Jason+Joanna Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 What the holy heck ? I submitted our AOS package with our Marriage Cerificate , and the other day I get an RFE from the local CIS office requesting the Marriage Certificate. What the holy heck ? I submitted another copy for them, both sides. I also put in a copy of the "for looks" marriage cerificate. Make you wonder.... Link to comment
Dan R Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Maybe the for looks one will be closer to their idea of a marriage cert.Scary how these people control our lives. Link to comment
LeeFisher3 Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 While I know it doesn't make it a requirement I sent a certified copy with AOS, complete with raised seal and all. Figured the $12 would be worth it if we could avoid an RFE. Link to comment
cosmiclobster Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Jason: Did you send in the official county recorders embossed, recorded, certified and stamped certificate?If you did and they lost it, then it's yet another case of HUTAS!!! Link to comment
Jason+Joanna Posted January 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 No, I only sent copies. I still have the embossed (certified) copy. I keeping on to that like Fort Knox. I really don't know what the heck they are smoking, but I may want some. Link to comment
LeeFisher3 Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 No, I only sent copies. I still have the embossed (certified) copy. I keeping on to that like Fort Knox. I really don't know what the heck they are smoking, but I may want some.186418[/snapback]They may be wanting an original instead of a copy, you might want to check to see how long it takes to get certified copies in your locale. Link to comment
Jason+Joanna Posted January 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 No, I only sent copies. I still have the embossed (certified) copy. I keeping on to that like Fort Knox. I really don't know what the heck they are smoking, but I may want some.186418[/snapback]They may be wanting an original instead of a copy, you might want to check to see how long it takes to get certified copies in your locale.186458[/snapback]I hope not, I call make a call to them and ask them....Another original would take about a month to get. Link to comment
tywy_99 Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 The US government, like China, love officially embossed seals, stamps, and/or ribbons on important documents. Link to comment
cosmiclobster Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 Send them the original and send for another copy for yourself.County recorders are pretty good about keeping these things available(albeit it that it may be a slow process!). We should have it listed somewhere in the AOS FAQ to order 2 official signed embossed copys of the marriage certificate for just this reason! (or maybe 3, one for the USCIS, one for you and one for her in case one of you misplaces yours and it is needed later on for name changes or other such official BS) Link to comment
david_dawei Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 We should have it listed somewhere in the AOS FAQ to order 2 official signed embossed copys of the marriage certificate for just this reason! (or maybe 3, one for the USCIS, one for you and one for her in case one of you misplaces yours and it is needed later on for name changes or other such official BS)186690[/snapback]The FAQ already made reference to needing certified marriage certificate for the filing and to bring one to the Social Security Office... but I added a comment in the "Pre-AOS" for K1 section to get a few certified copies for these events. Link to comment
Jason+Joanna Posted January 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 What I read is that "copies are sufficient, but be prepared to bring the original to your interview". I have already sent the copies to them. I suppose that means I will be getting another RFE if they want the original. I will go ahead and order 2 additional copies of the marriage certificate. I am still going to call tomarrow and ask for clarification, I will post the results of the conversation. Link to comment
cosmiclobster Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 What I read is that "copies are sufficient, but be prepared to bring the original to your interview". I have already sent the copies to them. I suppose that means I will be getting another RFE if they want the original. I will go ahead and order 2 additional copies of the marriage certificate. I am still going to call tomarrow and ask for clarification, I will post the results of the conversation.186731[/snapback]Now that you mention it, I also remember the line about copies being sufficient and to bring the originals to the interview!!! I guess it's our govt workers perogative to change the rules as they go along - maybe they had a bunch of extra outdated RFE forms and didn't want to throw them away - or maybe they need to generate extra business for their office so they can come in on the weekend and collect overtime pay to process the backlog!!! After some of the things I have seen our govt pull off in this process, I wouldn't be a bit suprized!!!! Link to comment
david_dawei Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 The confusion doesn't just sit with us... Looking at the VJ FAQ, you'll see a bullet point to include a certified copy and then lower a copy... thus supplying two versions of the marriage certificate! That may be CYA but it shouldn't be necessary to supply two... Jason's got the right approach.. pick up the phone and get an answer as to what is wrong... Link to comment
pkfops Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 (edited) Give them a call as it may be a simple case of them misplacingthe requested doc. We went through the same thing. One thing I got when I called was "send copies and keep originalsfor the interview". Edited January 30, 2006 by pkfops (see edit history) Link to comment
LeeFisher3 Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 It seems that the AOS without interview may be driving a number of the RFE's. The vaccination supplement (optional) seems to now be required. And if they are going for not having an interview and requesting an original certified marriage certificate instead of a copy seems reasonable. Especially if it helps you save half a day of vacation time or more for an interview. But, it would be nice if they would be specific in their requests and instructions. Link to comment
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