Certified Copy

[trinket 30]

Ok, I finally figured out about the certified copy, say you have to get the certified copy of your birth certificate, in my case I got my birth certificate from Department of Health Services, Port Blair.

So get a photocopy of that and at the bottom write -->> Certified to the true copy, along with the Designation of the officer (in my case it was the superintendent), his seal and sign.

[Mohgli 0]

silent,

in my openion its not practical in India ... even if you go lie to the "officials" and say i need a duplicate one because the original is lost ... the time it take to obtain that is toooooooooooooo looooooooooonggggggg so .... send the originals and have VFS or the U.S Consulate in India stamp these are "certified Copies" ...... either way you looking at a 3 day trip + $30 for a doc .... or wait for ever

you can send an email to the embassy to verify the notary procedures before embarking on the trip. the other thing is they might ask for proof to the US citizen so might need to carry a copy of your passport or naturalization certificate to substantiate the married individual in marriage certificate and passport copy/naturalization cert. i would definitely recommend reaching out to the consulate for the procedures and limitations.

[ROZA 0]

silent,

in my openion its not practical in India ... even if you go lie to the "officials" and say i need a duplicate one because the original is lost ... the time it take to obtain that is toooooooooooooo looooooooooonggggggg so .... send the originals and have VFS or the U.S Consulate in India stamp these are "certified Copies" ...... either way you looking at a 3 day trip + $30 for a doc .... or wait for ever

So anish what are you upto.........notarising from USEM or sending original?

[AandLKC 1]

sent them originals ..... scanning all documents for backup purposes and ... send them original

[Dunhill 0]

Sending orginals is better; i tried my luck with notorised documents but got RFE

[sara..... 371]

when u make copies cant u get them attested that they are a true copy of the original? i know thats what they call it in pakistan instead of notary? or have i missed the point all together lol

[ROZA 0]

That means original is decided

[june007 0]

I have seen on multiple posts that all documents sent to NVC must be certified by the issuing authority … now I am from kerala and the birth certificate is issued by the marriage registrar and birth certificate is issued form the panchayath … now as far as I know the officers don’t have to authority to certify anything… what does “certified copy” means ? In India Notaries has more power because they are all lawers …. So do I just need to get it notarized??

Hi,

I have gone through this process and my interview was on May 13th and i got the CR1 visa from chennai embassy.

You should send the original or cerified copies to NVC not notorised copies. All the document except PCC's will be returned to you at the time of interview.

Now regarding the certified copies : I too had the register marriaged as per special marriage act. one original marriage certificate was given to us at the time of marriage. now you can pay Rs500/- and request for another copy of the marriage ceritificate from the same office ( registrar office) this will be the excat replica of the original one and will be in the same stamp paper. I got it. this one is called the certified copy , since it is issued on a later date from the date on the original marriage certificate. Please note that this is not the attested photocopy of the original one. you just give a request and you will get it.

Then the birth certificate, original one we already have, now just give a request to the panchayath to give you one more copy of the birth certificate, this they will give in the exact replica of the original one, only the issuing date will be different. this is the certified copy, and not the attessted photocopy of the original BC.

Additional excat replica copies of the MC and BC issued on a later date from the original ones are the certified copies , it will contain the signature and seal of the issuing authority and not the sign and seal of the notary.

notorised copies are not accepted at NVC.

[ROZA 0]

I have seen on multiple posts that all documents sent to NVC must be certified by the issuing authority … now I am from kerala and the birth certificate is issued by the marriage registrar and birth certificate is issued form the panchayath … now as far as I know the officers don’t have to authority to certify anything… what does “certified copy” means ? In India Notaries has more power because they are all lawers …. So do I just need to get it notarized??

Hi,

I have gone through this process and my interview was on May 13th and i got the CR1 visa from chennai embassy.

You should send the original or cerified copies to NVC not notorised copies. All the document except PCC's will be returned to you at the time of interview.

Now regarding the certified copies : I too had the register marriaged as per special marriage act. one original marriage certificate was given to us at the time of marriage. now you can pay Rs500/- and request for another copy of the marriage ceritificate from the same office ( registrar office) this will be the excat replica of the original one and will be in the same stamp paper. I got it. this one is called the certified copy , since it is issued on a later date from the date on the original marriage certificate. Please note that this is not the attested photocopy of the original one. you just give a request and you will get it.

Then the birth certificate, original one we already have, now just give a request to the panchayath to give you one more copy of the birth certificate, this they will give in the exact replica of the original one, only the issuing date will be different. this is the certified copy, and not the attessted photocopy of the original BC.

Additional excat replica copies of the MC and BC issued on a later date from the original ones are the certified copies , it will contain the signature and seal of the issuing authority and not the sign and seal of the notary.

notorised copies are not accepted at NVC.

i think this is depends on city to city.

[june007 0]

I have seen on multiple posts that all documents sent to NVC must be certified by the issuing authority … now I am from kerala and the birth certificate is issued by the marriage registrar and birth certificate is issued form the panchayath … now as far as I know the officers don’t have to authority to certify anything… what does “certified copy” means ? In India Notaries has more power because they are all lawers …. So do I just need to get it notarized??

Hi,

I have gone through this process and my interview was on May 13th and i got the CR1 visa from chennai embassy.

You should send the original or cerified copies to NVC not notorised copies. All the document except PCC's will be returned to you at the time of interview.

Now regarding the certified copies : I too had the register marriaged as per special marriage act. one original marriage certificate was given to us at the time of marriage. now you can pay Rs500/- and request for another copy of the marriage ceritificate from the same office ( registrar office) this will be the excat replica of the original one and will be in the same stamp paper. I got it. this one is called the certified copy , since it is issued on a later date from the date on the original marriage certificate. Please note that this is not the attested photocopy of the original one. you just give a request and you will get it.

Then the birth certificate, original one we already have, now just give a request to the panchayath to give you one more copy of the birth certificate, this they will give in the exact replica of the original one, only the issuing date will be different. this is the certified copy, and not the attessted photocopy of the original BC.

Additional excat replica copies of the MC and BC issued on a later date from the original ones are the certified copies , it will contain the signature and seal of the issuing authority and not the sign and seal of the notary.

notorised copies are not accepted at NVC.

i think this is depends on city to city.

I am from Kerala

[ROZA 0]

I have seen on multiple posts that all documents sent to NVC must be certified by the issuing authority … now I am from kerala and the birth certificate is issued by the marriage registrar and birth certificate is issued form the panchayath … now as far as I know the officers don’t have to authority to certify anything… what does “certified copy” means ? In India Notaries has more power because they are all lawers …. So do I just need to get it notarized??

Hi,

I have gone through this process and my interview was on May 13th and i got the CR1 visa from chennai embassy.

You should send the original or cerified copies to NVC not notorised copies. All the document except PCC's will be returned to you at the time of interview.

Now regarding the certified copies : I too had the register marriaged as per special marriage act. one original marriage certificate was given to us at the time of marriage. now you can pay Rs500/- and request for another copy of the marriage ceritificate from the same office ( registrar office) this will be the excat replica of the original one and will be in the same stamp paper. I got it. this one is called the certified copy , since it is issued on a later date from the date on the original marriage certificate. Please note that this is not the attested photocopy of the original one. you just give a request and you will get it.

Then the birth certificate, original one we already have, now just give a request to the panchayath to give you one more copy of the birth certificate, this they will give in the exact replica of the original one, only the issuing date will be different. this is the certified copy, and not the attessted photocopy of the original BC.

Additional excat replica copies of the MC and BC issued on a later date from the original ones are the certified copies , it will contain the signature and seal of the issuing authority and not the sign and seal of the notary.

notorised copies are not accepted at NVC.

i think this is depends on city to city.

I am from Kerala

Ya thats why, Govt emplyees are more educated in kerala they know the fact.

I am from punjab, beleive me they gave me hard time for documentation.