Got an E-mail asking for a civil registry for the colombian interview. Does the marriage certificate count if the marriage was over seas?

[Kimgaba 8]

Me and my wife married through zoom, so our marriage location / host is the state of utah. We have 3 copies of that marriage certificate.

 

We did not register our marriage in colombia, it nowhere does it specify that we needed to. It also states that we need the original civil registry from where ever we got married.

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Colombia.html

 

This is my wife's first marriage so she doesn't have a registry in colombia, and I'm not colombiam i'm a U.S citizen from new york.

 

Is there a specific civil registry? Or does that mean the marriage certificate from utah? The wording makes it sound they don't care if we got married in colombia, they want the first and the original. Which is what we have? But the "civil registry" in the e-mail text concerns me, even though the literal attachment to it specifies a certificate of marriage and divorce certificate (my divorce) and everything was approved for the DS-260 + the affadavit of support.

Edited February 7, 2023 by Kimgaba

[Crazy Cat 41,975]

Civil registry for a US marriage would be the marriage certificate issued by a county....such as your Utah marriage certificate. 

[Chancy 6,241]

8 hours ago, Kimgaba said:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Colombia.html

 

No need to get the marriage document requirements from that Reciprocity page for Colombia if you were married through Utah zoom wedding.  You were married in the jurisdiction of Utah, not Colombia.  Your wife will need to bring a certified copy of your Utah marriage certificate to her visa interview.

 

[pushbrk 12,968]

1 hour ago, Chancy said:

 

No need to get the marriage document requirements from that Reciprocity page for Colombia if you were married through Utah zoom wedding.  You were married in the jurisdiction of Utah, not Colombia.  Your wife will need to bring a certified copy of your Utah marriage certificate to her visa interview.

 

Exactly.

[Kimgaba 8]

Thank you everyone. I was sooo confused. I even called utah and they were all asking me "what government entity is asking for this, we don't have a civil registry here." But thanks!