Original or Copy of Birth Certificate?

[J&N* 68]

I was wondering if you should take your original or a copy of your original birth certificate to your K1 visa interview (US Embassy in Cairo, Egypt)

I'm an undergraduate student and the University has my original B- Certificate, I won't be getting it back until I graduate (I expect my interview 1-2 months before my graduation)

Could an extract I applied for from our E-government work?

[disconnection 4]

I was wondering if you should take your original or a copy of your original birth certificate to your K1 visa interview (US Embassy in Cairo, Egypt)

I'm an undergraduate student and the University has my original B- Certificate, I won't be getting it back until I graduate (I expect my interview 1-2 months before my graduation)

Could an extract I applied for from our E-government work?

youe should take everything in ORIGONAL.

good luck

Edited February 28, 2010 by disconnection

[~Johnny~ 27]

youe should take everything in ORIGONAL.

good luck

You should always have originals of everything copied for the interview. You should be able to get a certified copy of your birth certificate from your state's vital records. You may also try this site but they are not cheap.

http://vitalrec.com/

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

The original birth certificate was issued 20, 30, 40 years ago, when he or you were born. (Mine is over half a century old.) If you still have the original in your possession (mine is in a family booklet), I would be hesitant to send that out to the drones. I would therefore get a certified copy and send that.

[HeatDeath 430]

The Vancouver Canada consulate say that you need to bring an original (government issued, as opposed to personal photocopy) of your birth certificate, plus a photocopy if you want the original back. In other words, they need to see an original, and they need to keep a copy of it, but they don't care if they keep the copy or the original.

An "extract from official records" is what Vancouver is perfectly happy with, and seems to be what they usually mean by "original", so I would expect that to work fine. You might want to call or email the consulate to confirm.

Edited February 28, 2010 by HeatDeath

[~ameriptian~ 54]

You will need to present your original birth certificate (the extract that you just filed for) at the interview along with the translation of your birth certificate in English.

It is very important not to send any originals in the I-129F cause it might get lost for any reason, and you do not want to lose the base of your filing.

We sent two copies of all the important papers like our birth certificates, copies of our passports, ID/Driver License cards, etc.

Also, it's always better to get your birth certificate translated now and send a copy of it with the original packet. Usually, the time left between the NVC stage and packet 3 stage is too little to get everything done fast.

Good luck!

[J&N* 68]

Thank you everyone!

I applied for a new extract from the electronic government in Egypt and they sent it 1 day later. I will translate it and bring it on the interview and this should work right??

I'd at least get my original after graduation and I can use it when I apply for AOS. (I seriously don't wanna lose that piece of document)

P.S: Can I translate my own birth certificate and certify that it's accurate?

Edited March 1, 2010 by Junita