i dont think they want it like that i think they just want the marriage certificate from the same location you guys got married at with a seal on it from the place that is authorized to register marriages

from the place you got married and not from the place where you got the license.

i dont know why they are giving you such a hard time its just different counties same state smh

@itchy in Michigan they issue a licence in the county where one of us resides - that was Ottawa and they said we can get married anywhere in Michigan, we got married in Grand Rapids at Founders - Kent county. We cannot get Kent county marriage certificate.

can i ask you this so did you have a court house wedding? and then a big wedding

I think he’s giving himself hard time bcuz, the rfe asked for marriage certificate and not marriage license.

@oldrich just submit what you have im telling you the longer you drag this out is the longer they are going to take to work on your case

@ itchy no we had up to 40 ppl wedding at Founders, no court, no church

where is your marriage certificate? @oldrich

@ victory - Ottawa county issued our marriage certificate but we got married in Kent county

did you submit that already? just submit it again with the rfe letter thats it

@victory i understand that lol but im trying to help the best i can

@ itchy - I don’t have the physical RFIE

I got you, but it’s easy. The marriage license you have is valid and legitimate and that’s all you have so go ahead and submit it as many times the request for it. I know that they’re suspicious about your marriage bcuz of the two venues attached, but just submit what you have with no delays.

@Itchy ass, I got you your point.

I had the same issue. they only wanted a copy of the certified copy not the actual certified copy. because they simply destroy all the originals.

@Mahdi really ? did you have a lawyer? can you share with me your timeline and your response to the RIFE? Oldrich.duty@gmail.com

I actually didn't get a lawyer, I responded online and my response my was received since September 21th 2021. I contacted the USCIS live agent and he confirmed that my response was received and they put me in line for interview scheduling. so I put that worry away. I suggest to not worry about that just like instructed on the RFIE. in my case I uploaded it online. good luck

@ Mahdi thank you for your support. would you be willing to share you response to your RIFE to my email anyway? what is your case status now? so if I understand well you took a certified copy, scanned it and send it to them, right?

my response was simply scanning the certified copy and uploading along with RIEF paper they sent. keep in mind that you will to attach it too. as of today (sine my field office is super slow) my case still says response to RIFE was received and USCIS begun working on the case. it's been four months now, but that simply because my field office is super slow, they are still processing people with 2019 and early 2020.

@ Mahdi, my motice said that I need to send it by mail. I talked to the lawyer and she recommended also getting a new certified copy from my county which should already have a state file Nr on it and send them both copies county and state one.

that is good that you talked to a lawyer but dont forget to attached the rfe with the evidence @oldrich it was a little complicated to help but at least you got it solved

@Mahdi did not your scan say VOID watermark? Mine is saying it