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Registering Marriage in Home Country Required? Before filing for green card?

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Hi beautiful people! 

I just wanted to see if anyone here has ever gone through a similar situation. But first, background:

 

home country: Philippines
date of marriage: July 29, 2017

place of marriage: Wisconsin, USA

USCIS application for green card start date: end of April 2018

 

The situation is this: We're waiting for the approval of the last document that I need approval for (my birth certificate// process is delayed because of an "unclear document" but that's a different topic) and as I was scrolling through Philippine US Consulate Reviews, I chanced upon a review that encountered issues regarding "no on the spot visa approval" because the applicant never registered their marriage in the Philippines resulting in her going home without a visa ( screenshot of review attached and this is the link: https://www.visajourney.com/reviews/index.php?trim=no&cty=&cnty=Philippines&page=8&dfilter=5&topic=IR-1/CR-1 Visa )

 

My question is should I have registered our marriage here in the Philippines before the application? Should the marriage already have been registered here in the Philippines before my interview takes place? [Because based on research, it apparently takes 6 months to a year for our marriage to be successfully reported to PSA (Philippine government office in charge of these things) Will I run into issues if my interview comes and our marriage is still in the process of being "reported"? Hope my questions are clear enough. 

 

Thanks in advance!

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Not required for a green card.  Don't expect to get a new passport until you register

 

Your cemar won't show the marriage and that was the issue on the above post.

March 2, 2018  Married In Hong Kong

April 30, 2018  Mary moves from the Philippines to Mexico, Husband has MX Permanent Residency

June 13, 2018 Mary receives Mexican Residency Card

June 15, 2018  I-130 DCF Appointment in Juarez  -  June 18, 2018  Approval E-Mail

August 2, 2018 Case Complete At Consulate

September 25, 2018 Interview in CDJ and Approved!

October 7, 2018 In the USA

October 27, 2018 Green Card received 

October 29, 2018 Applied for Social Security Card - November 5, 2018 Social Security Card received

November 6th, 2018 State ID Card Received, Applied for Global Entry - Feb 8,2019 Approved.

July 14, 2020 Removal of Conditions submitted by mail  July 12, 2021 Biometrics Completed

August 6, 2021 N-400 submitted by mail

September 7, 2021 I-751 Interview, Sept 8 Approved and Card Being Produced

October 21, 2021 N-400 Biometrics Completed  

November 30,2021  Interview, Approval and Oath

December 10, 2021 US Passport Issued

August 12, 2022 PHL Dual Nationality Re-established & Passport Approved 

April 6,2023 Legally Separated - Oh well

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2 minutes ago, Paul & Mary said:

Not required for a green card.  Don't expect to get a new passport until you register

 

Your cemar won't show the marriage and that was the issue on the above post.

Okay, this is good. Thanks Paul and Mary! Just to confirm, you've been through this? Just asking because my husband just talked to an Immigration Atty. and the Atty. said I had to have it registered here in the the Philippines before my interview comes but I wanted to get a second opinion from people who has gone through it. 

 

Also, you mentioned cemar.., do I still need a cemar? If I've been married before? i do have my annulment papers..

 

Again thanks so much for the time and effort.

 

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You need the cemar and annulment.  The embassy cares that you were free to marry when you married.   You should have done the ROM.  You will need it eventual You will need the NBI with a AKA for the married name.

 

Your issues would probably be best addressed in the Filipino section.

 

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/129-philippines/

 

March 2, 2018  Married In Hong Kong

April 30, 2018  Mary moves from the Philippines to Mexico, Husband has MX Permanent Residency

June 13, 2018 Mary receives Mexican Residency Card

June 15, 2018  I-130 DCF Appointment in Juarez  -  June 18, 2018  Approval E-Mail

August 2, 2018 Case Complete At Consulate

September 25, 2018 Interview in CDJ and Approved!

October 7, 2018 In the USA

October 27, 2018 Green Card received 

October 29, 2018 Applied for Social Security Card - November 5, 2018 Social Security Card received

November 6th, 2018 State ID Card Received, Applied for Global Entry - Feb 8,2019 Approved.

July 14, 2020 Removal of Conditions submitted by mail  July 12, 2021 Biometrics Completed

August 6, 2021 N-400 submitted by mail

September 7, 2021 I-751 Interview, Sept 8 Approved and Card Being Produced

October 21, 2021 N-400 Biometrics Completed  

November 30,2021  Interview, Approval and Oath

December 10, 2021 US Passport Issued

August 12, 2022 PHL Dual Nationality Re-established & Passport Approved 

April 6,2023 Legally Separated - Oh well

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1 hour ago, Paul & Mary said:

You need the cemar and annulment.  The embassy cares that you were free to marry when you married.   You should have done the ROM.  You will need it eventual You will need the NBI with a AKA for the married name.

 

Your issues would probably be best addressed in the Filipino section.

 

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/129-philippines/

 

Thank you Paul and Mary, I will take a look at the link. 

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