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Hi, I just got the Certificate of finality of my annulment and just wanted to ask if this document is enough for the filing of k1 visa? Or do you also need to include the court decision? I would also like to know if the documents should be the original copies? Or you also have to submit the annotated PSA marriage certificate upon filing? Thanks 

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Do not send in original documents- copies only. Also keep a separate copy of everything you submit in case god forbid you have to resubmit everything.  Hopefully someone else can answer the annulment part.

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5 hours ago, Luckycuds said:

Do not send in original documents- copies only. Also keep a separate copy of everything you submit in case god forbid you have to resubmit everything.  Hopefully someone else can answer the annulment part.

Thanks for the reply re: the original documents. I will take note of this. I appreciate it a lot. Yes, I hope to receive a reply re: the annulment part. 

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On 3/17/2019 at 10:08 AM, Lily Cruz said:

Thanks for the reply re: the original documents. I will take note of this. I appreciate it a lot. Yes, I hope to receive a reply re: the annulment part. 

 

The document checklists on the USCIS and USEM sites do not mention any requirement for PSA annotated marriage certificate.  For the petition, your finalized annulment decree should be enough evidence of termination of your previous marriage.

 

However, I highly recommend you work on getting your PSA documents (CENOMAR and MC) annotated as soon as possible, if you haven't done so already.  You may be required to submit them for CFO.  No CFO sticker = no flying out of the Philippines.

 

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On 3/16/2019 at 2:32 PM, Lily Cruz said:

Hi, I just got the Certificate of finality of my annulment and just wanted to ask if this document is enough for the filing of k1 visa? Or do you also need to include the court decision? I would also like to know if the documents should be the original copies? Or you also have to submit the annotated PSA marriage certificate upon filing? Thanks 

You must be free to marry at the time of filing the I-129F ..   (if you could get married in the Phils with that document then you are good to go).       USCIS  may accept a copy of the Certificate of Finality as they don't know the process for the Philippines, but USEM does know the process and if you were not "officially free to marry" at the time of filing they could reject the approved petition from USCIS and you would have to start over.

 

Plus you both are required to have met in person within 2 years of filing the petition.

 

http://www.visaconnection-philippines.com/i-129f-petition-process.html

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4 hours ago, Ate said:

 

The document checklists on the USCIS and USEM sites do not mention any requirement for PSA annotated marriage certificate.  For the petition, your finalized annulment decree should be enough evidence of termination of your previous marriage.

 

However, I highly recommend you work on getting your PSA documents (CENOMAR and MC) annotated as soon as possible, if you haven't done so already.  You may be required to submit them for CFO.  No CFO sticker = no flying out of the Philippines.

 

Hi, thank you so much for this information. I already have the court decision and certificate of finality of my annulment. I also have started working on my PSA documents. I was just informed that it will take a few months before I can get a copy of the annotated MC and CENOMAR. It’s good to know that we can start our K1 visa application already without the PSA documents. 

 

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12 minutes ago, Hank_ said:

You must be free to marry at the time of filing the I-129F ..   (if you could get married in the Phils with that document then you are good to go).       USCIS  may accept a copy of the Certificate of Finality as they don't know the process for the Philippines, but USEM does know the process and if you were not "officially free to marry" at the time of filing they could reject the approved petition from USCIS and you would have to start over.

 

Plus you both are required to have met in person within 2 years of filing the petition.

 

http://www.visaconnection-philippines.com/i-129f-petition-process.html

Hi, thank you for the reply. I highly appreciate it. I just read some posts in this forum that they just submitted the Certificate of finality In USCIS in filing the K1 visa then they just presented the annottated marriage certificate to USEM during the interview. I think the USEM will ask you to submit these documents from PSA. Yes, we have met in person a couple of times in the last 2 years. We were not able to file the k1 visa because we have been waiting for a long time for my final annulment documents.

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5 hours ago, Lily Cruz said:

Hi, thank you for the reply. I highly appreciate it. I just read some posts in this forum that they just submitted the Certificate of finality In USCIS in filing the K1 visa then they just presented the annottated marriage certificate to USEM during the interview. I think the USEM will ask you to submit these documents from PSA. Yes, we have met in person a couple of times in the last 2 years. We were not able to file the k1 visa because we have been waiting for a long time for my final annulment documents.

Would you be able to legally marry in the Philippines right now?

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