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My spouse (US Citizen) and I (Canadian Citizen) want to send in our green card application. We got married last year in Ontario, but currently live and work in the US. Our officiant put the wrong date and location on our license, thus resulting in a marriage certificate with the incorrect date and location. Our marriage was registered by the Ontario government and we have copies of the incorrect marriage certificate.

We submitted everything to amend it eight weeks ago, but it could take a bit longer to get the corrected form. 

 

Evidence we have to support the correct date and location consists of the following:

 

1.    ⁠Letter from officiant admitting to the mistake.
2.    ⁠Copy of officiant marriage register page with our correct date and location. He had to amend that page since he put the wrong date and location down there.
3.    ⁠Copy of Save the Date showing correct date and location.
4.    ⁠Copy of wedding invitation showing correct date and location.
5.    ⁠Copy of contract with wedding venue showing correct date and location.
6.    ⁠Copy of contract with photographer showing correct date and location.

 

Our plan is to submit the green card application with a letter of explanation. As noted above, our marriage was registered in Canada, but with the wrong date and location. Per the Canadian government our marriage was legal and registered properly.
 

USCIS recognizes marriages that are legally valid in the jurisdiction where they were performed. Our marriage fits this description. 
 

Will there be an issue getting the green card if we provide a letter of explanation noting the date and location error?

 

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Depending on your current legal status in the US, I might be inclined to wait for a correct copy since having an inaccurate document is not normally a good idea, imho.  If you are out of status, I would certainly send what I have now asap. 

How long does it take to get a correct marriage certificate?

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1 hour ago, Crazy Cat said:

Depending on your current legal status in the US, I might be inclined to wait for a correct copy since having an inaccurate document is not normally a good idea, imho.  If you are out of status, I would certainly send what I have now asap. 

How long does it take to get a correct marriage certificate?

Agreed on that.

If you submit a bad document, you'll also have to be careful on every future form answering questions about ever submitting documents that weren't true, accurate etc to USCIS. Sometimes USCIS can also become suspicious and accuse of fraud. It's best to wait for corrected document and submit that.

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