i-601: General Moral Support, i-601 app

[Traviesa 0]

I was born in DC!!!! No state......... (this is funny too-the form i was filling out asks for county, hehe DC has no counties!!!)

[noviademexicano 0]

WASHINGTON, DC ( D)

Hon. Patricia Elwood

Acting Secretary of the District -A

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. , Suite 1130

Washington, DC 20004

(202) 727-6306

Fax (202) 727-3582

Patricia.Elwood@dc.gov

[Traviesa 0]

WASHINGTON, DC ( D)

Hon. Patricia Elwood

Acting Secretary of the District -A

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. , Suite 1130

Washington, DC 20004

(202) 727-6306

Fax (202) 727-3582

Patricia.Elwood@dc.gov

I am so lucky you all are smarter than me...all these terms and things and I get confused!!!!!!!!

[Bootylicious!! 2]

So is anyone doing anything for cinco de mayo?

[Traviesa 0]

Bonnie, I'm going to have to give you a buzz later on...it's like I just told Charity, I don't know if I'm slow or if it's really that complicated!

[noviademexicano 0]

I called to get you a correct address but did not get anyone the lady who answered on the phone above transferred me. All I found out by the recording was the cost is $10.00 payable to DC Treasury, you can leave a message for them to return your call. Hope, this helps.

[Traviesa 0]

Bonnie, do you think if my birth certificate comes with a seal on it (it will) that I still need an additional thing??? THANKS for calling them!

[noviademexicano 0]

MissLiss- sorry to say but you will still need the apostille. The bc alone means nothing to them.

[Traviesa 0]

This whole thing makes no sense to me...the birth certificate with seal got me my passport plus into and out of Mexico once. Now all of a sudden it means nothing?? I mean it has a seal on it-what do they think I faked it??????????????????????????????????????? ARGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

And thanks again Bonnie for coming to my aide...I still might need to call you!!!

[noviademexicano 0]

I found the following to explain better at:

http://www.missnotary.com/apostille.html

What is an Apostille?

In 1961, the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of

Legalization for Foreign Documents resulted in many nations

adopting a simplified method of legalizing documents for

universal recognition. These nations are referred to as

member nations of the Hague Legalization Convention.

An Apostille is a seal which, when affixed to a document,

certifies it has undergone specific procedures established by

the Hague Legalization Convention to prove the document¹s

legality and authenticity for use in a foreign country.

An Apostille is internationally recognized by all member

nations and documents sent between Hague Convention

countries may be submitted to the member nation without

further action.

Documents sent to non-member nations require a

Certification of the officials signature rather than an Apostille.

This is performed at the state level. The document may then

need to be transmitted to the U.S. Department of State in

Washington D.C., and then on to the specific embassy. This

process is referred to as Legalization of the documents.

Requirements for preparing international documents

Overall, the Apostille is a certification issued by the State

Government, a page attached on top of your original

document, to verify that your document (such as a Birth

Certificate for example), and the signature of the

County Official who signed the certificate, are legitimate, and

therefore it can be accepted internationally by governments

of foreign countries.

Who issues an Apostille?

The Apostille certification is from the office of the Secretary

of State, after reviewing the document's signature. It is an

official state government certificate.

Is an Apostille different for different countries or

different documents?

All Apostille certificates will look the same for all the

countries you send the Apostille to. There is no difference

between an Apostille which will be used for Mexico and an

Apostille for Russia. Similarly, there is no difference between

an Apostille for a Birth Certificate and an Apostille for a

Marriage Certificate, or a Power of Attorney or a Court

Divorce Decree. The Apostille will look the same. However,

a few countries have a different requirement other than an

Apostille, and your document would receive a Legalization

Certificate instead.

What are the steps involved?

For Hague Convention Nations:

The document must be acknowledged before a notary public

The notary¹s signature and seal must be authenticated by the

clerk of the county

in which the notary is commissioned.

The apostille is affixed to the document by the Secretary of

State of the state in which the document is executed.

Non-Hague Nations.

The document must be acknowledged before a notary public.

The notary¹s signature and seal must be

authenticated by the clerk of the county in which the notary is

commissioned. The certification is affixed to the document by

the Secretary of State of the state

in which the document is executed. The U.S. Department of

State may need to authenticate the document. The document

must be legalized by the appropriate embassy.

Edited May 5, 2006 by yzuniga

[Traviesa 0]

Aaaaahhhhhhh....so has someone actually done this???

[noviademexicano 0]

You can also check out this website, it has an example of an apostille,

http://www.dcmobilenotaryservice.com/apostille.html

For cinco de Mayo I will probably stay home but tomorrow I'm going to the fiesta with the kids and tommorow night I'm watching the paid per view fight featuring Goldenboy Oscar de la Joya

I sent my bc in with a check for $10 to Texas Secretary of State and about 2 weeks later I got the Apostille. I printed and filled out the form requesting it and that was it. They sent the bc with Apostille attached and a reciept for the payment. I was surprised it was so easy especially since a lawyer was charging me $50.00 to get it for me and she said it would take about a month.

[elvia 0]

Hi Girls. I have killed 2 computers at work and then was out of town.

Elvia: I see you down there. How you been girl? We've missed you around here.

I just snuck in a quick peek at what was going on with all of you. sorry I missed you Charity. I think for your Cinco question you asked it a little late. I did the partying on the 3rd and had a huge headache the next day. So today I caught up on some sleep and did really nothing. I hope all of you guys have a wonderful weekend.

Stephanie.... en donde te has metido que ya no me escribes

Edited May 6, 2006 by elvia

[mnmex 0]

AQUI ESTOY!! AQUI ESTOY!!! Since Monday I decided I might want to go to nursing school so I've been running around like a chicken without a head trying to figure out which school I could go to, what it'll cost, how long it'll take, blah, blah, blah. Plus the receptionist at my work quit her job so we've all had to take on her duties...which include answering the phones. ICK! I hate that.

Well cinco de mayo is here and I haven't had a helote yet...something is seriously wrong. My mouth is watering thinking about it. hmmmm, where can I go at 10:15pm to get one....maybe tomorrow.

Oh, and tomorrow night, I'll be glued in front of the tube just like Bonnie rooting on our golden boy Oscar de la Hoya. DOWN WITH MAYORGA!! Yes, I like boxing.

I hope you all have a great weekend and talk to you soon!!

[ashleydpinzon 0]

Whoa Melissa you sure have a lot of work to do. I hope all goes well for you. I still havent went back to work yet cause i have been having physical therapy three times a week but next week is my last week. I guess Ill have to go back to work soon. Financial advisor elvia is there any way to get paid for being lazy????