CENOMAR (certificate no marriage) or Civil Status Cert from Kyrgyzstan

[Janym143]

Hello. My Fiancee is a Kyrgyz citizen and is doing her interview at the embassy in Jordan. Jordan embassy requires a document called "Civil Status Certificate" which is basically a document stating the person in question is not married and is eligible to get married. I have been told by the embassy that some countries do not issue this and, if they don't, we won't need to supply it. Having a hard time determining if Kyrgyzstan actually issues it or if the Jordan embassy would give us a hard time.



It does not mention any kind of "CENOMAR" or "civil status cert" or "marriage registry" as some other countries do. In my mind this means we don't need the thing but I'd hate to have her show up for the interview and the embassy personnel demand to see it.

Looking for any advice here, thank you.

[Janym143]

Well no one seems to know anything about this here so I guess I will share my experiences so far:

1) No one seems to know anything about this. I have spoken with lawyers, USTravelDocs, this website, the consulates twitter feed, and finally, directly with the consular staff of the embassy itself.

2) The consular staff said that since she has been in Jordan 6 months, we need to get the Jordanian "Civil Status Certificate" for those 6 months at least. That's good info to have, it's not really mentioned on the website that clearly. It's easy to assume that because she is not a Jordanian citizen, she doesn't need one (or can't get one). Apparently she can and does need one.

3) Apparently Kyrgyzstan does issue them but they are hard to find and they are called something different. Sometimes "Marriage Registry" or "CENOMAR" or "civil status certificate" depends on the place.

4) According to embassy staff, if the country in question absolutely cannot provide you with anything like that, the embassy officer can simply waive the requirement if he is confident that it is not available and you aren't trying to BS him. It sounds like a great many things are simply up to the discretion of the officer at the interview. That worried me because what if he just decides he wants to see some paperwork and doesn't believe that it's not available?

Hopefully this info will help some others.

[rayb]

I think you're mixing up two entirely different document types:

1. CENOMAR most often refers to a document issued by the Philippines national archive (National Statistics Office, NSO) which results from a check of the national marriage records. CENOMAR is an acronym for "Certificate of No Marriage." Most countries do not have national databases of marriages. The U.S. does not have such a resource.

2. Most U.S. Embassies will witness a sworn statement from U.S. citizens that they have no unterminated marriages anywhere. This is a fairly standard procedure to meet the local marriage requriements for foreigners. The Philippines and China expect such "affidavits" fro foreigners marrying in their countries, though China doesn't seem to be as serious about this as the Philippines. This document is variously referred to as "Affidavit of No Impediment," especially by Australian nationals, or "Affidavit of Capacity," or "Affidavi of Singleness. Both Japan and German consulates abroad provide similar documents for their citizens, but those two countries have been somewhat stricter in issuing such documents.


--Ray B

Well no one seems to know anything about this here so I guess I will share my experiences so far:

1) No one seems to know anything about this. I have spoken with lawyers, USTravelDocs, this website, the consulates twitter feed, and finally, directly with the consular staff of the embassy itself.

2) The consular staff said that since she has been in Jordan 6 months, we need to get the Jordanian "Civil Status Certificate" for those 6 months at least. That's good info to have, it's not really mentioned on the website that clearly. It's easy to assume that because she is not a Jordanian citizen, she doesn't need one (or can't get one). Apparently she can and does need one.

3) Apparently Kyrgyzstan does issue them but they are hard to find and they are called something different. Sometimes "Marriage Registry" or "CENOMAR" or "civil status certificate" depends on the place.

4) According to embassy staff, if the country in question absolutely cannot provide you with anything like that, the embassy officer can simply waive the requirement if he is confident that it is not available and you aren't trying to BS him. It sounds like a great many things are simply up to the discretion of the officer at the interview. That worried me because what if he just decides he wants to see some paperwork and doesn't believe that it's not available?

Hopefully this info will help some others.