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I-130 Denied for Marriage certificate being insufficient - EOIR-29? HELP please...
Hi everyone,
I just received a letter saying that my petition for I-130 was denied.
Here is what happened:
A month or so ago we received a request for evidence to prove that my husband (US citizen) and I (French) were married. We had originally provided our CERTIFIED marriage certificate in the package. My lawyer thought that they maybe didn't see the page properly as we had it devided into two pages (certificate is legal size). So she replied to them with another copy of our marriage certificate but put the last page first and let them know that in Texas it was the only document available.
Yesterday I received the letter saying my petition was denied. Here is what it says:
"On July, 20 2015, the petitioner submitted a Marriage licence and certificate which does not indicate that the arriage has been registed with a civil authority from the location where the marriage took place. In addition, the document does not state when the marriage occurred and where the marriage occurred; only that Rites if Matrimony were authorized to occur. A license to marry is insufficient. A marriage certificate must show that the marriage actually occurred and was filed with the appropriate civil authority."
My husband, lawyer and I are absolutely confused since we DID submit the marriage CERTIFICATE with the original package and as a reply to the request for evidence.
The certicate says: "Officer's Return. This certifies that I have united in marriage: "My husband" and "Me" on Ceremony Date: "Date. It has the judge's signature and the location of the marriage. In addition to that it is stamped by the county clerk as "FILED" with the date and location of filing. This certificate is also a certified copy.
I am absolutely panicked and confused here. I have an appointment with my local field office on Sept. 1st to see if I can get clarification as to what we need to do to get this resolved. Depending on the outcome of the appointment we will file for an appeal with form EOIR-29 and hope for the best.
As anyone been in this situation? What other documents could you use to prove marriage? I called the court where we got married and they told me that this was the ONLY document available since it is THE marriage certificate...
HELP... any advices?
I just received a letter saying that my petition for I-130 was denied.
Here is what happened:
A month or so ago we received a request for evidence to prove that my husband (US citizen) and I (French) were married. We had originally provided our CERTIFIED marriage certificate in the package. My lawyer thought that they maybe didn't see the page properly as we had it devided into two pages (certificate is legal size). So she replied to them with another copy of our marriage certificate but put the last page first and let them know that in Texas it was the only document available.
Yesterday I received the letter saying my petition was denied. Here is what it says:
"On July, 20 2015, the petitioner submitted a Marriage licence and certificate which does not indicate that the arriage has been registed with a civil authority from the location where the marriage took place. In addition, the document does not state when the marriage occurred and where the marriage occurred; only that Rites if Matrimony were authorized to occur. A license to marry is insufficient. A marriage certificate must show that the marriage actually occurred and was filed with the appropriate civil authority."
My husband, lawyer and I are absolutely confused since we DID submit the marriage CERTIFICATE with the original package and as a reply to the request for evidence.
The certicate says: "Officer's Return. This certifies that I have united in marriage: "My husband" and "Me" on Ceremony Date: "Date. It has the judge's signature and the location of the marriage. In addition to that it is stamped by the county clerk as "FILED" with the date and location of filing. This certificate is also a certified copy.
I am absolutely panicked and confused here. I have an appointment with my local field office on Sept. 1st to see if I can get clarification as to what we need to do to get this resolved. Depending on the outcome of the appointment we will file for an appeal with form EOIR-29 and hope for the best.
As anyone been in this situation? What other documents could you use to prove marriage? I called the court where we got married and they told me that this was the ONLY document available since it is THE marriage certificate...
HELP... any advices?
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