Does not remember date of previous marriage

[gpmaan2 0]

The dilemma here is that my grandmother does not remember her previous husbands date of marriage. He passed away August of 1975, on page 5 of the N400 form, there was a question asking for her former spouse's date of marriage. Do we put N/A and provide a letter or just type deceased and hope USCIS picks up on the fact that she's 74 y/o and her previous husband has passed away 35 yrs ago.

Pls advise. Thank you.

[lissa04 3]

You can go to the court house where your grandmother was married and request a copy of the marriage certificate. I am sure they will be able to look her up by name.

[NickD 203]

Sure she can remember the approximate year of that marriage, USCIS does not require proof of a previous marriage. But certainly wants proof that marriage was legally terminated, either with the divorce papers or in her case, a death certificate.

Had no problem in remembering the date of my previous marriage, that was a day of infamy. Does she have children of that previous marriage? Woman are normally good at remembering dates based on other things that happened in that same time frame.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

AS the man is deceased and not going to be party to any immigration process rough dates are probably fine. If you are already attaching an extra sheet, simply make it one of the items with additional info. Then state that your grandmother has no written record but they were married for ( about) X years and the best date per her memory is xxxx - yyyy

[gpmaan2 0]

You can go to the court house where your grandmother was married and request a copy of the marriage certificate. I am sure they will be able to look her up by name.

In the Philippines, marriages performed during the 50's are hard to pull out since the conversion of digital and electronic filing.

Sure she can remember the approximate year of that marriage, USCIS does not require proof of a previous marriage. But certainly wants proof that marriage was legally terminated, either with the divorce papers or in her case, a death certificate.

Had no problem in remembering the date of my previous marriage, that was a day of infamy. Does she have children of that previous marriage? Woman are normally good at remembering dates based on other things that happened in that same time frame.

Unfortunately she does not remember. She has a condition of forgetting things at this stage. She knows the Month but that is all. I really dont want to put falsifying information there just for the sake of filling out the blanks.

Good thing however is that she has an original and certified copy of her previous husband's death certificate,

AS the man is deceased and not going to be party to any immigration process rough dates are probably fine. If you are already attaching an extra sheet, simply make it one of the items with additional info. Then state that your grandmother has no written record but they were married for ( about) X years and the best date per her memory is xxxx - yyyy

I was thinking of just doing this when all other options are exhausted (which in this case is limited to begin with). I'll just write a letter on her behlaf and have her signed it advising that she does not really remember the exact date of her previous marriage.

[payxibka 10,048]

do the best you can.... N/A however is not the correct response....

[NickD 203]

In the Philippines, marriages performed during the 50's are hard to pull out since the conversion of digital and electronic filing.

Unfortunately she does not remember. She has a condition of forgetting things at this stage. She knows the Month but that is all. I really dont want to put falsifying information there just for the sake of filling out the blanks.

Good thing however is that she has an original and certified copy of her previous husband's death certificate,

I was thinking of just doing this when all other options are exhausted (which in this case is limited to begin with). I'll just write a letter on her behlaf and have her signed it advising that she does not really remember the exact date of her previous marriage.

If the date is approximate, state so and is the best to her recollection.