AOS Interview: Birth Certificate Required?

[snivvel 0]

Is the USC's Birth Certificate required at the AOS interview? Or is the US Passport sufficient?

I'm confused because the interview letter states:

"(You must bring) Your petitioner's Birth Certificate and (emphasis added by me) your petitioner's evidence of United States Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Residence Status."

and

"If you eligibility is based on your marriage, in addition to your spouse coming to the interview with you, bring: (...) Your spouse's Birth Certificate and (emphasis added by me) your spouse's evidence of United States Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Residence status."

So, do we need both US Birth Certificate and US Passport, or is the passport enough? Experience? The reason for my question is that we can't find her birth certificate, and ordering a new one is quite expensive, and also takes long.

Edited March 6, 2010 by snivvel

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Is the USC's Birth Certificate required at the AOS interview? Or is the US Passport sufficient?

I'm confused because the interview letter states:

"(You must bring) Your petitioner's Birth Certificate and (emphasis added by me) your petitioner's evidence of United States Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Residence Status."

and

"If you eligibility is based on your marriage, in addition to your spouse coming to the interview with you, bring: (...) Your spouse's Birth Certificate and (emphasis added by me) your spouse's evidence of United States Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Residence status."

So, do we need both US Birth Certificate and US Passport, or is the passport enough? Experience? The reason for my question is that we can't find her birth certificate, and ordering a new one is quite expensive, and also takes long.

Well... I think the passport should be good enough... but I do loathe to go against what it specifically says...

i think the reason they might have the "and" part is perhaps in cases where the spouse isn't USC born a copy of the naturalisation certificate would need to be brought as well.

i'm gunna do some searches and see what I can find about this. Good qn.

**Edit - okay some searching I found this: http://forums.immigration.com/showthread.p...392#post1329392 which says that you MUST take the BC 'cause people have been denied for it. They raised a good point further up about how the USC's birth certificate was needed to be filed with the application.. so what did you do there?

I had to get another birth cert 'cause I lost mine. Expensive but needed unfortunately. I would definitely get it given the above thread I posted..

Edited March 6, 2010 by Vanessa&Tony

[frangipani 0]

We just had our interview and the IO asked my husband's birth certificate.

[lovelyalex 99]

at interview they were happy with my husbands US passport just fine.

[lilacvioletiris 11]

Is the USC's Birth Certificate required at the AOS interview? Or is the US Passport sufficient?

I'm confused because the interview letter states:

"(You must bring) Your petitioner's Birth Certificate and (emphasis added by me) your petitioner's evidence of United States Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Residence Status."

and

"If you eligibility is based on your marriage, in addition to your spouse coming to the interview with you, bring: (...) Your spouse's Birth Certificate and (emphasis added by me) your spouse's evidence of United States Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Residence status."

So, do we need both US Birth Certificate and US Passport, or is the passport enough? Experience? The reason for my question is that we can't find her birth certificate, and ordering a new one is quite expensive, and also takes long.

I am assuming that the U.S. Birth Certificate satisfies the "spouse's birth certificate" part and U.S. Passport satisfies the "spouse's evidence of United States Citizenship" part. Is this what I need at the interview?

Well... I think the passport should be good enough... but I do loathe to go against what it specifically says...

i think the reason they might have the "and" part is perhaps in cases where the spouse isn't USC born a copy of the naturalisation certificate would need to be brought as well.

i'm gunna do some searches and see what I can find about this. Good qn.

**Edit - okay some searching I found this: http://forums.immigration.com/showthread.p...392#post1329392 which says that you MUST take the BC 'cause people have been denied for it. They raised a good point further up about how the USC's birth certificate was needed to be filed with the application.. so what did you do there?

I had to get another birth cert 'cause I lost mine. Expensive but needed unfortunately. I would definitely get it given the above thread I posted..

I will bring both the birth certificate and the passport. Am I fulfilling the expectation of the IO?