hobie1115

No...I didn't hide anything. My lawyer included the death certificate of my most recent spouse who passed 2019...but didn't include the divorce from my first wife who I divorced in 2005. It should have been logical that if I remarried in 2006, then I had to have been divorced at some point since polygamy is illegal...either way, that application made its way through USCIS and NVC with no issues. Maybe my lawyer should have included it...but she didn't and I was fine through the first two major steps of this process. The embassy finally did receive the original divorce decree this week and we were approved...so that headache is finally done.

Well...update on my situation. The embassy received the copy of the divorce decree and still kept the visa in refusal status. They called my fiance in the Philippines and told her they need the original. The copy was very legible, so it seems they want a certified/original document. We obtained an original and mailed it to them. Hope this will be the end of this process and we can get the Visa.

No...it wasn't required at that time. I remarried after that divorce for 13 years and my recent wife passed away in 2019. I provided a copy of the death certificate in the application which was fine.