Revocable divorces in egypt

[samy + janet aly 9]

hello to everyone,

anyone have any issues with immigration concerning your spouses divorce from egypt? seems the revocable part of it is not accepted by immigration and i like feedback on what ever abyone had to do to make it acceptable for immigration?

thank you

[AmericanExpat 18]

You will need an official divorce document from the Islamic Court there, translated to English of course.

[samy + janet aly 9]

the court document can say that this is a final divorce paper or does he need to do a new divorce paper skipping all the revocable parts to make it irrevocable and final?

[together4evr 360]

Gabriel Sawma is a lawyer with Middle East background. Professor of Middle East Constitutional Law, Islamic sharia, and Islamic economics. Expert consultant on Islamic divorce in U.S. courts: http://www.islamicdivorceinusa.com

Editor in chief of International Law blog: http://gabrielsawma.blogspot.com/2010/01/khul-divorce-in-egypt.html.

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Email: gabrielsawma [at] yahoo.com; Tel. (609) 915-2237.

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[together4evr 360]

Recognition of Egyptian Divorce in USA

In the United States, state courts decide on divorce cases. A divorce judgment issued in Egypt is generally recognized in the United States on the basis of “comity”, provided that both parties to the divorce receive adequate notice, such as services of process and at least one of them is domiciled in Egypt at the time of the divorce.

Egyptian women citizens of the U.S. must obtain divorce decrees from Egypt as proof of divorce. The documents must be authenticated by the relevant authorities in Egypt and the U.S. This is important to women who could not remarry without presenting proof that they are free to remarry. Egyptian Muslim women who remarry without obtaining a divorce decree from Egypt, their second marriage may be considered illegal. In Islamic countries, women who remarry without divorce documents, may be labeled as adulterous, and in some countries like Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Sudan may be subject to the death penalty by stoning under strict interpretations of Islamic sharia.