Quick Question CR-1

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

We received an e-mail today from the NVC. They are saying that the marriage certificate isn't a valid certified copy, and the same thing for her birth certificate. Yet these things are apostle, translated in triplicate, and they are the same documents that were OK'd when we sent the original petition. So has anyone run into this before ?

______BIRTH CERTIFICATE:___________________________________________

The document you submitted is not an original or certified copy of an original issued by the

appropriate government authority. The document must be an original, or a certified copy of

the original, bearing the original seal or stamp from the issuing authority.

______MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE:________________________________________

The document you submitted is not an original or certified copy of an original issued by the appropriate

government authority. The document must be an original, or a certified copy of the original, bearing the

original seal or stamp from the issuing authority.

Edited September 30, 2009 by Why_Me

[waleed's girl 0]

you need the real ones

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

you need the real ones

The country of Belarus only gives you certified and apostile copy's. They worked just fine when we filed our CR-1 petition, and now when she sent her paperwork into the NVC they say they are not. Yet that paper work is from the government office in Minsk, Belarus, it is certified, and apostile , translated, etc...in triplicate in Russian/Belarusian and English.

The document you submitted is not an original or certified copy of an original issued by the

appropriate government authority.

Edited September 30, 2009 by Why_Me

[Rob_Lesya 4]

We received an e-mail today from the NVC. They are saying that the marriage certificate isn't a valid certified copy, and the same thing for her birth certificate. Yet these things are apostle, translated in triplicate, and they are the same documents that were OK'd when we sent the original petition. So has anyone run into this before ?

______BIRTH CERTIFICATE:___________________________________________

The document you submitted is not an original or certified copy of an original issued by the

appropriate government authority. The document must be an original, or a certified copy of

the original, bearing the original seal or stamp from the issuing authority.

______MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE:________________________________________

The document you submitted is not an original or certified copy of an original issued by the appropriate

government authority. The document must be an original, or a certified copy of the original, bearing the

original seal or stamp from the issuing authority.

I may be wrong, but it sounds like what you sent in was a xerox copy of the documents. They are asking for the originals-- the documents with the actual seal and/or stamp on them.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

We received an e-mail today from the NVC. They are saying that the marriage certificate isn't a valid certified copy, and the same thing for her birth certificate. Yet these things are apostle, translated in triplicate, and they are the same documents that were OK'd when we sent the original petition. So has anyone run into this before ?

______BIRTH CERTIFICATE:___________________________________________

The document you submitted is not an original or certified copy of an original issued by the

appropriate government authority. The document must be an original, or a certified copy of

the original, bearing the original seal or stamp from the issuing authority.

______MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE:________________________________________

The document you submitted is not an original or certified copy of an original issued by the appropriate

government authority. The document must be an original, or a certified copy of the original, bearing the

original seal or stamp from the issuing authority.

I may be wrong, but it sounds like what you sent in was a xerox copy of the documents. They are asking for the originals-- the documents with the actual seal and/or stamp on them.

They only give you copy's of the original in Belarus. Then for an extra charge, they stamp them, apostile them, and then you take them to a government approved agency for translation. But I'm going to call NVC tomorrow and ask them what other people from Belarus did to make it right. I can't think of anything else to do at this point.

[Rob_Lesya 4]

We received an e-mail today from the NVC. They are saying that the marriage certificate isn't a valid certified copy, and the same thing for her birth certificate. Yet these things are apostle, translated in triplicate, and they are the same documents that were OK'd when we sent the original petition. So has anyone run into this before ?

______BIRTH CERTIFICATE:___________________________________________

The document you submitted is not an original or certified copy of an original issued by the

appropriate government authority. The document must be an original, or a certified copy of

the original, bearing the original seal or stamp from the issuing authority.

______MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE:________________________________________

The document you submitted is not an original or certified copy of an original issued by the appropriate

government authority. The document must be an original, or a certified copy of the original, bearing the

original seal or stamp from the issuing authority.

I may be wrong, but it sounds like what you sent in was a xerox copy of the documents. They are asking for the originals-- the documents with the actual seal and/or stamp on them.

They only give you copy's of the original in Belarus. Then for an extra charge, they stamp them, apostile them, and then you take them to a government approved agency for translation. But I'm going to call NVC tomorrow and ask them what other people from Belarus did to make it right. I can't think of anything else to do at this point.

Sounds like a good plan. NVC, at least in my experience, is one of the few agencies in this entire process that sometimes is actually helpful when you call them. Good luck... and let us know the results.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

We received an e-mail today from the NVC. They are saying that the marriage certificate isn't a valid certified copy, and the same thing for her birth certificate. Yet these things are apostle, translated in triplicate, and they are the same documents that were OK'd when we sent the original petition. So has anyone run into this before ?

______BIRTH CERTIFICATE:___________________________________________

The document you submitted is not an original or certified copy of an original issued by the

appropriate government authority. The document must be an original, or a certified copy of

the original, bearing the original seal or stamp from the issuing authority.

______MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE:________________________________________

The document you submitted is not an original or certified copy of an original issued by the appropriate

government authority. The document must be an original, or a certified copy of the original, bearing the

original seal or stamp from the issuing authority.

I may be wrong, but it sounds like what you sent in was a xerox copy of the documents. They are asking for the originals-- the documents with the actual seal and/or stamp on them.

They only give you copy's of the original in Belarus. Then for an extra charge, they stamp them, apostile them, and then you take them to a government approved agency for translation. But I'm going to call NVC tomorrow and ask them what other people from Belarus did to make it right. I can't think of anything else to do at this point.

Sounds like a good plan. NVC, at least in my experience, is one of the few agencies in this entire process that sometimes is actually helpful when you call them. Good luck... and let us know the results.

Will do.