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F4 - would there be issues if parents are not legally married

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If a US citizen would petition her full sibling(same mother and father in the birth certificate)... would there be an issue if the birth certificates seems to indicate the mother and father are married but legally they dont have a marriage certificate... the reason they are not married is because the father has a previous marriage that not legally anulled...so in my mind, I think the birth certificate is somehow flawed but I could be wrong..

 

based on what I read so far it looks like we should not have an issue but curious if they would check if the details of the birth certificate is 100% accurate?.. and if they do find out inaccuracies, is it possible to affect the petition?... and if there is anything we can do proactively about it if any... 

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19 minutes ago, jamart2005 said:

If a US citizen would petition her full sibling(same mother and father in the birth certificate)... would there be an issue if the birth certificates seems to indicate the mother and father are married but legally they dont have a marriage certificate... the reason they are not married is because the father has a previous marriage that not legally anulled...so in my mind, I think the birth certificate is somehow flawed but I could be wrong..

 

based on what I read so far it looks like we should not have an issue but curious if they would check if the details of the birth certificate is 100% accurate?.. and if they do find out inaccuracies, is it possible to affect the petition?... and if there is anything we can do proactively about it if any... 

Only photocopies of your and your sibling's birth certificates are needed if you both have the same parents.  Marriage certificates are only needed if you have different fathers.  Read and study the I-130 petition instructions very carefully and follow them literally.  There will be a very long wait, right now it is 23 or 24 years, for an F-4 to be current for the Philippines, and this could go up in the years to come, so the sooner you get your petition filed,  the sooner you'll get in line.  Good luck!

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43 minutes ago, jamart2005 said:

If a US citizen would petition her full sibling(same mother and father in the birth certificate)... would there be an issue if the birth certificates seems to indicate the mother and father are married but legally they dont have a marriage certificate... the reason they are not married is because the father has a previous marriage that not legally anulled...so in my mind, I think the birth certificate is somehow flawed but I could be wrong..

 

based on what I read so far it looks like we should not have an issue but curious if they would check if the details of the birth certificate is 100% accurate?.. and if they do find out inaccuracies, is it possible to affect the petition?... and if there is anything we can do proactively about it if any... 

We have somewhat similar worries. Good luck on yours!

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