Acknowledgment Letter Of Marriage For Immigration?

[Lila]

Hello and thank you in advance for taking time to respond. Immigration requests I include a "Letter of Acknowledgment" of our marriage and no objections from the U.S. Embassy. I am U.S. citizen married in the U.S.A. to my Indonesian wife and have come to Jakarta, Indonesia on Social Visa. I am gathering required documents for ITAS. Question(s) - Does the U.S. Embassy draw up this letter? If not, has anyone had to do this yet? Can you provide an example letter? Thanks...Mike V.

 

[dafluff]

Hello and thank you in advance for taking time to respond. Immigration requests I include a "Letter of Acknowledgment" of our marriage and no objections from the U.S. Embassy. I am U.S. citizen married in the U.S.A. to my Indonesian wife and have come to Jakarta, Indonesia on Social Visa. I am gathering required documents for ITAS. Question(s) - Does the U.S. Embassy draw up this letter? If not, has anyone had to do this yet? Can you provide an example letter? Thanks...Mike V.

I think the letter of no objection/acknowledgment applies if you were married in Indonesia. They just want to know that your marriage is recognized in your home country (USA). Since you were married in the US, I don't think you need this letter.

What you do need is a letter showing that you reported the marriage to the Indonesian embassy/consulate in the US (Surat Keterangan Lapor Nikah).

This letter then needs to be taken to the local Catatan Sipil (civil registry), and you will get a letter stating that the marriage is registered in Indonesia (Tanda Bukti Laporan Perkawinan).

 

[Lila]

Thanks for responding. We have registered our marriage as stated. We even showed him the documents of registered marriage, etc. I showed him our original Texas marriage license as well. I explained this to Immigration but the gentleman I spoke with seemed to think it is necessary to have something from U.S. embassy. I didn't want to argue the point so i just smiled, said o.k. and went about my way