Revocable divorce in egypt

[Kasavoka 1]

Hi. I’m new to this forum and I hope someone here has gone through what I assume I’m about to go through. My husband lives in England. He is a legal resident of England. He is a citizen of Egypt. We have been together for a year and I’ve been to England 5 times. We decided to go to egypt to get married. He had a previous marriage and got divorced in May. We got married on 9/26. Now we want to start the visa process. He had his divorce translated and it says revocable divorce. I’ve read things online saying this won’t be accepted by USCIS. We are at a loss because now we can’t go back to egypt to fix this and we are afraid to file because we don’t know what will happen? Can anyone shed some light. Can we provide other types of proof that his previous marriage is over? 

 

Desperate in Delaware 😭 

Hannah

[SalishSea 17,827]

What does that mean, in Egypt?  Does it mean that he or his former wife could potentially sign something to make the divorce invalid?

[payxibka 10,045]

It appears a revocable divorce becomes irrevocable after a 3 month cooling off period 

[SalishSea 17,827]

2 minutes ago, payxibka said:

It appears a revocable divorce becomes irrevocable after a 3 month cooling off period 

If that is the case, OP, you should be fine with having married after the 3 month cooling off period.  USCIS has a list of reciprocal forms by country, and it won't have been the first Egyptian divorce they have seen, even for London.

[Kasavoka 1]

Where is the list of reciprocal forms? I saw on other sites that they got denied because they don’t accept a divorce that says revocable 

I wish someone had a definite answer lol. I’ve got emails out to all lawyers in my state and Philly.

 

[Kasavoka 1]

8 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

If that is the case, OP, you should be fine with having married after the 3 month cooling off period.  USCIS has a list of reciprocal forms by country, and it won't have been the first Egyptian divorce they have seen, even for London.

I can’t find a list of reciprocal forms online. Do you know where to find it? 

[payxibka 10,045]

8 minutes ago, Kasavoka said:

I can’t find a list of reciprocal forms online. Do you know where to find it? 

Google is your friend 

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Egypt.html

[Kasavoka 1]

4 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Google is your friend 

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Egypt.html

Thanks 

looks like his divorce won’t be accepted based on the link you sent. Omg I don’t know what we’re gonna do

[Lemonslice 4,838]

Why isn't it possible for your husband to go back to Egypt if needed? Maybe contact his lawyer there first to see if his presence is even required...

[Kasavoka 1]

5 minutes ago, Lemonslice said:

Why isn't it possible for your husband to go back to Egypt if needed? Maybe contact his lawyer there first to see if his presence is even required...

Lots of reasons money his job time. He’s in contact with a lawyer in egypt so we’ll see. He’s leery of lawyers because he says in egypt they’re not trustworthy. Anybody know a good lawyer in egypt? 

[Lemonslice 4,838]

Just now, Kasavoka said:

Lots of reasons money his job time. He’s in contact with a lawyer in egypt so we’ll see. He’s leery of lawyers because he says in egypt they’re not trustworthy. Anybody know a good lawyer in egypt? 

You can also look at moving to him, if it's possible for legal residents in the UK.

[Kasavoka 1]

1 minute ago, Lemonslice said:

You can also look at moving to him, if it's possible for legal residents in the UK.

It is possible and that would be like our last option. I have 3 kids and they wouldn’t be happy to move. Hopefully it doesn’t come to that. 

[Lemonslice 4,838]

3 minutes ago, Kasavoka said:

It is possible and that would be like our last option. I have 3 kids and they wouldn’t be happy to move. Hopefully it doesn’t come to that. 

Might be easier for him to go back to Egypt if needed then. 

[SalishSea 17,827]

Can’t he get an updated divorce document now that the revokable period has passed?    I would think that someone back home in Egypt (lawyer or family) could obtain that from the court without your husband having to travel back.

[SalishSea 17,827]

2 hours ago, Kasavoka said:

Lots of reasons money his job time. He’s in contact with a lawyer in egypt so we’ll see. He’s leery of lawyers because he says in egypt they’re not trustworthy. Anybody know a good lawyer in egypt? 

Maybe check out the Egypt portal here on VJ.  Someone is bound to have a referral.