birth certificate of USC necessary??

[red.ph 0]

Hi all!

I'm currently finishing my form I-129F.

There's a question there on how I acquired my citizenship and my answer is birth in the U.S.

Do I need to indicate my birth certificate number?

Or is that required only for naturalization certificate?

I plan to submit a copy of all the pages of my passport because it takes a long time to get a copy of my birth certificate and they won't give me the birth certificate number through phone.

Thanks!

[Otto 83]

Do I need to indicate my birth certificate number?

I'm not sure you would have a BC number (most folks probably don't). You can simply check "Born in the US" and move to question 11. (Number 10 seems quirky .)

Check your work against the Example I-129f.

Edited March 8, 2010 by Otto und Karin

[HeatDeath 430]

Hi all!

I'm currently finishing my form I-129F.

There's a question there on how I acquired my citizenship and my answer is birth in the U.S.

Do I need to indicate my birth certificate number?

Or is that required only for naturalization certificate?

I plan to submit a copy of all the pages of my passport because it takes a long time to get a copy of my birth certificate and they won't give me the birth certificate number through phone.

Thanks!

From the I-129F Instructions, available here: http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-129finstr.pdf and linked to from here: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...0004718190aRCRD

3. What Documents Do You Need to Show That You

Are a U.S. Citizen?

A. If you were born in the United States, give USCIS a

copy, front and back, of your birth certificate.

B. If you were naturalized, give USCIS a copy, front and

back, of your original Certificate of Naturalization.

C. If you were born outside the United States and you are

a U.S. citizen through your parents, give USCIS:

1. Your original Certificate of Citizenship, or

2. Your Form FS-240 (Report of Birth Abroad of a

United States Citizen).

D. In place of any of the above, you may give USCIS a

copy of your valid, unexpired U.S. passport issued with

a validity period of at least five years. You must

submit copies of all pages in the passport.

When you read the instructions, it seems pretty straightforward to me. My fiancee provided the photocopy of her birth certificate.

Edited March 8, 2010 by HeatDeath

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Hi all!

I'm currently finishing my form I-129F.

There's a question there on how I acquired my citizenship and my answer is birth in the U.S.

Do I need to indicate my birth certificate number?

Or is that required only for naturalization certificate?

I plan to submit a copy of all the pages of my passport because it takes a long time to get a copy of my birth certificate and they won't give me the birth certificate number through phone.

Thanks!

No birth certificate number. It's for the naturalisation certificate which you don't have (see the example for otto posted a link for).

As for the passport vs birth cert... read the instructions: http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-129finstr.pdf page 2.

Edited March 8, 2010 by Vanessa&Tony

[HeatDeath 430]

Per the instructions (see above), the passport will work, but you have to photocopy ALL pages, including the blank ones.