Birth City Discrepancy Birth Certificate And Marriage Certificate

[uab1969 20]

We are about to send in our I-130 Petition, we have just gotten married and noticed the birth city listed on the marriage certificate is different than on her birth certificate.

We live in Spain, she is a legal resident here - I am an American citizen. The city of her birth is Alexeyevka, Russia, but the marriage certificate lists Saratov, Russia. Even though we listed correctly the actual birth city in all the pre-marriage documents, the local government courthouse used Saratov, probably because that is what is listed on her resident card...they probably just used that and didn't even look at our submitted documents. We thought about trying to get a new marriage certificate, but it has already taken us 10 months just to get our approval for marriage which took place on April 29, 2016.

In Spain it takes SO long to get anything done, we are worried if we now go back to the courthouse to try to implement a change of that date, it will either be impossible or take forever.

So...my question, if we leave everything as is and submit our I-130 with the incorrect birth city (her G-325A has her original address where born listed as Alexeyevka)) on the marriage certificate and insert a cover letter saying we know the two cities are different, but offer the reason behind this, with the fact that the Spanish government has told us that it is of no concern as far as they are concerned, does not need changing and is legal as is...would this satisfy the USICS and the NVC/Embassy?

Edited May 1, 2016 by uab1969

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

I *think* you will be fine. But it may depend on the officer you get to review your papers.

[uab1969 20]

You say, "I *think* you will be fine. But it may depend on the officer you get to review your papers."

At what stage of the petition are you referring to...the review by the officer at USCIS, or later in the NVC process?

Thanks.

[NikLR 13,227]

Petition, or Consular officer at interview.

You could probably send this, as is, and do the effort to correct it properly before interview.