Philippines Marriage Certificate mistake

[Seth And Jez 0]

I have the marriage certificate for me and my wife from the civil registry. There was one little mistake. I’m the petitioner and my city of birth was Victorville and they misspelled it Vistorville. Am I going to have to correct this or can I send it in and give an explanation. Everything else looks good on the marriage certificate. 

[top_secret 2,387]

9 hours ago, Seth And Jez said:

I have the marriage certificate for me and my wife from the civil registry. There was one little mistake. I’m the petitioner and my city of birth was Victorville and they misspelled it Vistorville. Am I going to have to correct this or can I send it in and give an explanation. Everything else looks good on the marriage certificate. 

 

My opinion on that type of mistake is that it has no legal bearing on whether you are actually legally married or not.  Even with the mistake you most certainly ARE legally married in the eyes of the Philippines and therefore in the eyes of the US as well.  No court in either country would ever overturn your marriage over such a trivial mistake.  So it is a completely valid marriage certificate as is.

 

Since your are showing Philippines as the country of the beneficiary you need a PSA copy of the marriage certificate though.  The "civil registry" (Local Civil Registry) is not adequate by itself.

Edited August 25, 2023 by top_secret

[powerpuff 6,626]

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[Seth And Jez 0]

7 hours ago, top_secret said:

 

My opinion on that type of mistake is that it has no legal bearing on whether you are actually legally married or not.  Even with the mistake you most certainly ARE legally married in the eyes of the Philippines and therefore in the eyes of the US as well.  No court in either country would ever overturn your marriage over such a trivial mistake.  So it is a completely valid marriage certificate as is.

 

Since your are showing Philippines as the country of the beneficiary you need a PSA copy of the marriage certificate though.  The "civil registry" (Local Civil Registry) is not adequate by itself.

Thank you I was thinking such a small mistake wouldn’t be a big deal. I’ll write a letter of explanation so I don’t get a RFE when I get the PSA Certificate. 

[IWander 589]

5 hours ago, Seth And Jez said:

Thank you I was thinking such a small mistake wouldn’t be a big deal. I’ll write a letter of explanation so I don’t get a RFE when I get the PSA Certificate. 

Much ado about nothing 

[Seth And Jez 0]

8 hours ago, IWander said:

Much ado about nothing 

Sorry I don’t understand do you mean it’s nothing to worry about?

[RO_AH 1,659]

20 hours ago, Seth And Jez said:

Sorry I don’t understand do you mean it’s nothing to worry about?

Yes. don't even worry about it. You would not get a RFE for this. Pretend you never saw it.

[Talako 781]

On 8/26/2023 at 9:14 AM, Seth And Jez said:

Sorry I don’t understand do you mean it’s nothing to worry about?

You need to forget about it.  Do nothing.  You won't get a RFE.  You keep picking at it, screwing with it, draw attention to it, you will potentially create a problem out of nothing.  An explanation letter will do nothing but put a red light and siren on it.  That can cause stupid people to do stupid things.  Don't let stupid people have a chance or the opportunity to screw up your journey.

 

Frozen, "Let it go." 

[Redro 4,611]

@Seth And Jez my address on our marriage certificate is incomplete with the incorrect zip code. 

Wasn't an issue at any stage. USCIS didn't flag it. NVC didn't flag it. The CO at my interview didn't flag it. 

I would submit marriage certificate as is and settle in for the long wait for petition approval. 

Edited August 27, 2023 by Redro