Hello, me and my fiance are trying to get all of our paper work organized to finalize our marriage in Japan. She is living in Japan and I am living in the US. Today I received the marriage registration forms (婚姻届) from her. When I send these back I have to send all the other required documents for both my visa and for the marriage finalization.
Of those required documents I now have:
1. Proof of voyage to Japan (airline tickets)
2. Diploma
3. Passport
4. Proof of current bank account balance
5. Resume
6. Birth Certificate
**What I was particularly confused about** were the the two documents, one to prove that I am single/eligible to marry, and the other to prove that I am a citizen of the United States. The Affidavit of Eligibility to Marry can be obtained at an embassy, but she told me that I could also get proof that I am currently single from a county office (town hall or bureau of health and statistics?) I was wondering if anyone had any knowledge on the latter because the nearest embassy to me is about 3 hours away by car.
Concerning the proof of citizenship, what I have now should suffice right? The reason I am doubting this is because my fiance says that it needs to specifically say that I am a citizen of the US, and the document itself needs to have been produced within the last 6 months. Getting a new birth certificate isn’t the problem, but rather having it state word for word that I am a citizen was what I was concerned about (knowing how strict Japanese paper can be). When I did research about a “proof of citizenship” document, the only thing I had come across was something for someone who had been born in Japan but had an American parent.