Documentation Requirements - Dakar

[cirenebrown 1]

I'm curious if anyone has any experience or knowledge about document requirements.  My beneficiaries attended their visa interview, IR-2 category, and were given a deficiency checklist for an original marriage license and original divorce decree. We provided both documents but they are now being told the divorce decree must come from a "tribunal court" (Senegalese equivalent their highest court) and not the local City Hall.   This information is not written on a checklist they agent at the document window will only give this information verbally to the beneficiaries when they present the documents at the embassy. 

I've reached out to the Congressional Liaison and they were given the same information that is on the checklist and are being told the divorce decree only needs to be an original. 

Has anyone else experienced the embassy not accepting the documents?  We have tried to have a divorce decree issued through a "Tribunal court" and we have lost $5k paying lawyers and never getting anything or on a court schedule. If anyone has any experience in this area that would be helpful. 

 

[Chancy 6,241]

2 hours ago, cirenebrown said:

We provided both documents but they are now being told the divorce decree must come from a "tribunal court" (Senegalese equivalent their highest court) and not the local City Hall.

 

Is your divorce decree either of the two acceptable documents listed at -- https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Senegal.html

 

Document Name: “Certificat de Divorce" or  "Extrait de Jugement de Divorce”

Issuing Authority: La Mairie’s office or “Greffier de Tribunal Civil”

Special Seal(s) / Color / Format: There is a stamp and signature of the “Officier d’Etat-Civil” on the “Certificat de Divorce”. If there is a judgment, there is a stamp and the signature of the prosecutor and the “Greffier en Chef”.

 

[cirenebrown 1]

Yes we have a divorce decree , (“Extrait de Divorce” – Applications for this document need to be submitted to the La Mairie’s office that has jurisdiction over the region where the divorce took place) that meets the document requirements outlined by the State Department. However, the embassy staff turn the beneficiaries away stating they will only accept Jugement de Divorce”from the “Greffier de Tribunal Civil” where the judgment of divorce was pronounced. 

Has anyone else experienced the embassy not accepting the documents?   If anyone has any experience in this area that would be helpful, and how you navigated the process.