K1 w/Annulment Final

[Wminnow 0]

Hi-

I have read bit and pieces of the process, but would like to see if I can get a clear step by step view of what I need to do and collect for the K1 process. If you have a web link that has this illustrated too, that would be helpful.

I am marrying a Filipina who was recently annulled from her previous marriage. It took us a while but finally, we have the final decision form from the court. I am going to start the I129 form and process.

I need to know what documents we need to collect and file in Manila in order to prepare for the interviewing process. From what I gather it is:

1. Take the final court decision to the NSO for a CEMAR and CENOMAR. (Obtain this within 6months of the interview)

2. Obtain an updated Marriage certificate which should show her original marriage null and void.

3. Obtain 6 copies of a birth certificate

Is there anything I am missing? Is there anything I need my annulment lawyer to do or file? Are there any process I should start right away because it takes a long time?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[cristina16 81]

Hi! I had my marriage annulled and here below are the processes I did. Please re-check, your fiancee should have the following: 1. Court Decision, 2. Decree of Absolute Nullity of Marriage and 3. Entry of Judgement (Certificate of Finality). The last 2 are released 3 months after the decision date; these should be followed up by your lawyer from the office of the Judge.

1. Get Certified True copied of the 3 documents above from the Court where she filed the Annulment. Make sure she have enough copies for all the processes, I had 6 certified copies of each docs. My lawyer didn't do this for me, I had to do it myself.

2. File for the changes / annotation of the marriage contract in their local civil registrar where the marriage took place. She will pay for the LBC fee here to send the docs to NSO Main for filing. You will get an Annotated Marriage Contract here form the Civil Registrar. Requests for certified true copies as well. I requested 6 certified true copies.

3. Wait for at least 5 working days, proceed to NSO to request an Annotated Marriage Contract. Bring new set of docs with you to submit, copies are OK as long as you can show the Original docs. By experience, the copies of NSO that they should get from LBC never get there or it will not be available for verification, so you should bring copies for their review.

4. They will tell you when you can get the NSO copy of the Annotated Marriage Contract. In my case I waited for a month for my NSO copy.

5. Get the NSO copy of the Annotated Marriage Contract and you can apply for the CEMAR at the same time.

Again these were my experience, I hope it helps in any way.

There will be more documents needed in Manila for the actual K1 interview. Have you started with your I-129F?

There will be more comments soon to help you out too. But here below is the link for procedure from US Embassy Manila.

http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwh3023/procedures-lay-out2.html

[glenmar 34]

We also had a marriage annulled. I agree with Cristina16. A word of caution, do not file the I129F until after you get the Decree of Absolute Nullity of Marriage and Entry of Judgment (Certificate of Finality). We had filed the I129f when we got the Court Decision. Two and a half months later we got the Decree of Absolute Nullity. We had to cancel our I129F and start all over.

glenmar

[cristina16 81]

A word of caution, do not file the I129F until after you get the Decree of Absolute Nullity of Marriage and Entry of Judgment (Certificate of Finality). We had filed the I129f when we got the Court Decision. Two and a half months later we got the Decree of Absolute Nullity. We had to cancel our I129F and start all over.

glenmar

Good point Glenmar. I had my annulment years before I met my fiance so we have included everything on our I-129F.

[Greenbaum 12,258]

We also had a marriage annulled. I agree with Cristina16. A word of caution, do not file the I129F until after you get the Decree of Absolute Nullity of Marriage and Entry of Judgment (Certificate of Finality). We had filed the I129f when we got the Court Decision. Two and a half months later we got the Decree of Absolute Nullity. We had to cancel our I129F and start all over.

glenmar

We went ahead after receiving the final judgement in my wife's case. We filed the 129F during the document endorsement phase and had no problems. But here is the catch and you have laid it out nicely... that is you never know when you will get a "gotcha" during any of these processes. I agree that you should wait for all your endorsements be completed before filing. As the saying goes "a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush".

[Hank_ 9,171]

Hi-

I have read bit and pieces of the process, but would like to see if I can get a clear step by step view of what I need to do and collect for the K1 process. If you have a web link that has this illustrated too, that would be helpful.

I am marrying a Filipina who was recently annulled from her previous marriage. It took us a while but finally, we have the final decision form from the court. I am going to start the I129 form and process.

I need to know what documents we need to collect and file in Manila in order to prepare for the interviewing process. From what I gather it is:

1. Take the final court decision to the NSO for a CEMAR and CENOMAR. (Obtain this within 6months of the interview)

2. Obtain an updated Marriage certificate which should show her original marriage null and void.

3. Obtain 6 copies of a birth certificate

Is there anything I am missing? Is there anything I need my annulment lawyer to do or file? Are there any process I should start right away because it takes a long time?

Thanks in advance for your help.

You don't need to file anything in Manila to start the I-129F petition process, you both need to be free to marry at the time you file the petition with USCIS. Once your petition is approved the you can start working on the documents for the visa application at USEM.

Copies of the annulment finality will be required from your fiancee for the I-129F

http://www.uscis.gov/i-129f

http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-129finstr.pdf

http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-129f.pdf