Certified Copies for NVC

[AandLKC 1]

I have seen on multiple posts that all documents sent to NVC must be certified by the issuing authority … now I am from a state in India where the birth certificate is issued by the marriage registrar and birth certificate is issued form a local-government body … now as far as I know the officers don’t have to authority to certify those document ….. in that case what does “certified copy” means ? In India Notaries has more power because they are all lawyers …. So do I just need to get it notarized??

[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 a state in India where the birth certificate is issued by the marriage registrar and birth certificate is issued form a local-government body … now as far as I know the officers don’t have to authority to certify those document ….. in that case what does “certified copy” means ? In India Notaries has more power because they are all lawyers …. So do I just need to get it notarized??

You are very right, In india somethings are really impossible,that's what I mentioned in another post. I have got my duplicate copy of birth certificate from municiple as backup but for marriage cert i only got a photocopy from DC office(where i registered marriage) with superinteded sign on it, which is nothing without stamp on it, so i am sending my original marriage certificate.

Notarised copies are not acceptable in NVC as i read in some thread.

[vbtbmrt 2]

it is best to get originals and sent them sometime you will need to get another set just to have for that just in case

but certified and notorized are basiclly the same thing notary will also stamp with a seal

[ROZA 0]

Notarised is not what they want, they have clearly mentioned certify from issuing authority. In these all things are comlicated.

[AandLKC 1]

Another set of originals in India is …..”not an option” … the only way you get another one is to provide proof that the original are lost ….. Even in that case they won’t give you another new certificate they just write on a paper that the person was born …in this district and his birth is registered with the local-office sign, date and stamp….. It will not have the fathers and mothers full name and everything like the original certificate does

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To my friends who are going through NVC process right now …. Ho has sent the originals to NVC and got it back at the time of the interview?

[crazysamurai 0]

I have seen on multiple posts that all documents sent to NVC must be certified by the issuing authority … now I am from a state in India where the birth certificate is issued by the marriage registrar and birth certificate is issued form a local-government body … now as far as I know the officers don’t have to authority to certify those document ….. in that case what does “certified copy” means ? In India Notaries has more power because they are all lawyers …. So do I just need to get it notarized??

I was in the same boat as you. When I get approved, I have to send original document for my wife's birth certificate. However, the local govt. office of village she was born in doesn't issue "Certified Copy". They said only city municipal govt. has the right to issue "Certified Copy". So, my wife went to local govt. office of the village and explained they she needed another copy of birth certificate because she didn't want to risk loosing the only original she had by submitting that to NVC. So, the guy looked up the records and checked her original birth certificate and issued her another "duplicate" certificate. So, now she has two certificate with same details in the same format. She will use one to submit in NVC.

I would NOT send 'notarized' copies to NVC. I would send the originals. In India, notary officers may have more power but for NVC that doesn't mean anything. NVC does NOT accept 'notarized' copies no matter what country you are from. So, don't send 'notarized' copies. Send Originals. Go to your local office and plead your case and ask them to issue another birth certificate. It's not a violation of law for them to issue another birth certificate even if you have existing birth certificate. Your birth certificate doesn't have to be lost for them to issue another one. They should be able to lookup the records and check your existing original birth certificate and issue another one just like it with same details in same format.

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