Divorce decree and amendments – do scans have to be of stamped documents?

[OurJourney_SWE_US 1]

Hi there!

My fiance (the petitioner) and I are compiling our K1 petition and I have a question regarding the requirements for my divorce decree. I have the original decree as a scanned copy of the certified documents, which means it has a stamp, albeit a scanned one. However, the court made a mistake on my ex spouses nationality, it states the "republic" instead of "commonwealth". The court has amended the decree now and I was sent a digital copy with no stamp. They cannot serve me the certified copies until my ex has been served first. He lives on the other side of the world and it is taking its time. The entire court process for the amendment has been painfully slow. 

So my question is, could I file the I-129F package to USCIS with the non-stamped scan of the amendment and simply write a note that the certified copies will be provided at the embassy interview? Or is this approach likely to generate a RFE?

 

I am super grateful for any insights!

Thanks!

Edited December 9 by Linn_Carlos

[appleblossom 5,585]

1 hour ago, Linn_Carlos said:

Hi there!

My fiance (the petitioner) and I are compiling our K1 petition and I have a question regarding the requirements for my divorce decree. I have the original decree as a scanned copy of the certified documents, which means it has a stamp, albeit a scanned one. However, the court made a mistake on my ex spouses nationality, it states the "republic" instead of "commonwealth". The court has amended the decree now and I was sent a digital copy with no stamp. They cannot serve me the certified copies until my ex has been served first. He lives on the other side of the world and it is taking its time. The entire court process for the amendment has been painfully slow. 

So my question is, could I file the I-129F package to USCIS with the non-stamped scan of the amendment and simply write a note that the certified copies will be provided at the embassy interview? Or is this approach likely to generate a RFE?

 

I am super grateful for any insights!

Thanks!

Which country? Please fill in your timeline/profile, thanks. 

[OurJourney_SWE_US 1]

6 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

Which country? Please fill in your timeline/profile, thanks. 

We dont have a timeline yet as we still did not submit anything. I am a Swedish national but living in Czech Republic and the divorce decree is from Czech Rep.

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12 minutes ago, Linn_Carlos said:

We dont have a timeline yet as we still did not submit anything. I am a Swedish national but living in Czech Republic and the divorce decree is from Czech Rep.

Profile is still helpful as it gives us the country etc. 

 

For Czech Republic it’s not specific so I think I’d file with both the original and amended. It’ll probably generate an RFE but at least then you can get it underway. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Czechia.html

Edited December 9 by appleblossom

[OurJourney_SWE_US 1]

3 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

Profile is still helpful as it gives us the country etc. 

 

For Czech Republic it’s not specific so I think I’d file with both the original and amended. It’ll probably generate an RFE but at least then you can get it underway. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Czechia.html

Thanks for your input. 
So, filing with the correction without the stamp is likely to generate an RFE? 

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