Termination of past marriage question

[pushbrk 12,868]

25 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Hmm now admittedly not something I have ever looked in but I would have been going from the opposite assumption as far as a document from the Consulate is concerned. Just goes to show.

Opposite to what exactly?

 

[Boiler 45,441]

I had assumed requiring documents from the Consulate was the outlier

[iwannaplay54 985]

15 hours ago, Loamee said:

Separated abroad a long time ago. Filed for divorce. Didn't finalize it (two-part process in the country of divorce - first step is to divorce at the local/regional level. Next step is to register the divorce nationally). Did the first step. Didn't do the 2nd step.

 

Got married some years later. Want to apply for IR1 now. Flew to country of first marriage. Did the 2nd step, now. Divorce/court documents show current date but with the date of separation of when it happened, which is prior to my current marriage. Can this be used as proof of dissolution of marriage?

What is the date of dissolution of marriage (divorce date) on the court documents

Edited December 4, 2022 by iwannaplay54

[Cathi 5,745]

OP hasn't posted at all since the original question was posed and hasn't been back to clarify several questions.

[pushbrk 12,868]

5 hours ago, Boiler said:

I had assumed requiring documents from the Consulate was the outlier

Is is the norm BECAUSE the US doesn't have a national registry document available like nearly all other countries do.

 

[Boiler 45,441]

1 hour ago, pushbrk said:

Is is the norm BECAUSE the US doesn't have a national registry document available like nearly all other countries do.

 

Not something I have paid too much attention to, I have seen cases where needing something from the Consulate was required, as I said I had assumed this was the exception, live and learn.

[Pat2021 43]

8 hours ago, pushbrk said:

Is is the norm BECAUSE the US doesn't have a national registry document available like nearly all other countries do.

 

Might be going a bit off-topic, but US wife and I got married in the UK and she did not need anything from the embassy, no affidavits, nothing.

Marriage certificate got accepted without issue when she changed her name for her passport and when we went through the IR1 process.

[pushbrk 12,868]

7 hours ago, Pat2021 said:

Might be going a bit off-topic, but US wife and I got married in the UK and she did not need anything from the embassy, no affidavits, nothing.

Marriage certificate got accepted without issue when she changed her name for her passport and when we went through the IR1 process.

UK is one exception.  France and Germany, for example are not.