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[Ken-Love 0]

hi everyone!

do divorced decree and annulment decree are the same in US or they're just the same? thanks!

[sojen 0]

hi everyone!

do divorced decree and annulment decree are the same in US or they're just the same? thanks!

If I am not mistaken., US use the term divorce and PI use the term annulment

[Gary and Alla 3,696]

hi everyone!

do divorced decree and annulment decree are the same in US or they're just the same? thanks!

If I am not mistaken., US use the term divorce and PI use the term annulment

They are not the same. Both are a legal termination of a marriage and acceptable for USCIS purposes. An "annulment" actually presumes the marriage never legally took place. With a divorce, there WAS a marriage and the marriage is terminated. With an annulment there never was, in a legal sense, a marriage.

[JimVaPhuong 4,864]

hi everyone!

do divorced decree and annulment decree are the same in US or they're just the same? thanks!

If I am not mistaken., US use the term divorce and PI use the term annulment

Not exactly. Annulment and divorce are like Gary described, even in the Philippines. Annulment erases the marriage as if it never happened, while divorce terminates it. I think the confusion comes from the fact that, except in a few circumstances, divorce is not available in the Philippines. Except for Muslims and marriages involving a foreigner, marriage in the Philippines can only be ended by annulment.

Only two other places in the world - the nation of Malta and Vatican City - do not offer nor recognize divorce.

[Ken-Love 0]

ic.... so what im going to use if the pre-screener and CO asked me on an interview about my fiance, annulled or divorced? since he had a decree of annulment? he is using divorced. im checking in 129f form none a box for annulled there just divorced. thanks!

[sojen 0]

hi everyone!

do divorced decree and annulment decree are the same in US or they're just the same? thanks!

If I am not mistaken., US use the term divorce and PI use the term annulment

They are not the same. Both are a legal termination of a marriage and acceptable for USCIS purposes. An "annulment" actually presumes the marriage never legally took place. With a divorce, there WAS a marriage and the marriage is terminated. With an annulment there never was, in a legal sense, a marriage.

thanks for that!!!

[JimVaPhuong 4,864]

ic.... so what im going to use if the pre-screener and CO asked me on an interview about my fiance, annulled or divorced? since he had a decree of annulment? he is using divorced. im checking in 129f form none a box for annulled there just divorced. thanks!

It won't be a problem. USCIS and the embassy in Manila are well aware of the special circumstances for ending a marriage in the Philippines. The CO's in Manila will accept a death certificate or court ruling of annulment as proof that a previous marriage was terminated.

[Ken-Love 0]

thanks!!