Oops - wrong birthplace on Marriage Certificate!

[Mark and Rassel 9]

We were married on November 28th 2011 . . . the best thing I ever did! So now I'm going over the paperwork to make it happen - and her Birthplace is wrong on the completed and filed marriage certificate! We haven't recieved the official certified copy as of yet. My understanding is that from the perspective of Philippino law - there's no problem. The marriage is legal, valid and etc. The issue is that now that Rassels birth certificate and marriage license are now out of sync. We were married in La Paz, Iloilo City . . . . how do we go about making the changes to the marriage certificate? I'm sure it will be problem during the interview . . . Should I go ahead with my I-130 with the hope that straigtening it out on her end will be sufficient? Is there a way to 'update' an application in progress with 'corrected' documentation? Shoujld I hold off on the I-130?

Thanks in advance for any help/advice rendered . . . .

Mark and Rassel

[ronluvme 10]

Mark and rasse,

I think u have to fix that information on that certificate,go to the office where u obtained marriage license and talk to somebody how to fix it before proceed to another step,I did the same mistake too...now can't fix it myself I need to go to court to change the info in my marriage cert..geeezzz.

Usembassy is very strict when ut comes to paper work,fix it now before u start the visa process

[Mark and Rassel 9]

Thanks for your response! We thought that this might be the case . . . the longer we put it off the more trouble it is the correct it in the future. Do you know if this is a function of City Hall or NBI? I'm assuming City Hall at this time . .

Thanks again!

Mark and Rassel

Mark and rasse,

I think u have to fix that information on that certificate,go to the office where u obtained marriage license and talk to somebody how to fix it before proceed to another step,I did the same mistake too...now can't fix it myself I need to go to court to change the info in my marriage cert..geeezzz.

Usembassy is very strict when ut comes to paper work,fix it now before u start the visa process

[jimmynug 13]

You need to go through the NSO to correct it. You can go to their website and find out all you need to know. I would go ahead with the I130. You should be able to have the corrected copy before she would have an interview at the embassy. Even if you had a RFE on it along the wait, it would still be quicker than waiting for NSO to correct it before you file the I130.