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Old 08-22-2016, 12:53 PM
 
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I am applying for renewal of my foreign passport where it is mandatory to submit my marriage certificate for endorsing spouse name on the passport. Now, ours was a traditional marriage where a priest issued marriage certificate and we do not have a court issued marriage certificate. I just found that the marriage certificate has to be a court issued certificate to be accepted for passport renewals. The service reps have suggested if I can get a US court magistrate notarized sworn affidavit based on our current priest-issued marriage certificate then I can submit it and that would work.
I have been calling the courts and talking to various departments but they keep telling me they don't provide the service. I am located in central NJ, Middlesex county.

What I think I need to provide is, a magistrate notarized sworn affidavit where my wife and I state (maybe, in the presence of 2 witnesses???) that we were married on xxx date at yyy place and a priest issued a marriage certificate... etc...
I can get the above from a public notary but I don't know how to get a magistrate to notarize a similar document. Can someone please suggest what can be done here and what would be the process to obtain it?

Thanks in anticipation.
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Old 08-22-2016, 01:13 PM
 
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You should definitely check with an immigration lawyer. Consultation phone calls a good place to start.
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Old 08-22-2016, 04:00 PM
 
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Your post is a bit unclear.
• In what country were you married?
• What country are you trying to obtain a passport from?
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Old 08-22-2016, 04:10 PM
 
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Why not go to the local courthouse or municipal building and get married legally here in NJ?
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Old 08-22-2016, 04:28 PM
 
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If you are talking about NJ, a court issued marriage certificate made out by the county clerk is the only recognized legal marriage certificate. If all you got was a paper from the church, I'm not sure that actually makes the marriage a matter of legal record...

At this point, I suggest taking whatever certificate you have and making an appointment with the county clerk of the place you were married (if that is in NJ).
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Old 08-23-2016, 11:16 AM
 
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Is your spouse here in the US? If not, you will still need a court issued marriage certificate from your original country so that your spouse maybe granted a VISA.
Or maybe the spouse (and you) was already in the US and you got married back in your country. In which case I would recommend to get married here in US, again. It is a simple and relatively cheap process, you can go to you town clerk to find the procedure in your town.
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Old 08-23-2016, 12:02 PM
 
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Assuming you were married in NJ, you can order a notarized copy from the state.

https://vitalrecords.egov.com/CDC.Vi...ctMunicipality

If you were not married in NJ, you will probability have to contact the state of marriage and find out their procedure.
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