Hi all, I have a friend who lives in a foreign country and who is in the process of being sponsored by a US citizen relative for a greencard. Her husband will be a beneficiary and as a result, they had to get a copy of their marriage certificate from the appropriate office in her home country. Her relative received the certificate along with other documents and has already mailed in the documents to the USCIS. At a later date, they realized that the marriage certificate had the incorrect year on it. She contacted the marriage certificate office and was told that it would take months for them to straighten out the matter. Because of the long delay, she is considering leaving the marriage certificate as is. My question is, does USCIS verify foreign marriage certificates? If so, will they reject the case because the certificate has the wrong year on it?
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Triple Citizen
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Documents are verified at times but a case will not be rejected just because of a typo. If they want a corrected document, you will be given time and opportunity to supply it.
Jackolantern
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On the forms where it asks for the marriage date, she should not use the wrong date on the form just because the certificate has the wrong date. Marriages are public records, and consulates do have ways of verifying such records if they choose. And if another copy of the certificate has to be requested, the next copy would have the right date. File the app with the right date and the bad certificate, then seek to get a corrected certificate in time for the interview.