RFE for Birth Certificate, need help!

[Amit-N-Melody 11]

So sorry to hear about your RFE, I was reading another thread some months back with a very simular case as yours... From what I can remember is that they just sent in the exact same document with a letter attached saying this IS the BirthCertificate... NVC really blows sometimes

[RoyaleT 0]

Hi guys,

Just got off the phone with an NVC operator (who was not as nice as the people I have spoke with before!). We have an RFE for my husband's birth certificate. It is not the original the woman told me. It in fact IS the original, the problem is that on the back side of birth certificate is that it says "...this document is a true copy of the its genuine birth certificate." We called the civil registrar's office and were told that this is the only birth certificate that they can and will issue. It is the only certificate that husband has had ever. The registrar's office said they can't give us the "original" because it is THEIR document and they will NOT give it to anyone.

It is stored away (god knows where) in their records somewhere. Again, they told us that the certificate he has is the ONLY one that citizens are given.

What should we do?

Should we write a letter explaining this and mail it back to the NVC? Ask the registrar's office to write this letter??

GRRRRRRR...

advice por favor!

I GOT THE SAME.

[bawaa 0]

we are now almost at the ds-230 stage. i'm still very confused after reading the posts.

may i ask if i should send the beneficiary's original(the v. old, yellow, torn one) birth certificate or a certified one (just got it from the authority last December, same information as the original one, just not as old as original)?

thank you.

[sachinky 465]

ORIGINAL/CERTIFIED copies are acceptable.

NOTARIZED/ATTESTED copies are NOT.

[Bernie C 24]

Just a note on this subject. I also have my original Birth Certificate (1963).

I found out many years ago that it would not be accepted as an "official record" as it has no raised seal and is formatted differently then the ones issued nowadays by the Division of Vital Records.

I went and got a new one from the Division of Vital Records and it has the raised seal mark on it.

So many years later when I applied for my fiancee's petition I took a good look at it and much to my dismay - I did not have my parents names on it - just mine!!!!!!!!! How crazy is that.

In the end, I sent a copy of my original from 1963 - the original certified copy (since I want to get a new one anyway with "all" the names in it AND all the pages of my passport!

Seems like overkill but it worked.

Just throwing that out there - in some cases even "the original" is not good enough!

[schopap 0]

Emmamama,

Did you send the certified copy with an Apostille attached? We got one for all our documents and haven´t had any problems. The Apostille has a raised seal.

[Emmamama 2]

GUYS!

So stressful...called and talked to two separate people yesterday at NVC. They were nice this time and said that we had not sent the original BC. I assured them that this is the only BC my husband has EVER had and that when I called the registrar's office they said that this is the ONLY birth certificate that they give out. They said that we are welcome to request another birth certificate but the only difference is that it would have today's date but would still be a copy. I keep trying to get a letter from them stating that this is the only BC that they give, but this is Argentina and things take persuasion and a lot of time. (GRRRR!)

My mother in law just dug up what is known as the "Family Book" (La Libreta de Familia). In that is listed husband's parents' marriage, his birth, his sister's birth and then it is also used to list deaths in the family. (We also have one but do not have children or his birth listed in it...we also sent it in with another marriage certificate. TOO MANY COMPLICATIONS! err..)

His bday is April 21, 1983 and in the book it is listed April 29, 1983. It says that it is "Act #152, C2, Page 351 in the Office of Birth Certificates" and that they are "registering the inscription of the birth of Lucas" then goes on to say who his parents are, has in Nation Document ID number ad is stamped and signed by a "public official". Should I send this in along with copy of the other BC I sent in?

SO STRESSED!

Thanks for all the help and patience.

PS If there are any Argentina filers please help!

Have already sent PMs to Argentine filers..

So sorry to hear about your RFE, I was reading another thread some months back with a very simular case as yours... From what I can remember is that they just sent in the exact same document with a letter attached saying this IS the BirthCertificate... NVC really blows sometimes

Thanks guys. Am going to try this. On the verge of tears... T-T

I GOT THE SAME.

Down with NVC. Are you going to just sent a written thing explaining that it is the true one?

[Emmamama 2]

Emmamama,

Did you send the certified copy with an Apostille attached? We got one for all our documents and haven´t had any problems. The Apostille has a raised seal.

We just sent in the one from '83 (makes it sound cool and old school) it has 2 stamps on it.

Should I got to the Registro Civil and ask for this??

Que kilombo!

[schopap 0]

We just sent in the one from '83 (makes it sound cool and old school) it has 2 stamps on it.

Should I got to the Registro Civil and ask for this??

Que kilombo!

An apostille is a certificate that authenticates legal documents between countries. It isn´t common in the US but quite common in Argentina. I had to get all my US documents apostilled to get married and residency in Argeninta, so we went ahead and did the same for her documents to go there. I dont know exactly where to get one, she is a lawyer here and did everything, I will ask her and post when I see her later.

[Emmamama 2]

An apostille is a certificate that authenticates legal documents between countries. It isn´t common in the US but quite common in Argentina. I had to get all my US documents apostilled to get married and residency in Argeninta, so we went ahead and did the same for her documents to go there. I dont know exactly where to get one, she is a lawyer here and did everything, I will ask her and post when I see her later.

i made two huge mistakes--two that you did not.

one i never got my dni (i've lived here for 4 years, i am a big f--- up, yes).

and two, i did not marry a lawyer! damn me...

ORIGINAL/CERTIFIED copies are acceptable.

NOTARIZED/ATTESTED copies are NOT.

heeeeey sach!

ok, so if they will not accept the one we sent as long as we send a new certified one it's good??

CONGRATS ON INTERVIEW DATE WOMAN!

Oh Em, I'm so sorry! NVC is sending out RFEs like candy!

Hope you can fix it soon!

man, RFEs are like falling downstairs.

i couldn't think of a more painful description.

thanks for all the support.

[Perla Austral 0]

Hola!

I'd like to know how you guys solved the birth certificate thing..

[muskan4eva 0]

lolz same issue with me for BC, NVC is saying its not original and r reviewing it.