no birth certificate required with I-130 package, correct?

[kumar1234 0]

Filing for AOS, I am an H1B. The step by step guide for H1Bs on the website (http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?autocom=custom&page=i130guide2) says I need to include my birth certificate with I-130 package. But I-130 form itself doesn't mention that it is required.

I can include it just to be safe but just wondering what the official requirement is.

Thanks.

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Filing for AOS, I am an H1B. The step by step guide for H1Bs on the website (http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?autocom=custom&page=i130guide2) says I need to include my birth certificate with I-130 package. But I-130 form itself doesn't mention that it is required.

I can include it just to be safe but just wondering what the official requirement is.

Thanks.

Read the I-130 instructions,

What Documents Do You Need to Show That You Are a U.S. Citizen?

1. If you were born in the United States, a copy of your birth certificate, issued by a civil registrar, vital statistics office, or other civil authority.

[kumar1234 0]

Filing for AOS, I am an H1B. The step by step guide for H1Bs on the website (http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?autocom=custom&page=i130guide2) says I need to include my birth certificate with I-130 package. But I-130 form itself doesn't mention that it is required.

I can include it just to be safe but just wondering what the official requirement is.

Thanks.

Read the I-130 instructions,

What Documents Do You Need to Show That You Are a U.S. Citizen?

1. If you were born in the United States, a copy of your birth certificate, issued by a civil registrar, vital statistics office, or other civil authority.

I am on H1B and thus non-USC.. We are including my wife's (USC) birth certificate for proof of citizenship. I was wondering whether I need to include MY birth certificate. Thanks.

[metals95 1]

Kumar1234

I was on H1-b and my wife and I filed the 130 and 485 in december of 2007. I was sent an RFE for not including my birth certificate with the 485. It is required for the 485 but not the 130.

I think that the guide is wrong, however make your own judgement. Always check the most recent instructions with the forms on the USCIS website not the guides on this website.

[kumar1234 0]

Kumar1234

I was on H1-b and my wife and I filed the 130 and 485 in december of 2007. I was sent an RFE for not including my birth certificate with the 485. It is required for the 485 but not the 130.

I think that the guide is wrong, however make your own judgement. Always check the most recent instructions with the forms on the USCIS website not the guides on this website.

metals95 -- thanks very much!

[ding 1]

My wife had to travel a long distance to get her BC, but she was not in this country, She's the non-USC. A certified translated copy was needed too- even for AOS.

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Filing for AOS, I am an H1B. The step by step guide for H1Bs on the website (http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?autocom=custom&page=i130guide2) says I need to include my birth certificate with I-130 package. But I-130 form itself doesn't mention that it is required.

I can include it just to be safe but just wondering what the official requirement is.

Thanks.

Read the I-130 instructions,

What Documents Do You Need to Show That You Are a U.S. Citizen?

1. If you were born in the United States, a copy of your birth certificate, issued by a civil registrar, vital statistics office, or other civil authority.

I am on H1B and thus non-USC.. We are including my wife's (USC) birth certificate for proof of citizenship. I was wondering whether I need to include MY birth certificate. Thanks.

Right, that is why I quoted the instructions, the guide was written as if the USC was filling out the I-130, and needed to prove their citizenship via birth certificate, sorry if I wasn't clear enough.

The guide is correct, the USC needs to prove they are a citizen, when they fill out the I-130 for their beneficiary.

Edited April 1, 2009 by Bobby_Umit