the marriage certificate rejected.

 

Sometimes direct loading of the image file results in very poor readability.  So what I did was with the image program I was using was to "Print to PDF".  Then I uploaded the pdf of the image.

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Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to NVC forum.

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September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
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October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
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18 hours ago, thegold91 said:

Hi All,

I am a long time reader of this forum and appreciate everyone's assistance.

I am a US citizen and am in the process of petitioning my step-son to the US.

The NVC has accepted all of my documents, with the exception of my wife and i's marriage certificate.

We were married in the United States and I submitted a scanned certified copy (certified in October of 2015) to the NVC.

Would anyone be able to advise me why it was rejected? Perhaps needs to be more recently certified?

I can't find any data regarding the criteria for marriage certificates online.

Thank you in advance!

Did u make sure all the seals were showing in your scan. Nothing should be cut off in the scan. 

It doesn't matter if it was a 2015 copy.

NOA1: Feb 13 2018

NOA2: Feb 15 2019

NVC Case Number assigned: Apr 3 2019

NVC IV Fees paid: Apr 5 2019

DS-260 filled: Apr 10 2019

IV Docs submitted: Apr 12 2019

IV Docs resubmitted: May 1 2019

Case complete: may 3 2019

Expedite requested: May 15 2019

Expedite approved: May 23 2019

Case sent to Consulate: May 24 2018

Case status Ready: May 28 2019

Interview date: June 20 2019

Interview status: Approved

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Hi All,

Thank you for your input. The document was uploaded under Marriage Certificate. NVC wrote "We are unable to accept these documents as uploaded. Please delete tehse documents and submit them under the correct document type."

The scan is of good quality, black and white, has the seal (perhaps this is an issue since it was scanned in black and white and the seal is red?), and does not have any corners cut off.

Thanks for the info regarding scan quality. I can certainly try uploading it as a PDF once i better figure out the problem at hand.

Any other thoughts?

I see there is a section titled petitioners marriage certificate. I think i should have uploaded it in this section since i am the petitioner as opposed to the marriage certificate section. Does everyone agree this is the problem? Ugh, stupid mistake!
Thank you again for all of your help!

 

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12 minutes ago, thegold91 said:

 

Any other thoughts?

I see there is a section titled petitioners marriage certificate. I think i should have uploaded it in this section since i am the petitioner as opposed to the marriage certificate section. Does everyone agree this is the problem? Ugh, stupid mistake!
Thank you again for all of your help!

 

Yeah sounds like it, the reason of rejection is incorrect document field.

Spouse:

2015-06-16: I-130 Sent

2015-08-17: I-130 approved

2015-09-23: NVC received file

2015-10-05: NVC assigned Case number, Invoice ID & Beneficiary ID

2016-06-30: DS-261 completed, AOS Fee Paid, WL received

2016-07-05: Received IV invoice, IV Fee Paid

2016-07-06: DS-260 Submitted

2016-07-07: AOS and IV Package mailed

2016-07-08: NVC Scan

2016-08-08: Case Complete

2017-06-30: Interview, approved

2017-07-04: Visa in hand

2017-08-01: Entry to US

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Myself:

2016-05-10: N-400 Sent

2016-05-16: N-400 NOA1

2016-05-26: Biometrics

2017-01-30: Interview

2017-03-02: Oath Ceremony

 
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