Divorce decree caused temporary NVC case rejection, will a stamp on an efiled document be okay?

[WallowinWasabi 0]

I went to the Montreal consulate for my interview with my binder of documents and thought we had everything. My husband has previously been divorced and it was in a different state from where he lives, so the final divorce document was esigned by the lawyer and judge, then sent through email to my husband. So I printed that off and thought it would be good, since it had legal signatures on it. When I went to the immigration interview I didn't even get passed the document verification window once the person saw that document. They said it needed to be a certified copy of his certificate. So, now, he sent a request to Texas for a certified copy of his divorce certificate and what they sent him was his divorce decree with a stamp on each page. There's no like, certificate so we're concerned the same thing is going to happen. So it is technically a verified document, and since it was efiled, this is what's available. The photo of the grainy "Signature Certificate" is what he got, and also what he got back after the county send him his "verified" copy. The stamped image is the stamp on each page that classifies it as verified. 

 

I guess I'm just hoping for information on if this is going to be okay or are we going to get turned away. I'm so nervous about getting turned away again. 

[J.M. 257]

Texas does not offer a divorce certificate.  The decree you have is the correct, legal document.  I will add that mine is stamped "certified true and correct copy" on each page.  Hopefully the county stamp is a valid substitute for that statement.  It seems like it would be.  Take the entire decree with you.

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10 minutes ago, J.M. said:

Texas does not offer a divorce certificate.  The decree you have is the correct, legal document.  I will add that mine is stamped "certified true and correct copy" on each page.  Hopefully the county stamp is a valid substitute for that statement.  It seems like it would be.  Take the entire decree with you.

 

Okay that's comforting. He had to pay for it and it was noted it was for immigration so I figured it would be okay. It makes sense why it wasn't accepted prior, but still really sucked.

[pushbrk 13,115]

I will just second that for Texas,  you need a certified copy of the complete divorce decree.  There are no short versions.

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9 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

I will just second that for Texas,  you need a certified copy of the complete divorce decree.  There are no short versions.

Okay that makes me happy. So the stamped should be sufficient enough then. 

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54 minutes ago, WallowinWasabi said:

Okay that makes me happy. So the stamped should be sufficient enough then. 

A certified copy of the divorce decree is what is "enough".

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21 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

A certified copy of the divorce decree is what is "enough".

I guess I'm not understanding. The court district that stamped it, is considered certified, correct? 

[pushbrk 13,115]

2 hours ago, WallowinWasabi said:

I guess I'm not understanding. The court district that stamped it, is considered certified, correct? 

A certified copy is something you ask for, usually after the fact.  You "order it".  However, I have a certified copy of my Texas Divorce decree, that I carried out of the courtroom.  Actually three certified copies.  That you have a paper with a stamp may or may not be a certified copy.  For Texas, it is the entire decree, usually multiple pages.  It will say on it's face that it is a certified copy. Is that what the stamp says? Please describe the stamp and exactly its wording.

Edit:  I do see the stamp on the page in your first post.  It does not indicate anything about it being a certified copy. I cannot tell if all the pages are there.  I don't see any signatures.  

Edited 18 hours ago by pushbrk

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7 hours ago, pushbrk said:

A certified copy is something you ask for, usually after the fact.  You "order it".  However, I have a certified copy of my Texas Divorce decree, that I carried out of the courtroom.  Actually three certified copies.  That you have a paper with a stamp may or may not be a certified copy.  For Texas, it is the entire decree, usually multiple pages.  It will say on it's face that it is a certified copy. Is that what the stamp says? Please describe the stamp and exactly its wording.

Edit:  I do see the stamp on the page in your first post.  It does not indicate anything about it being a certified copy. I cannot tell if all the pages are there.  I don't see any signatures.  

 

Thank you for responding. All of the pages are there, it's the entire decree with all 48 pages. There was nothing on the front that indicated it was a certified copy. We asked for a certified copy of the decree and that's what they gave us; the entire decree with each page stamped like the one in the photo I attached. Nothing more.  

 

The reason I'm a little concerned is because of how many people we had to talk to in order to even get THAT sent out. We got so many different answers and this is too important for them/us to mess up.... the thought of going back to Montreal to get turned away because it didn't contain the words "Certified Copy" is unsettling. My husband's lawyer was based in Texas and he's in Arizona, so he wasn't able to get one directly from the court room, and we weren't aware we'd need a certified copy of THAT for immigration. I really hope that stamp is what they consider a certified copy, and I hope it's accepted.

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7 hours ago, WallowinWasabi said:

 

Thank you for responding. All of the pages are there, it's the entire decree with all 48 pages. There was nothing on the front that indicated it was a certified copy. We asked for a certified copy of the decree and that's what they gave us; the entire decree with each page stamped like the one in the photo I attached. Nothing more.  

 

The reason I'm a little concerned is because of how many people we had to talk to in order to even get THAT sent out. We got so many different answers and this is too important for them/us to mess up.... the thought of going back to Montreal to get turned away because it didn't contain the words "Certified Copy" is unsettling. My husband's lawyer was based in Texas and he's in Arizona, so he wasn't able to get one directly from the court room, and we weren't aware we'd need a certified copy of THAT for immigration. I really hope that stamp is what they consider a certified copy, and I hope it's accepted.

If you asked for a certified copy, and that's what they sent, it's probably correct.  You could google "certified copy of divorce decree county name Texas, and see what it says.  Superior court in my county instructed me to print the decree 4 times.  One was for the judge during the hearing.  The others were signed by the judge and certified by the court clerk on the spot.  Procedures can be different for each county.