Lyrati

they never reveal how did they transfer the information from USCIS to NVC. not that i know of.
my assumption is electronically. but that's only guessing. i wouldnt worry about it too much. save your energy for other matter that's important
 
all you can do is wait and make sure you check the junk / spam folder on ur email. 
 

you already legally married, no need to legally married (again) in the US. throw her big wedding celebration if she wants, that's what many women wants anyway. u did the right way by do some research first. most people when they said "my friends did that" usually didnt know 100% details and that can be backfired. read this : 
 

this is what stated :
 
 
1- Determine the countries from which a police certificate is required. You will need a police certificate:
If you have been living in your country of nationality for more than 6 month and you are 16 years old or older
If you lived in a different country for more than 12 months and you were 16 years or older at that time
If you were arrested for any reason and you were any age at the time of the arrest
(Note: Police certificates from the United States and Iran are not required)
2- Contact the appropriate police authorities. Additional information on how to obtain a police certificate can be found on the Reciprocity by Country page.
 
https://tr.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/faqs/faqs-immigrant-visa-related-questions/#:~:text=U.S. regulations require each visa,your name in that country.
 
if i were ur mother in law, i will try to obtain that certificate from malaysia just to eliminate any issues. hongkong shouldnt be needed since she only lived there for 7 months

there's no which one is better. you cant pick and choose
i-824 is not the same with i-485. u got confused
 
right now ur i-130 approved but USCIS didnt know where to "transfer" the case because ( i assume) you pick both. u cant pick both. if you make a mistake, then u have to fix the issue with i-824. it will set back your immigration journey quite a bit of time ( for example processing time for texas is 14 months)
 
my question : do you want to file consular processing ( outside US) or adjustment of status (inside US).
if you are the beneficiary and u are outside US, then u do consular processing
if you are the beneficiary and currently inside US = adjustment of status
 
where are u right now? who is the petitioner and who is the beneficiary?
 

Hello VJ family,
So we just got RFE from USCIS which mentioning : :
1. Submit proof of the legal termination of the marriage (s) ....(my husband - petitioner USC)
2. In addition, if ....(my husband)  and...(me) have any other prior marriages, submit a legible photocopy of the legal termination of each prior marriage.
 
Our love story as follow :
1. Marriage legally in Indonesia in 2008 (got marriage certificate from Indonesia)
2. Marriage legally in city hall Houston, TX in 2009 (marriage licence)
During those years, we din't have any plan to live in the U.S, so we thought we need to legalize our marriage in the U.S by having marriage there again in 2009.
We were not realize this could be wrong and didn't  think that we broke any rule by doing so. As now, we're planning to live in the U.S  so our kids can go to college there, and applied IR1, we submitted both certificates.
And now we got RFE as above and we only have 1 chance to submit the evidence. What should we do? We don't have and we can't have any divorce degree between those marriages.
I'm starting to get soo worry they will deny it. Any respond will be highly appreciated.
 

Hello VJ family,
So we just got RFE from USCIS which mentioning : :
1. Submit proof of the legal termination of the marriage (s) ....(my husband - petitioner USC)
2. In addition, if ....(my husband)  and...(me) have any other prior marriages, submit a legible photocopy of the legal termination of each prior marriage.
 
Our love story as follow :
1. Marriage legally in Indonesia in 2008 (got marriage certificate from Indonesia)
2. Marriage legally in city hall Houston, TX in 2009 (marriage licence)
During those years, we din't have any plan to live in the U.S, so we thought we need to legalize our marriage in the U.S by having marriage there again in 2009.
We were not realize this could be wrong and didn't  think that we broke any rule by doing so. As now, we're planning to live in the U.S  so our kids can go to college there, and applied IR1, we submitted both certificates.
And now we got RFE as above and we only have 1 chance to submit the evidence. What should we do? We don't have and we can't have any divorce degree between those marriages.
I'm starting to get soo worry they will deny it. Any respond will be highly appreciated.
 

Hello VJ family,
So we just got RFE from USCIS which mentioning : :
1. Submit proof of the legal termination of the marriage (s) ....(my husband - petitioner USC)
2. In addition, if ....(my husband)  and...(me) have any other prior marriages, submit a legible photocopy of the legal termination of each prior marriage.
 
Our love story as follow :
1. Marriage legally in Indonesia in 2008 (got marriage certificate from Indonesia)
2. Marriage legally in city hall Houston, TX in 2009 (marriage licence)
During those years, we din't have any plan to live in the U.S, so we thought we need to legalize our marriage in the U.S by having marriage there again in 2009.
We were not realize this could be wrong and didn't  think that we broke any rule by doing so. As now, we're planning to live in the U.S  so our kids can go to college there, and applied IR1, we submitted both certificates.
And now we got RFE as above and we only have 1 chance to submit the evidence. What should we do? We don't have and we can't have any divorce degree between those marriages.
I'm starting to get soo worry they will deny it. Any respond will be highly appreciated.
 

Hello VJ family,
So we just got RFE from USCIS which mentioning : :
1. Submit proof of the legal termination of the marriage (s) ....(my husband - petitioner USC)
2. In addition, if ....(my husband)  and...(me) have any other prior marriages, submit a legible photocopy of the legal termination of each prior marriage.
 
Our love story as follow :
1. Marriage legally in Indonesia in 2008 (got marriage certificate from Indonesia)
2. Marriage legally in city hall Houston, TX in 2009 (marriage licence)
During those years, we din't have any plan to live in the U.S, so we thought we need to legalize our marriage in the U.S by having marriage there again in 2009.
We were not realize this could be wrong and didn't  think that we broke any rule by doing so. As now, we're planning to live in the U.S  so our kids can go to college there, and applied IR1, we submitted both certificates.
And now we got RFE as above and we only have 1 chance to submit the evidence. What should we do? We don't have and we can't have any divorce degree between those marriages.
I'm starting to get soo worry they will deny it. Any respond will be highly appreciated.
 

Thank you! We can't annul the marriage in Indonesia, because it's our current home and my husband needs it for the living permit here.
The only option is to annul the second one which we hope will work through.

Should be no issues even after this long. The second marriage was not legal. Proof of that would be your first marriage certificate. Time frame I have no idea, call a few different lawyers and ask them their thoughts. Get the ball rolling. If it does take too long, and just before time runs out. Send in both marriage certificates showing it's the two of you on both and then write a letter explaining that you did not realize the first marriage was recognized in the US. That is why you two got married again. Then pray they accept that reasoning. If not your annulment will still be processing and you can refile if they deny it. 

You need to file for annulment of one of your marriages.
Pick whichever country  is easier for you to accomplish…and be prepared to get an attorney to help you tackle annulment.
 
An annulment of either marriage within time frame of RFE will save this petition, otherwise it will be denied and you can file another.