Divorce decree for N-400 interview

procrastinator

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I have filed for naturalization on the basis of 5 years permanent residence. I am divorced and did not remarry after that. My original divorce certificate was lost in a car theft while moving along with many other documents. I got a certified copy of the divorce decree from the county clerk's office of the state where I got divorced. I sent a copy of this decree with the N-400 form.
Only the front page of this divorce decree is certified and notarized. My question is that when I go for the interview and they want to see the original of the copy that i sent with N-400, will this certified copy be sufficient or do I have to contact the county clerk's office of that state again and request them to send one with all pages notarized? There are 14 pages in total.
I can also apply to get a duplicate of the divorce certificate but it's costing about $50 and will come in 3-4 weeks time which will cut close to my interview date and also I am short on money and don't really want to waste 50 bucks if I can be fine without it.
 
Since you're filing based on 5 year rule, your divorce is not a material fact to your eligibility and therefore the IO most likely won't not even bring it up at interview. Even if you remarried, the first page of the notarized divorce decree should suffice.
 
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