us-citizen

My apologies, but I already answered this question. Let me expand on that: from what I recall, 25 years ago nobody asked me anything. They just issued the certificates after the oath (it must have been hundreds of us at that ceremony), and on we went. I might have been so excited to be a Citizen that I only noticed that "Widowed" thing way on the way home or even later

"I will also recommend FOIA to get a copy of your naturalization file..." Please: How?

OMG

That was 25 years ago. No, I did not check "Widowed" mistakenly on my N400 application. Attorney was filing my application. That attorney's office is closed for quite some time I think. I don't think they asked me to review a copy of my certificate before the oath ceremony. At that time I did not see this as an issue at all, and it has not been an issue for 25 years.

We filed for a Fiance visa with very good evidence, but received a Request for Evidence letter that states: "To be eligible for the requested benefit, you must establish that all prior marriages for both you and the beneficiary have been terminated. To that end, your Certificate of Naturalization indicates that your marital status on [date I received the Certificate], was “Widowed.” Therefore, please submit evidence of the legal termination of marriage that established your “Widowed” marital status". So without this Divorce decree for a marriage that never existed they would just deny my I-129F application it seems. They are asking for something totally impossible. The true problem however is that it is the Immigration Service itself that has put "Widowed" in error as the marital status on my Certificate of Naturalization. It should have said "Single" (I was never "Widowed" in my life). This was purely their error to put the status "Widowed" on my Certificate of Naturalization instead of "Single". What should I do now?