newbie need help/advice

[junlluisma 0]

hello people

im planning to petition my fiancee in the philippines very soon, but i have concerns about her being widowed and her marriage to her late husband was never registered (they had an islam marriage ceremony). also they had 2 minor kids which also uses their father's last name. being the marriage ceremony was never registered, my fiancee did not used her late husband's last name.

my question is.....would that raise red flags? or i just worry too much HELP

thanks in advance

eddie

btw visa journey rocks!

[pushbrk 13,111]

hello people

im planning to petition my fiancee in the philippines very soon, but i have concerns about her being widowed and her marriage to her late husband was never registered (they had an islam marriage ceremony). also they had 2 minor kids which also uses their father's last name. being the marriage ceremony was never registered, my fiancee did not used her late husband's last name.

my question is.....would that raise red flags? or i just worry too much HELP

thanks in advance

eddie

btw visa journey rocks!

I see two choices.

1. File as if she was never married.

2. File as if she did marry the father of her children.

If you file as if she were married, you don't need a marriage certificate, just a death certificate.

I don't see why either would present any particular problem. What problem or difficulty did you consider?

[Rings 10]

If it was never a legal marriage then I do not think you have to even technically say that she was married despite her having klids. I was divorced on 12/19/07 and remarried on 01/25/07 and they honored our petition despite me getting divorced and married within a month. However, if there was something legally binding them even if it was through common law (I don't know if that is practiced in her country or not) then she may have to at least go through a legal separation. I mean, if there was paperwork involved.

[Rings 10]

Gah 12/19/06 <-- divorce

[junlluisma 0]

hello people

im planning to petition my fiancee in the philippines very soon, but i have concerns about her being widowed and her marriage to her late husband was never registered (they had an islam marriage ceremony). also they had 2 minor kids which also uses their father's last name. being the marriage ceremony was never registered, my fiancee did not used her late husband's last name.

my question is.....would that raise red flags? or i just worry too much HELP

thanks in advance

eddie

btw visa journey rocks!

I see two choices.

1. File as if she was never married.

2. File as if she did marry the father of her children.

If you file as if she were married, you don't need a marriage certificate, just a death certificate.

I don't see why either would present any particular problem. What problem or difficulty did you consider?

lol i told you i worry too much...... i guess ill ask my fiancee to get me a copy of the death certificate of her husband.

I don't see why either would present any particular problem. What problem or difficulty did you consider?

would uscis ask for more evidences?

thank you guys for the input!

[Yodrak 7]

I see one choice. The woman was not ever married, she is not widowed, she is single.

Yodrak

hello people

im planning to petition my fiancee in the philippines very soon, but i have concerns about her being widowed and her marriage to her late husband was never registered (they had an islam marriage ceremony). also they had 2 minor kids which also uses their father's last name. being the marriage ceremony was never registered, my fiancee did not used her late husband's last name.

my question is.....would that raise red flags? or i just worry too much HELP

thanks in advance

eddie

btw visa journey rocks!

I see two choices.

1. File as if she was never married.

2. File as if she did marry the father of her children.

If you file as if she were married, you don't need a marriage certificate, just a death certificate.

I don't see why either would present any particular problem. What problem or difficulty did you consider?

[Dakine 26]

I see one choice. The woman was not ever married, she is not widowed, she is single.

Yodrak

hello people

im planning to petition my fiancee in the philippines very soon, but i have concerns about her being widowed and her marriage to her late husband was never registered (they had an islam marriage ceremony). also they had 2 minor kids which also uses their father's last name. being the marriage ceremony was never registered, my fiancee did not used her late husband's last name.

my question is.....would that raise red flags? or i just worry too much HELP

thanks in advance

eddie

btw visa journey rocks!

I see two choices.

1. File as if she was never married.

2. File as if she did marry the father of her children.

If you file as if she were married, you don't need a marriage certificate, just a death certificate.

I don't see why either would present any particular problem. What problem or difficulty did you consider?

The best thing you can do is have her apply to NSO for CENOMAR and see what they have on file.

File for kids NSO BCs also and see what they say.

Next is go to her LCR and see what they have on file also!

You CAN"T do anything until doing such!

While she doing it she should file for the NSO Death Certificate and her NSO BC also ! Get 3 copies of everything.

Edited June 19, 2007 by beckypua

[junlluisma 0]

The best thing you can do is have her apply to NSO for CENOMAR and see what they have on file.

File for kids NSO BCs also and see what they say.

Next is go to her LCR and see what they have on file also!

You CAN"T do anything until doing such!

While she doing it she should file for the NSO Death Certificate and her NSO BC also ! Get 3 copies of everything.

whats a LCR?

[Dakine 26]

The best thing you can do is have her apply to NSO for CENOMAR and see what they have on file.

File for kids NSO BCs also and see what they say.

Next is go to her LCR and see what they have on file also!

You CAN"T do anything until doing such!

While she doing it she should file for the NSO Death Certificate and her NSO BC also ! Get 3 copies of everything.

whats a LCR?

Local Civil Registrar in her area!

Sometimes the LCR will have records that the NSO main office [Quezon City] Doesn't have.

She may also have a NSO satelite office near her!

Edited June 19, 2007 by beckypua

[Dakine 26]

The best thing you can do is have her apply to NSO for CENOMAR and see what they have on file.

File for kids NSO BCs also and see what they say.

Next is go to her LCR and see what they have on file also!

You CAN"T do anything until doing such!

While she doing it she should file for the NSO Death Certificate and her NSO BC also ! Get 3 copies of everything.

whats a LCR?

Local Civil Registrar in her area!

Sometimes the LCR will have records that the NSO main office [Quezon City] Doesn't have.

She may also have a NSO satelite office near her!

Everything such as births, deaths, marriages etc are first registered at the LCR. They forwarded them [suppositely] to NSO Manila [Quezon City] for National recording!

For sure have her check her BC for being correct and late registration. LOTS of mistakes on Philippine BCs plus LOTS of late registered do to the use of midwifes {Hilot}.

Hopefuly she is from Luzon. Makes it a LOT easier for EVERYTHING thru out the process.

Edited June 19, 2007 by beckypua

[Dakine 26]

Hint! You can order NSO certified copies online but it takes awhile and isn't cheap.

http://www.gov.ph/faqs/civilregistration.asp

Better if she does it there. I think I paid 20 USD for each online!

[junlluisma 0]

thanks for the info beckypua! ill be going back to the phil and start getting copies in 2 weeks