If I’m here from India on an H1B visa and my I-140 is approved, what can I provide other than a marriage certificate to prove my marriage for my I-485?
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If I’m here from India on an H1B visa and my I-140 is approved, what can I provide other than a marriage certificate to prove my marriage for my I-485?
did not register my marriage, so I don’t have my marriage certificate now. My priority date is still not current but I want to be proactive and make ready all documents ready for I-485. So I would like to know what is the alternative for marriage certificate that I can provide? I heard that affidavits from parents will do. Is this true or not?
Asked on November 5, 2014 under Immigration Law, Virginia
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SB Member California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 10 years ago | Contributor
You should really try to register your marriage and obtain a marriage certificate. While other documentation may be acceptable, that is usually in the case where original documents cannot be obtained. In your situation, that does not appear to be the case. The document would be obtainable if you actually registered your marriage. Additionally, I am not sure what the registration of marriage where you were married means and what the lack of registration means. Does not registering a marriage mean that it is not completely valid? In other words, it is not enough to be married in the eyes of the family and God, etc. You have to be married by a state licensed official and that marriage has to be recognized by the place where the marriage was officiated.
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