petitioner's birth certificate for interview

[songsparrow 0]

Im sure this has come up before. But what do we do if we cant find our original birth certificate needed for the interview. Well it says we need original and certified copy. Is this a big issue, or will a certified replica from the couthouse cover it?

[dq2000 1]

Im sure this has come up before. But what do we do if we cant find our original birth certificate needed for the interview. Well it says we need original and certified copy. Is this a big issue, or will a certified replica from the couthouse cover it?

Hey, i just had to get mine for my visa to VN when i visited a few months ago. God, i miss that place and my girlfriend too for that matter. OK, back to ur question:

It's simple. Go to the Office of Vital Records Office of the state you were born in. Search for it online at Goodgle or wherever. It's that easy! SOme states allow you to order it online, others may not.

~dq

[STL_HCMC 0]

songsparrow,

I had misplaced my original previously as well and ordered a certified copy, as dg2000 said, from the vital records office of the state I was born in. I can't remember the exact price (maybe $8-$10). You might request a few of them since you've misplaced your original. As it usually happens, I located my original after I received the copy.

In addition, I sent in a photocopy of this "certified copy" as my proof of U.S. Citizenship with our I-129F package, and it didn't seem to cause any problems.

STL_HCMC

[Matt_Stevens 5]

Go to the town hall that has your birth record from when you were born and ask for a certified copy. That is enough. That will do it. It did it for me.

[chuckandkim 0]

Yours or Hers?

If it's hers, she can go to "Cong An Phuong/Quan" to ask for a Certified Birth Certificate (Ban Sao = copied)

If she does not live in Saigon/HoChiMinh, she needs to return to her "Tinh/Huyen/Xa" to obtain one.

[Matt_Stevens 5]

I am refering to mine. She had her original.

[chuckandkim 0]

I am refering to mine. She had her original.

songsparrow: check this site out N C H S

For example that Matt gives us here, I can find out where to obtain one if I were born in the US, goes by STATE: (Matt is from CT, USA)

Event: Birth

Cost of copy: $15.00 (State issued); $5.00 (City/Town issued)

Address:

State Issued Certified Certificates

Department of Public Health

410 Capitol Avenue, MS #11 VRS

Hartford, CT 06134

City/Town issued Certified Certificates

Contact the city or town that the vital event occurred, or the city or town where the registrant lived at the time the vital event occurred. Visit the Connecticut Town Clerk and Registrar Directory for contact information.

Remarks: Requests for certified copies of birth certificates may be submitted to the State Vital Records office. Requests may also be submitted to the vital records office in the city/town where the person was born, or where the mother lived at the time of birth.

A copy of a photographic identification must be submitted with any request for a birth certificate. The identification must be a valid, government issued document. It this is not available, you may submit photocopies of two other forms of identification.

If State issued certificate, a personal check or money order should be made payable to the Treasurer, State of Connecticut. Or, a personal check or money order made payable to the town or city where the birth occurred. For additional information, please contact a CT Department of Health Customer Service Representative at 860-509-7897, or visit the CT Department of Public Health website at

WWW.dph.state.ct.us/PB/HISR/Vital Records.

CT - USA

Edited July 12, 2006 by chuckandkim