Marriage and divorce certificate Poland

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On 2/20/2026 at 4:06 PM, appleblossom said:

 

"Primary evidence for a petitioning spouse is generally a civilly issued marriage certificate from the country where the marriage occurred" - https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-4-part-c-chapter-4

 

You can certainly try submitting the Polish certificates, but it may just delay things if they'll only accept them from the original issuing authority.  

 

I was reading this again and this is referencing the marriage of the petitioning spouse. It's not talking about previous marriages of the principal immigrant spouse. 

 

Everyone's an arm chair lawyer here heh. So, my original question still stands.

 

 

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[appleblossom 5,849]

3 hours ago, 1442 said:

 

I was reading this again and this is referencing the marriage of the petitioning spouse. It's not talking about previous marriages of the principal immigrant spouse. 

 

Everyone's an arm chair lawyer here heh. So, my original question still stands.

 

 

Nope. You’ve been given the answer by an immigration lawyer above. But if you don’t want to listen to the advice given then why bother posting on a forum? Arrange a paid consultation with an immigration lawyer instead. Good luck to you. 

[pushbrk 14,348]

3 hours ago, 1442 said:

 

I was reading this again and this is referencing the marriage of the petitioning spouse. It's not talking about previous marriages of the principal immigrant spouse. 

 

Everyone's an arm chair lawyer here heh. So, my original question still stands.

 

 

Regardless of your potential overuse of pronouns I'll just cut through them and say this.  The reciprocity by country information available refers the type of documents.  It doesn't matter whether the document is needed for a petitioner or a visa applicant/beneficiary.  What matters is what is being documented. In this case, it is a marriage and a divorce that both neither of which took place in Poland.  So, no document from Poland is relevant to documenting THIS marriage or divorce.

 

When filing an I-130  for spouse, all marriages and divorces or death of spouse are disclosed and documented for both Petitioner and Beneficiary as supporting documents to the filing.

13 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

Nope. You’ve been given the answer by an immigration lawyer above. But if you don’t want to listen to the advice given then why bother posting on a forum? Arrange a paid consultation with an immigration lawyer instead. Good luck to you. 

I haven't noticed anything from an immigration lawyer, but the correct advice has been given.

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8 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

I haven't noticed anything from an immigration lawyer, but the correct advice has been given.

 

I thought you were an immi lawyer? But either way, if the OP doesn’t want to believe answers given on an immigration forum, then perhaps a lawyer consult might be a better idea. 

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Just now, appleblossom said:

 

I thought you were an immi lawyer? But either way, if the OP doesn’t want to believe answers given on an immigration forum, then perhaps a lawyer consult might be a better idea. 

I'm not any kind of lawyer, but I've been dealing with these processes here on VJ and elsewhere for just over 20 years.

 

Further to the OP.  Key to this process, is the ability to read carefully, interpret literally, and to then answer and respond accurately.  Your confusion is from not interpreting literally.  There are no questions or answers involving where marriages or divorces may later have been "registered".  The questions and documentation are for where the things occurred.  While there are substitute documents that can be used in some isolated situations, none of them come from a country where the event being documented did not occur.

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7 hours ago, appleblossom said:

Nope. You’ve been given the answer by an immigration lawyer above. But if you don’t want to listen to the advice given then why bother posting on a forum? Arrange a paid consultation with an immigration lawyer instead. Good luck to you. 

Ah, well I have listened to the advice, but the other user made a good point about previous and subsequent so yeah, please explain. And I read the RFE post with multiple complaints about bad advice from lawyers so yeah..