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Pleasework89   47

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So this post if actually not about me, but about my brother. He recently got married to someone in Mexico. Back when she was younger...she got pregnant at 16 to her high school boyfriend and since they are catholic, they made them get married. Turns out, making people get married doesn't make them stay married. The question I have is that they seem to think that because the previous marriage was in a catholic church, it doesn't count. Is that true? Or should she get annulment papers? My brother and his wife got married at the Mexican equivalency of the courthouse. They haven't applied for the I-130 yet. 

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

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When your brother and his wife got married through the Registro Civil (civil registry) in Mexico, one of the requirements is providing a certified copy of the termination of a previous marriage. If her previous marriage was never registered at the Registro Civil and was only a religious ceremony, then it's my understanding that it is not recognized as a marriage. 

3/11/22 - Married

 

USCIS 

6/2/22 - Submitted I-130 online (4 petitions - CR1, CR2 x 3)

6/2/22 - NOA1 (Nebraska Service Center) 

6/13/22 - Sent K-3 Packet

6/22/22 - K-3 Receipt Notice

11/12/22 - Approved (NOA2 - Texas Service Center)

 

NVC

11/19/22 - Welcome Email

11/21/22 - Paid AOS & IV Fees

4/13/23 - Submitted DS-261 & Civil Documents

4/26/23 - Documentarily Qualified (CR1, CR2 x 2)

5/26/23 - Documentarily Qualified  (CR2)

7/13/23 - Interviews Scheduled (CR1, CR2 x 2); Expedite sent to NVC for 4th applicant

7/20/23 - Interview Scheduled (CR2)

 

Consulate

9/15/23 & 9/18/23 - Interviews at CDJ (Mexico)

9/18/23 - Approved! (CR1, CR2); Administrative Processing (CR2 x 2)

9/23/23 - Entry into U.S.! (CR1, by land at Hidalgo International Bridge)

10/5/23 - Administrative Processing appointment at CDJ (CR2 x 2)

11/13/23 - CR2 approved!

11/15/23 - CR2 approved!

11/22/23 - Entry into U.S.! (CR, by land at Hidalgo International Bridge)

11/23/23 - Entry into U.S.! (CR2 x 2, by land at Hidalgo International Bridge)

 

 
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