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Hey Guys, Please help me:

I am about to send out my petition and I found out on my short form US birth certificate obtain from the county I live in has my last spelt wrong by the last 2 alphabet but my US passport has the correct spelling of my last name..

In the same birth certificate they misspelt my mother maiden name.

What should I do? Should I still go ahead and I file the petition using my US Passport only and on G-325A should I using the mother's maiden name in the birth certificate currently or type in the correct name and correct these mistakes before interview??

Please Advance people....

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Ryan H Grand Master

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Copy ALL pages of your passport and submit that, forget the birth certificate. Copying all pages of your passport establishes your US Citizenship.

Write your mother's name correctly on your G-325A.

Since I have already suggested you submit a copy all your passport pages, the typos on your birth certificate will not be an issue because if you follow my suggestion, you will not be submitting your birth certificate.

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Our journey:

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September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

 

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they won't accept the short birthcertificate,you need the long birthcertificate.it has more information on it.if you send the short one you mite get a rfe.

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Copy ALL pages of your passport and submit that, forget the birth certificate. Copying all pages of your passport establishes your US Citizenship.

Write your mother's name correctly on your G-325A.

Since I have already suggested you submit a copy all your passport pages, the typos on your birth certificate will not be an issue because if you follow my suggestion, you will not be submitting your birth certificate.

Thank you Ryan... I will forget my birth certificate then.

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Hey Guys, Please help me:

I am about to send out my petition and I found out on my short form US birth certificate obtain from the county I live in has my last spelt wrong by the last 2 alphabet but my US passport has the correct spelling of my last name..

In the same birth certificate they misspelt my mother maiden name.

What should I do? Should I still go ahead and I file the petition using my US Passport only and on G-325A should I using the mother's maiden name in the birth certificate currently or type in the correct name and correct these mistakes before interview??

Please Advance people....

We had a similar problem with misspelling on my fiances daughters BC. We did not have time before the interview to correct spelling of mothers middle name (takes 3 months!) but we went to the NSO where it was issued and recieve a certified correction document and submitted that with the misspelled BC.It seems to be OK. You MUST submit a birth certificate or get an automatic RFE. send the one you have and use correct spelling on all the rest of the documents. then start immediately steps to correct the spelling in case you get an RFE. Our petition was approved with the wrong spelling..so maybe they didnt notice. good luck!

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they won't accept the short birthcertificate,you need the long birthcertificate.it has more information on it.if you send the short one you mite get a rfe.

I guess shouldn't send my birth certificate at all then.

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You MUST submit a birth certificate or get an automatic RFE.

Incorrect, OP is a US Citizen filing a petition for a K1. The purpose of US Citizen submitting a birth certificate with the petition is to establish US Citizenship. Submitting copies of all pages of a US passport (including the front and back covers) also establishes US Citizenship. If copies of all pages of a US passport are submitted, then US Citizenship is established and an RFE for a birth certificate would not be issued.

Our journey:

Spoiler

September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

 

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Hey Guys, Please help me:

I am about to send out my petition and I found out on my short form US birth certificate obtain from the county I live in has my last spelt wrong by the last 2 alphabet but my US passport has the correct spelling of my last name..

In the same birth certificate they misspelt my mother maiden name.

What should I do? Should I still go ahead and I file the petition using my US Passport only and on G-325A should I using the mother's maiden name in the birth certificate currently or type in the correct name and correct these mistakes before interview??

Please Advance people....

Incorrect, OP is a US Citizen filing a petition for a K1. The purpose of US Citizen submitting a birth certificate with the petition is to establish US Citizenship. Submitting copies of all pages of a US passport (including the front and back covers) also establishes US Citizenship. If copies of all pages of a US passport are submitted, then US Citizenship is established and an RFE for a birth certificate would not be issued.

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Incorrect, OP is a US Citizen filing a petition for a K1. The purpose of US Citizen submitting a birth certificate with the petition is to establish US Citizenship. Submitting copies of all pages of a US passport (including the front and back covers) also establishes US Citizenship. If copies of all pages of a US passport are submitted, then US Citizenship is established and an RFE for a birth certificate would not be issued.

Your right! I misunderstood his status !

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Incorrect, OP is a US Citizen filing a petition for a K1. The purpose of US Citizen submitting a birth certificate with the petition is to establish US Citizenship. Submitting copies of all pages of a US passport (including the front and back covers) also establishes US Citizenship. If copies of all pages of a US passport are submitted, then US Citizenship is established and an RFE for a birth certificate would not be issued.

On form I129F question 10 asked for birth certificate number, and place it was issued. What should I since I am not sending my birth certificate?? Leave it blank?? is that a red flag?

please advice..

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On form I129F question 10 asked for birth certificate number, and place it was issued. What should I since I am not sending my birth certificate?? Leave it blank?? is that a red flag?

Do not leave it blank, even though you are not sending the birth certificate, you still need to enter the information that is being asked for on the form.

Our journey:

Spoiler

September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

 

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Its not required u submit ur BC as a petitioner.

U can work towards rectifying these errors for future record

Service Center : Vermont Service Center
Consulate : Nigeria
I-129F Sent : 2011-06-08
I-129F NOA1 : 2011-06-17
I-129F RFE(s) : No RFE
RFE Reply(s) : No RFE
I-129F NOA2 : 2011-09-27
Interview: 2nd Week of January

Immigrant Visa rescheduled for second week of February 2012

Visa Refused on Immigration Purpose February 2013

We Got Married and Filed Spouse Visa

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POE was Easy in June 2013

USA Citizen July 2016

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SSN Arrives on 07/01/2013

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On form I129F question 10 asked for birth certificate number, and place it was issued. What should I since I am not sending my birth certificate?? Leave it blank?? is that a red flag?

please advice..

http://www.visajourney.com/examples/Form-I-129F.pdf Question #10 : for the naturalization certificate number, not a birth certificate number. Read it again. Get the mistakes of your birth certificate corrected.

Not sure what you mean by your birth certificate "obtained in the country you live in."

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I-129F Sent : 3-31-2014, NOA2: 4-6-2014

NVC Received : some dinkelsberry yehoo in the house of clingons send our petition to the wrong consulate.

Consulate Received : July 30,2014 Transfer to right embassy complete.

Interview Date : Oct 22, 2014

Interview Result : AP , requesting another PC (not expired) and certified divorce decree (was submitted)Stokes interview via phone for petitioner 4 hrs after interview.

Oct 23 email notification visa approved.
Visa Received : Nov. 3 , 2014 VISA IN HAND.

US Entry : Nov. 21, 2014

Marriage : Dec 27, 2014

AOS send : May 12, 2015, received May 14, 2015 USPS priority

Email &text : May 18, 2015, check cashed May 19,2015, return receipt May 21, 2015 stamped USCIS Lockbox, NOA1 (3x) May 22,2015

Biometrics : June 1, 2015 letter received for appointment June 8, 2015, successful walk-in June 1, 2015

RFE : June 12, 2015 for income not meeting guideline. Income does ( ! ) exceed guideline.

RFE response : June 26, 2015 returned with a boat load full of financial evidence.

UPDATE: July 5, 2015 updated on all 3 cases, RFE received June 30, 2015.

Service request : Aug 12, 2015, letter received that it will be processed within 90 days from receipt of RFE.

UPDATE: Aug 24, 2015, EAD card being produced/ordered. ( 102 days from AOS receipt day and 55 days from RFE response received.) Thank you Jesus !

Emails : Aug 24, 2015, EAD approved, EAD card ordered.

I-797 EAD/AP approval notice received : Aug 27, 2015

EAD/AP combo card mailed : Aug 27, 2015, EAD/AP combo card received: Aug 31, 2015

Renewal application send for EAD/AP : May 31,2016 (AOS pending over 1 year). Received June 2, 2016,Notice date June7, 2016, emails,texts, NOA1 hard copy

Service request for pending AOS April 21, 2016, case not assigned yet.
Service request for pending AOS June 14, 2016, tier 2 said performing background checks.
Expedite request for EAD/AP Aug 3, 2016, Aug10 notification >request was received, assigned, completed. RFE letter requesting evidence for expedite, docs faxed Aug18

*Service request for I-485 Aug 3, 2016, Aug11 notification> request was assigned. Service request Dec 2, 2016.
AOS Interview letter received Aug 12, 2016

AOS Interview September 21, 2016.

Second Biometrics appointment letters received for EAD and AOS on Aug 15, 2016 for Aug 17 ( 2 day notice).

Second Biometrics completed Aug 17, 2016

Third Biometrics appointment letter received Aug 19, 2016 for Sept. 1, 2016. WTH ?!

EAD/AP (renewal) approval Aug 22, 2016, NOA2 received Aug 25, 2016

Renewal EAD in production notification text and online, expedite successful 4 days after RFE request response was faxed, Aug25mailed,Aug29received.

Sept. 21 Interview, 2 hour interview, we were separated and asked about 50 questions each for an hour each. IO was firm but professional, some smiles.
Several service requests made, contacted Senator and Ombudsman. Background checks still pending.
July 21, 2017 HOME VISIT.  Went well. Topic thread in AOS forum.
Waiting to skip ROC and get 10 yr GC due to over 2 year while pending AOS
AOS APPROVED Oct. 4, 2017 * Green card in hand Oct 13, 2017 !!!!!

First K1 denied after 16 month of AP. Refiled. We are a couple since 2009. Not a sprint but a matter of endurance.

 

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