How should a Philippines national with a foreign marriage certificate complete an H-1B visa application? [closed]
Requirements say to (1) submit a marriage certificate if applicable; and (2) a proof of termination of a previous prior marriage if applicable.
Both of these apply to my situation. My girlfriend married in the Philippines. Since there is no divorce there (only annulment) we went to the United States as tourists for her to get a divorce and get married ourselves.
Now coming back to the Philippines, in filling up my application for an H-1B visa, I'm marking our applications as married.
(1) Would it cause a raise of an eyebrow if I provide a U.S. divorce decree for my girlfriend's application and our U.S. marriage certificates even though we are Philippine nationals?
(2) Will it matter that she is still married in the eyes of Philippine law?
(3) We went to the U.S. as tourists and got married there. Do you think this will cause an issue in the H-1B application since in ourselves we are not committing fraud, we love each other, have been together for six years and have a son together?
She didn't have any relationship with the previous husband since day one and he hasn't supported her or their daughter ever since.
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closed as off-topic by pnuts, Ali Awan, Michael Hampton, Giorgio, mts Jan 7 '17 at 8:18
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Requirements say to (1) submit a marriage certificate if applicable; and (2) a proof of termination of a previous prior marriage if applicable.
Both of these apply to my situation. My girlfriend married in the Philippines. Since there is no divorce there (only annulment) we went to the United States as tourists for her to get a divorce and get married ourselves.
Now coming back to the Philippines, in filling up my application for an H-1B visa, I'm marking our applications as married.
(1) Would it cause a raise of an eyebrow if I provide a U.S. divorce decree for my girlfriend's application and our U.S. marriage certificates even though we are Philippine nationals?
(2) Will it matter that she is still married in the eyes of Philippine law?
(3) We went to the U.S. as tourists and got married there. Do you think this will cause an issue in the H-1B application since in ourselves we are not committing fraud, we love each other, have been together for six years and have a son together?
She didn't have any relationship with the previous husband since day one and he hasn't supported her or their daughter ever since.
usa paperwork filipino-citizens h1b-visas weddings
edited Jan 7 '17 at 3:41
pnuts
26.8k367164
asked Jan 7 '17 at 3:23
hopefulhopeful
91
closed as off-topic by pnuts, Ali Awan, Michael Hampton, Giorgio, mts Jan 7 '17 at 8:18
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions about immigration or moving for extended periods of time (studies or employment, among others) are off-topic. Our sister site, Expatriates Stack Exchange might be a better place to ask. See also the meta post Is it OK to ask questions about immigration?." – pnuts, Ali Awan, Michael Hampton, Giorgio, mts
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Thanks, I'll try to move it there when I can. I can only post once every 40 minutes and cannot delete this one.
– hopeful
Jan 7 '17 at 3:37
The application is for USA so a divorce and marriage there should be acceptable.
– pnuts
Jan 7 '17 at 3:43
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@pnuts since the H1B interview will take place in the Philippines, might that not be an issue that could be raised, not for OP but in trying to obtain H4 visa for 'spouse?'
– Giorgio
Jan 7 '17 at 18:21
@Dorothy Good point but (with zilch knowledge!) I'd expect the interviewers there to be trained to do what suits USA, even "bigamists allowed IF ....".
– pnuts
Jan 7 '17 at 18:40
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Requirements say to (1) submit a marriage certificate if applicable; and (2) a proof of termination of a previous prior marriage if applicable.
Both of these apply to my situation. My girlfriend married in the Philippines. Since there is no divorce there (only annulment) we went to the United States as tourists for her to get a divorce and get married ourselves.
Now coming back to the Philippines, in filling up my application for an H-1B visa, I'm marking our applications as married.
(1) Would it cause a raise of an eyebrow if I provide a U.S. divorce decree for my girlfriend's application and our U.S. marriage certificates even though we are Philippine nationals?
(2) Will it matter that she is still married in the eyes of Philippine law?
(3) We went to the U.S. as tourists and got married there. Do you think this will cause an issue in the H-1B application since in ourselves we are not committing fraud, we love each other, have been together for six years and have a son together?
She didn't have any relationship with the previous husband since day one and he hasn't supported her or their daughter ever since.
usa paperwork filipino-citizens h1b-visas weddings
edited Jan 7 '17 at 3:41
pnuts
26.8k367164
asked Jan 7 '17 at 3:23
hopefulhopeful
91
Requirements say to (1) submit a marriage certificate if applicable; and (2) a proof of termination of a previous prior marriage if applicable.
Both of these apply to my situation. My girlfriend married in the Philippines. Since there is no divorce there (only annulment) we went to the United States as tourists for her to get a divorce and get married ourselves.
Now coming back to the Philippines, in filling up my application for an H-1B visa, I'm marking our applications as married.
(1) Would it cause a raise of an eyebrow if I provide a U.S. divorce decree for my girlfriend's application and our U.S. marriage certificates even though we are Philippine nationals?
(2) Will it matter that she is still married in the eyes of Philippine law?
(3) We went to the U.S. as tourists and got married there. Do you think this will cause an issue in the H-1B application since in ourselves we are not committing fraud, we love each other, have been together for six years and have a son together?
She didn't have any relationship with the previous husband since day one and he hasn't supported her or their daughter ever since.
usa paperwork filipino-citizens h1b-visas weddings
usa paperwork filipino-citizens h1b-visas weddings
edited Jan 7 '17 at 3:41
pnuts
26.8k367164
asked Jan 7 '17 at 3:23
hopefulhopeful
91
edited Jan 7 '17 at 3:41
pnuts
26.8k367164
asked Jan 7 '17 at 3:23
hopefulhopeful
91
edited Jan 7 '17 at 3:41
pnuts
26.8k367164
edited Jan 7 '17 at 3:41
pnuts
26.8k367164
edited Jan 7 '17 at 3:41
pnuts
26.8k367164
26.8k367164
asked Jan 7 '17 at 3:23
hopefulhopeful
91
asked Jan 7 '17 at 3:23
hopefulhopeful
91
asked Jan 7 '17 at 3:23
hopefulhopeful
91
91
closed as off-topic by pnuts, Ali Awan, Michael Hampton, Giorgio, mts Jan 7 '17 at 8:18
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions about immigration or moving for extended periods of time (studies or employment, among others) are off-topic. Our sister site, Expatriates Stack Exchange might be a better place to ask. See also the meta post Is it OK to ask questions about immigration?." – pnuts, Ali Awan, Michael Hampton, Giorgio, mts
closed as off-topic by pnuts, Ali Awan, Michael Hampton, Giorgio, mts Jan 7 '17 at 8:18
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions about immigration or moving for extended periods of time (studies or employment, among others) are off-topic. Our sister site, Expatriates Stack Exchange might be a better place to ask. See also the meta post Is it OK to ask questions about immigration?." – pnuts, Ali Awan, Michael Hampton, Giorgio, mts
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Thanks, I'll try to move it there when I can. I can only post once every 40 minutes and cannot delete this one.
– hopeful
Jan 7 '17 at 3:37
The application is for USA so a divorce and marriage there should be acceptable.
– pnuts
Jan 7 '17 at 3:43
1
@pnuts since the H1B interview will take place in the Philippines, might that not be an issue that could be raised, not for OP but in trying to obtain H4 visa for 'spouse?'
– Giorgio
Jan 7 '17 at 18:21
@Dorothy Good point but (with zilch knowledge!) I'd expect the interviewers there to be trained to do what suits USA, even "bigamists allowed IF ....".
– pnuts
Jan 7 '17 at 18:40
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Thanks, I'll try to move it there when I can. I can only post once every 40 minutes and cannot delete this one.
– hopeful
Jan 7 '17 at 3:37
The application is for USA so a divorce and marriage there should be acceptable.
– pnuts
Jan 7 '17 at 3:43
1
@pnuts since the H1B interview will take place in the Philippines, might that not be an issue that could be raised, not for OP but in trying to obtain H4 visa for 'spouse?'
– Giorgio
Jan 7 '17 at 18:21
@Dorothy Good point but (with zilch knowledge!) I'd expect the interviewers there to be trained to do what suits USA, even "bigamists allowed IF ....".
– pnuts
Jan 7 '17 at 18:40
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Thanks, I'll try to move it there when I can. I can only post once every 40 minutes and cannot delete this one.
– hopeful
Jan 7 '17 at 3:37
Thanks, I'll try to move it there when I can. I can only post once every 40 minutes and cannot delete this one.
– hopeful
Jan 7 '17 at 3:37
The application is for USA so a divorce and marriage there should be acceptable.
– pnuts
Jan 7 '17 at 3:43
The application is for USA so a divorce and marriage there should be acceptable.
– pnuts
Jan 7 '17 at 3:43
1
1
@pnuts since the H1B interview will take place in the Philippines, might that not be an issue that could be raised, not for OP but in trying to obtain H4 visa for 'spouse?'
– Giorgio
Jan 7 '17 at 18:21
@pnuts since the H1B interview will take place in the Philippines, might that not be an issue that could be raised, not for OP but in trying to obtain H4 visa for 'spouse?'
– Giorgio
Jan 7 '17 at 18:21
@Dorothy Good point but (with zilch knowledge!) I'd expect the interviewers there to be trained to do what suits USA, even "bigamists allowed IF ....".
– pnuts
Jan 7 '17 at 18:40
@Dorothy Good point but (with zilch knowledge!) I'd expect the interviewers there to be trained to do what suits USA, even "bigamists allowed IF ....".
– pnuts
Jan 7 '17 at 18:40
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Thanks, I'll try to move it there when I can. I can only post once every 40 minutes and cannot delete this one.
– hopeful
Jan 7 '17 at 3:37
The application is for USA so a divorce and marriage there should be acceptable.
– pnuts
Jan 7 '17 at 3:43
1
@pnuts since the H1B interview will take place in the Philippines, might that not be an issue that could be raised, not for OP but in trying to obtain H4 visa for 'spouse?'
– Giorgio
Jan 7 '17 at 18:21
@Dorothy Good point but (with zilch knowledge!) I'd expect the interviewers there to be trained to do what suits USA, even "bigamists allowed IF ....".
– pnuts
Jan 7 '17 at 18:40