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    Is apostille needed on a foreign divorce decree for adjustment of status application?

    in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas

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    I just got engaged to a full-time foreign student on an F-1 visa in New York. After marrying her, we would like to file for adjustment of status to permanent resident based on marriage to a US citizen. She was previously married in Ukraine and was divorced in Ukraine. She has a Certificate of Divorce in Ukrainian. It doesn't have an apostille on it. We used this service https://www.globelanguage.com/index.php to translate it from Ukrainian to English - the translation was notarized. I will be filing the following forms:


    I-485 Application to Register Permanent Residence or to Adjust Status

    I-130 Petition for Alien Relative

    G-325A Biographic Data Sheet (one for each of us)

    I-864 Affidavit of Support

    I-693 Medical Examination Sheet

    I-765 Employment Authorization

    I-131 Application for Travel Document


    Now, it looks like that I-485 requires us to send in her "certified divorce decree" as proof that she is divorced. What exactly does "certified" mean when we are talking about a divorce that wasn't done in the US? is it enough to send a copy and a certified translation of the Ukrainian divorce decree? Will they require the decree to have an apostille or would it be enough to go to the Ukrainian consulate in NYC and have them stamp it with their stamp? Doesn't look like an apostille on a Ukrainian document can be obtained outside of Ukraine.

    Thanks a lot.

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