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I have no idea where the certificate is. Never seen it in decades. Is it a must to fill out that part of the i130 and if so what should be done now?

Is this submitted along with the i30?

Probably a stupid question to you more knowledgeable guys, but could you list what is considered valid evidence in this regard? Preferably starting from the best (if i can be picky with the request 😅)

Or is it considered no different than a traditional marriage. In my particular case we've been married for over 10 years but recently discovered that i have a previous marriage that hadn't ended which means my current marriage wasn't valid all along. I've ended the previous marriage, which means now i have to get married again to my current partner. We are in separate countries at the moment and were considering the Utah proxy marriage and then meeting and doing the i-130. A traditional marriage however, we have to wait a little for. So i was wondering, is there no difference between a proxy marriage and a traditional marriage of far as scrutiny is concerned, or would a traditional marriage fare better, even if marginally? Appreciate your input. P.s if you need more insight to my case, have a look at my previous post.

Question: If US law doesn't see it as legal, then why would it be treated so? If it's not valid, then why does it have to be invalidated?

Why is what "a secret"? Where we got married? I've already answered you that. Like I said, can't get divorced where i currently am (that's a fact). They are saying either both of us have to be here or i have to be a citizen, or to do it at my embassy. But the embassy doesn't do marriages and divorce. Family law attorneys aren't really knowledgeable with matters concerning non-citizens. They say go to your embassy.

Can't get divorced where i am now because spouse/spouse-to-be isn't here. And no, we are not citizens or residents of where we got married. Given the above, how should we proceed? I know there is a section here where that is available but if you don't mind, could you give me a quick rundown on all the forms that we will be required to fill out so i can have a look at them to get an idea of what information would be required and if there would be problems filling it out given our unique situation?

Didn't mention that because i thought it was irrelevant or that i felt anything particular about it. I was simply replying to the comments saying that we'd have to get divorced by pointing out the logistical infeasibility of it since we don't live there anymore. Got it! But which column does that go in the forms?

Thanks or chiming in everyone. This is getting really confusing. Basically its coming down to...should we or should we not mention our marriage? If no then are we saying that we were together for 10 years as boyfriend-girlfriend. We have zero ties to the country of marriage and don't have plans to go back there. We're not sure where we'll be getting married. We might do the Utah Zoom marriage. Another thing is how soon after getting married can we apply for CR1? And lastly, we've been doing married filing jointly. I don't know how this might factor in

I don't see how that would be possible considering we no longer live in that country

How so? Mauritian. Malaysia.

Our case is a bit different than most. We got married over 10 years ago abroad. I'd been married before that to an American (I'm English) through whom i became a US citizen. We'd divorced (or so i thought) 12 years before I met my husband now. Why "...or so I thought"? Well, my ex told me so and he got married after we split, so I thought we were divorced. We weren't. I didn't find out till recently after i got married. I'm officially divorced to my ex now and would like to apply for my husband to come join me here, but since we got married while i was technically still married, our marriage I'm guessing would not be valid by US law. If that is the case then I assume we would have to get married again (or I apply for K1). Which brings me to the title. Since we are in different countries atm i was considering doing a proxy marriage, but I'm not sure how acceptable they are as opposed to your regular marriage. Are they regarded just as legitimate as tradition marriages? I would rather go the CR1 route instead of K1 because of how soon my husband would be able to become a permanent residence. And how do we present our particular case to uncle Sam? Should we mention ?the above or is it irrelevant and preferable to not shares? If so then what happens to our 10 years relationship?