Divorce Certificate vs Divorce Decree

[MKJ119 43]

I was wondering if there is a difference for these purposes. My divorce decree is a long document, but when I looked to see about getting a "divorce certificate" online, Utah records only went until 2010. When I sent in the petition, I just included the entire divorce decree, but didn't realize there was a distinction between a decree and a certificate.

[payxibka 10,045]

1 hour ago, MKJ119 said:

I was wondering if there is a difference for these purposes. My divorce decree is a long document, but when I looked to see about getting a "divorce certificate" online, Utah records only went until 2010. When I sent in the petition, I just included the entire divorce decree, but didn't realize there was a distinction between a decree and a certificate.

So, is there a question?

[Pmta1 39]

Sounds to me like it's the same thing. There might be subtle differences, but either of the "certificate" or "decree" are usable in the I-129F petition as proof of divorce.

[MKJ119 43]

6 minutes ago, payxibka said:

So, is there a question?

Sorry if that wasn't very clear. My question is: is there a difference between a divorce certificate and a divorce decree as evidence of termination of divorce for the purposes of obtaining the k1 visa?

[payxibka 10,045]

1 minute ago, MKJ119 said:

Sorry if that wasn't very clear. My question is: is there a difference between a divorce certificate and a divorce decree as evidence of termination of divorce for the purposes of obtaining the k1 visa?

I submitted my decrees 

[carmel34 3,633]

I-129F instructions specify a divorce decree, so you sent the correct document.  Others have had RFEs for only sending a divorce certificate.  They want the entire decree, all pages, as stated in the instructions.  Good luck with your K-1 process!

[Redibs 2]

There’s a difference between a divorce decree and a divorce nisi (certificate) when we did ours, we had sent the nisi, we later received an RFE that requested the decree. 

[Redibs 2]

On 1/27/2020 at 9:08 PM, Pmta1 said:

Sounds to me like it's the same thing. There might be subtle differences, but either of the "certificate" or "decree" are usable in the I-129F petition as proof of divorce.

They aren’t the same. We sent the certificate then got an RFE to send the decree