If actual mariage and marriage certificate dates are different

[jacka 1]

My friend;s actual marriage date is different than the date on marriage certificate due to divorce was not finalized. What marriage date will be considered? Also at immigration interview do visa officer look at the US citizen arrival and departure record to reconcile with the marriage date? Any was in this situation? Thanks

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[Redro 4,611]

1 hour ago, jacka said:

My friend;s actual marriage date is different than the date on marriage certificate due to divorce was not finalized. What marriage date will be considered? Also at immigration interview do visa officer look at the US citizen arrival and departure record to reconcile with the marriage date? Any was in this situation? Thanks

Whatever the official document says… 

Did they have the ceremony before or after they signed the marriage certificate AND When was the divorce finalized? before or after they signed the marriage paperwork? 

[jacka 1]

5 minutes ago, Redro said:

Whatever the official document says… 

Did they have the ceremony before or after they signed the marriage certificate AND When was the divorce finalized? before or after they signed the marriage paperwork? 

They signed the marriage certificate in future date to let the divorce finalize first on the ceremony day.

[Redro 4,611]

3 minutes ago, jacka said:

They signed the marriage certificate in future date to let the divorce finalize first on the ceremony day.

Didn’t realize you could sign a marriage certificate in advance… which country is this? 
But, as you know they were not free to marry on the date of the ceremony so they can only use the date on the marriage certificate. 

[Boiler 45,426]

Nigeria?

[jacka 1]

15 minutes ago, Redro said:

Didn’t realize you could sign a marriage certificate in advance… which country is this? 
But, as you know they were not free to marry on the date of the ceremony so they can only use the date on the marriage certificate. 

Some African country

[Redro 4,611]

10 minutes ago, jacka said:

Some African country

There are 54 recognized countries in Africa. I asked the question because if this country ALLOWS people to sign a legal document in advance and recognizes the “future date” you should have no issue… But, if you come from a country that is known to have fraudulent documents- your friend might want to consider getting married again… 

As someone from “some African country” I appreciate that we don’t support the idea that Africa is a country but made up of 54 countries… FIFTY FOUR… 

[Timona 4,207]

I really dislike it when people come on board and say "I'm from Latin America/ Africa." The only time they're proud to mention a country is when it's USA.

Even if you mention the city, noone here in US is going to find you.

 

Not sure why a date was written for the future. Something fishy going on here, hence the need to tell us AFRICA. 

I'm with @Redro. 

 

Lemme not say what I wanna say because I'll get a moderation and ban.

[SalishSea 17,786]

14 hours ago, jacka said:

My friend;s actual marriage date is different than the date on marriage certificate due to divorce was not finalized. What marriage date will be considered? Also at immigration interview do visa officer look at the US citizen arrival and departure record to reconcile with the marriage date? Any was in this situation? Thanks

Immigration officers look at EVERYTHING.  Do not imagine you will get away with any type of fraud or document tampering.  The US consulate officers in your vague African country know all the tricks.

[Timona 4,207]

21 hours ago, jacka said:

Some African country

 

Higher chance it's this. Mostly when they don't say, it's Nigeria. 

 

21 hours ago, Redro said:

FIFTY FOUR… 

 

Say it louder @Redro. If Redro is pissed, you must have REALLY burnt your candle.