Parents Birth Certificates - VN Interview Process

[Caolong 0]

Hi,

My fiance lives in Vietnam. I heard from friend that during the interview process they require not only my our birth certificates but our parents. This is not listed as a requirement on the I-129F form. I have my birth certificate, but my parents don't have theirs. They lost it in Vietnam 30 years ago. What can I do? Please help. I am very worried.

[luckytxn 2,264]

Hi,

My fiance lives in Vietnam. I heard from friend that during the interview process they require not only my our birth certificates but our parents. This is not listed as a requirement on the I-129F form. I have my birth certificate, but my parents don't have theirs. They lost it in Vietnam 30 years ago. What can I do? Please help. I am very worried.

Personally I would not listen to friends or rumours but what exactly they ask for during the interview. On the paperwork that was sent for the 129F it did ask for family and their id card number which we are supplying. Maybe this is what the friend implied.

[Caolong 0]

Hi,

My fiance lives in Vietnam. I heard from friend that during the interview process they require not only my our birth certificates but our parents. This is not listed as a requirement on the I-129F form. I have my birth certificate, but my parents don't have theirs. They lost it in Vietnam 30 years ago. What can I do? Please help. I am very worried.

Personally I would not listen to friends or rumours but what exactly they ask for during the interview. On the paperwork that was sent for the 129F it did ask for family and their id card number which we are supplying. Maybe this is what the friend implied.

What ID code? Can you please be more specific?

Thanks,

[luckytxn 2,264]

Hi,

My fiance lives in Vietnam. I heard from friend that during the interview process they require not only my our birth certificates but our parents. This is not listed as a requirement on the I-129F form. I have my birth certificate, but my parents don't have theirs. They lost it in Vietnam 30 years ago. What can I do? Please help. I am very worried.

Personally I would not listen to friends or rumours but what exactly they ask for during the interview. On the paperwork that was sent for the 129F it did ask for family and their id card number which we are supplying. Maybe this is what the friend implied.

What ID code? Can you please be more specific?

Thanks,

I will try. When we were filling out the paperwork in VN. I lined up all her brothers and sisters from oldest to youngest (All 12 of them) and they each had a ID card with them and each card there was a unique number and I wrote that down. The number is like our social security number. The card that each had also had their picture. I do remember there was not enough room on the form to list all the siblings so I just wrote the others on a seperate sheet of paper and placed a notation in the box saying that we had more info and it was on a seperate sheet of paper .

[Huanyen 0]

I think that the reason for your friend was requested to submit the parents birth certificates is both of your friend and the wife have the same last name.

Edited August 21, 2008 by Huanyen

[luckytxn 2,264]

I think that the reason for your friend was requested to submit the parents birth certificates is both of your friend and the wife have the same last name.

That could be for sure. Imagine someone like me from Texas and sometimes I would be among many people over there and several would have the same first name and some the same first and last name. Well now imagine that the people at the embassy are going to be just like me and need more info to clarify things up in our head.

[PeterFB 0]

It is very common for the HCMC Consulate to ask for birth certificates of you and your fiancee's parents. Usually it's because the last name is the same.

If you are Vietnamese American and your fiancee is Vietnamese, I would get your and your fiancee's parents birth certificates. If you both have the same last names, then I would include them with your I-129f with a statement explaining that these are included to show that you're not related, etc. The reason for this is then the Consulate won't give you a blue slip asking for this evidence. They will already have this info.

If you are related then you need to show with birth certificates how you are related. That means you may need grand parents, uncles, aunts, etc depending on your case. Also include a statement explaining it that is notarized.

If you aren't related, I would have them just in case as the Consulate sometimes asks for things because they can. If that happens then it's easy to deal with as you already have them, ready to submit.

Here's what the HCMC Consulate says about getting birth certificates:

"Individuals born in Vietnam who need new copies of their Vietnamese birth certificates need to contact the office of the People's Committee of the district where they were born: the district where their mother was then resident according to her Ho Khau. The district People's Committee can issue certified copies of a birth certificate (Ban Sao) based on their records of the original birth certificate. Alternatively, the office may provide an Extract (Trich Luc) of the information in the birth record on file in their office.

If you are not able to obtain a birth certificate because records have been destroyed or the government will not issue one, you must obtain a statement to that effect from the civil registrar’s office and submit secondary evidence of birth. Secondary evidence of birth can be old family household registrations, school records, or baptismal certificates. "

This is from their website

Good Luck

Peter and Thi

I-129F Sent : 2007-05-26

I-129F NOA1 : 2007-06-11

I-129F RFE(s) :

RFE Reply(s) :

I-129F NOA2 : 2007-10-26

Touched: 2007-11-02

NVC Recieved: 2007-11-16

Consulate recieved ??????

Packet 3 sent 2007-12-11

Packet 3 received 2007-12-24

Packet 3 returned 2007-12-28

Packet 4 sent 2008-1-14

Email Reply with Interview Date 2008-1-23

Interview Date 2008-2-27

Passed Interview 2008-02-27

Visa Pick Up Date 2008-3-05

Received Visa 2008-2-29 (called to pick up earlier)

POE 2008-3-05 Los Angeles

Wedding 2008-4-26

[GOSSIPSAIGON 0]

Hi,

My fiance lives in Vietnam. I heard from friend that during the interview process they require not only my our birth certificates but our parents. This is not listed as a requirement on the I-129F form. I have my birth certificate, but my parents don't have theirs. They lost it in Vietnam 30 years ago. What can I do? Please help. I am very worried.

they wouldn't ask for it if you had removed the flag before the interview...