Certified copy of marriage license for GC interview

[GCfromSpouse]

Hi all,

Married to a USC. GC interview in a couple days. I saw on the interview letter that they need a "certified copy" of the marriage license.

I got mine notarized at the bank. The bank notary said "certified" is not the same as "notarized". He said I need to get the certified copy from City Hall - same place I got the original marriage certificate from.

Does anyone know anything about this?

Have others also gotten a certified copy instead of a notarized copy? Is there another way to get a certified copy instead of going all the way to the City Hall? Does my husband have to come with me in order to get the certified copy?

Would greatly appreciate any guidance! I only have tomorrow to take care of this since the interview is on Wednesday.

Also, should I take notarized copies of other documents as well to the interview? I have copies of everything, but most are not notarized. The interview letter didn't mention any other notarized/certified copy other than the marriage certificate.

Thanks much! Appreciate all the advice on this forum - you guys rock!

 

[LucyMO]

certified copy of the marriage license is actually the "original" the court sent you. It's just called a certified copy because you never actually get an original - it's kept by the court forever and ever.
At the interview you will need the original and a regular Xerox copy.

 

[LucyMO]

Also, do I need to do the certification for his naturalization certificate as well as any other documents? I got that notarized but wondering if I needed to do anything else.

what exactly did you get notarized? the original? or a regular copy? I hope it wasn't the original.

 

[GCfromSpouse]

what exactly did you get notarized? the original? or a regular copy? I hope it wasn't the original.

Thanks so much for your response! This is a big relief. It would have been a big pain if I had to trudge down to the City Hall tomorrow just for this.

Fortunately, I got a copy notarized, not the "original". I wasn't going to touch the original.

 

[dhlunar]

I am a notary public in the state of Maryland. We are not allowed to notarized official documents (such as marriage certificates), since we need the actual person who signed the document to present themselves in front of us.