Q10 on the I-129F

[Caladan 19]

Hello!

Hurray!

Just became engaged! Now it's time to do paperwork.

Quick question on #10. I have the birth certificate (I am the petitioner and USC). The I-129F asks for the certificate number. I am uncertain:

1) Does the second part of #10 apply to birth certificates, or certificates of naturalization?

2) If it applies to birth certificates, does anyone know which number it is on the Pennsylvania certificate? I'm guessing the one that say 'File No.', but there's a few candidate numbers.

3) I have a second 'original' long-form birth certificate (I ordered a copy a year or so back for my own records). Should I send that in, in lieu of a copy, as I have another original already?

[Alex+R 0]

Hello!

Hurray!

Just became engaged! Now it's time to do paperwork.

Quick question on #10. I have the birth certificate (I am the petitioner and USC). The I-129F asks for the certificate number. I am uncertain:

1) Does the second part of #10 apply to birth certificates, or certificates of naturalization?

2) If it applies to birth certificates, does anyone know which number it is on the Pennsylvania certificate? I'm guessing the one that say 'File No.', but there's a few candidate numbers.

3) I have a second 'original' long-form birth certificate (I ordered a copy a year or so back for my own records). Should I send that in, in lieu of a copy, as I have another original already?

1. That question has confused people because of the layout of the form. Some people enter the birth certificate number, but it's not necessary. People have been approved without filling in that space for numbers at all.

3. You will need the long-form birth certificate for this petition, but you do not need to send anything in the original. It doesn't help your petition any, and you will need to have the originals to give to your fiance later. I ended up sending in an original, because I had an abundance of them and hadn't found VJ yet, but you should probably just copy the certificate and send it in.

[heishe 2]

I thought that was for naturalization certificate number and if you were a US citizen from birth in the US you didn't have to put anything at all there.

[bebop + rocksteady 0]

Phew. This made my heart skip a beat. Because I dont' remember doing anything with my birth certificate number.

Cass (bebop the great)

1. That question has confused people because of the layout of the form. Some people enter the birth certificate number, but it's not necessary. People have been approved without filling in that space for numbers at all.

[Caladan 19]

Indeed! The layout on these forms has been reasonably good, but #10 threw me for a loop.

[TracyTN 237]

I thought that was for naturalization certificate number and if you were a US citizen from birth in the US you didn't have to put anything at all there.

That is correct.

I didn't know that the US had 'long form' and 'short form' certificates, but I bet that depends on the state you were born in. Mine is a certified copy from Iowa and is only one sided. It got me a passport, so that is what I intend to use for the I 129f -- a COPY, of course.

Edited September 6, 2006 by TracyTN

[Alex+R 0]

I thought that was for naturalization certificate number and if you were a US citizen from birth in the US you didn't have to put anything at all there.

That is correct.

I didn't know that the US had 'long form' and 'short form' certificates, but I bet that depends on the state you were born in. Mine is a certified copy from Iowa and is only one sided. It got me a passport, so that is what I intend to use for the I 129f -- a COPY, of course.

Yeah, my state only has one form. For these purposes, long form basically means your parents' names are on the certificate. So I hear.

[mozplay 29]

Don't forget to copy the front and back of the long form - even if the back is blank. Just make sure and write what it is (e.g. USC Birth Certificate - back of page, or something to that effect.)

Mo

[TracyTN 237]

Don't forget to copy the front and back of the long form - even if the back is blank. Just make sure and write what it is (e.g. USC Birth Certificate - back of page, or something to that effect.)

Mo

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