What Should I do?

[Dt'layi 2]

Please advice! What would you do if you had two marriage certificates. One was issued by a religious society and the other is civil. The dates on both are different. We initially used the religious marriage certificate but was rejected by the USCIS and we later did the Civil wedding.. 1 year apart and my wife was already pregnant... Our wedding date with both USCIS and NVC is that of our religious wedding, (since we already filled the form and everything before the certificate was rejected) though they have both certificates with them. The question now is which date should I give when asked "when did you get married"?

[JeanneAdil 6,539]

Which one is registered in the government office?

that's the one to use

[Dt'layi 2]

2 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

Which one is registered in the government office?

that's the one to use

It's the civil certificate but we filled our forms with the date on the religious certificate since we started the case using it! 

[carmel34 3,639]

16 hours ago, Dt'layi said:

It's the civil certificate but we filled our forms with the date on the religious certificate since we started the case using it! 

Your interview is coming up according to your timeline if correct.  So take the civil marriage certificate to your interview, explain the situation (which they should already know as you submitted the civil certificate after the process started, when they rejected the religious certificate).  You can correct the dates at the interview, just explain everything to the officer.  Good luck!

Edited December 31, 2020 by carmel34

[Dt'layi 2]

16 minutes ago, carmel34 said:

Your interview is coming up according to your timeline if correct.  So take the civil marriage certificate to your interview, explain the situation (which they should already know as you submitted the civil certificate after the process started, when they rejected the religious certificate).  You can correct the dates at the interview, just explain everything to the officer.  Good luck!

Thank you very much for this explicit answer. You've been a great help! 

[ManofGod 1]

Take both marriage certificates to your interview explain that you had your religious wedding before your civil wedding. Also take pictures you took on both weddings to your interview. And your wedding invitation with you.