BC birth certificate for interview

[Stephalex 2]

Hi everyone, I just recently ordered a new birth certificate for myself in long-form for my interview and I was born in Nova Scotia.

My issue is that I have a 3 year old daughter born in British Columbia and when I went to try and get a long-form birth certificate for her, there is no such thing.

The options I am given are as follows :

Birth Certificate with Parental Information ($27 each)

Birth Certificate with Individual Information Only ($27 each)

Certified Photocopy of a Birth Registration ($50 each)

I have already ordered and have in hand, the birth certificate with Parental Information, which Packet 3 clearly states that there needs to be parental information on the birth certificate. I read an interview experience from someone and they needed a long-form of their birth certificate, not wallet sized ones.. So I'm panicking a bit.

The birth registration is really only a copy of the form I filled out with just registering my daughter's birth, it's not official and it won't bear a seal once it's printed and sent off to me, what should I do?

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Hi everyone, I just recently ordered a new birth certificate for myself in long-form for my interview and I was born in Nova Scotia.

My issue is that I have a 3 year old daughter born in British Columbia and when I went to try and get a long-form birth certificate for her, there is no such thing.

The options I am given are as follows :

Birth Certificate with Parental Information ($27 each)

Birth Certificate with Individual Information Only ($27 each)

Certified Photocopy of a Birth Registration ($50 each)

I have already ordered and have in hand, the birth certificate with Parental Information, which Packet 3 clearly states that there needs to be parental information on the birth certificate. I read an interview experience from someone and they needed a long-form of their birth certificate, not wallet sized ones.. So I'm panicking a bit.

The birth registration is really only a copy of the form I filled out with just registering my daughter's birth, it's not official and it won't bear a seal once it's printed and sent off to me, what should I do?

Dunno about Canada, but in the US a "long form" birth certificate is simply a photocopy of the original birth registration form. "Certified" should mean it's been stamped by whomever is the custodian of the records confirming that's it a true copy of the original document.

[Stephalex 2]

Yeah, this is where my confusion lies. I don't know how it works either because in Nova Scotia, we have such a thing CALLED Long-Form, not that Birth Registration junk.

Maybe I should call Vital Statistics BC and see what they say, if it's the qualified/certified document I need..

[AlinaH 38]

Oh I just sent you an email but to clarify, the certified photocopy is what they are looking for

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Yeah, this is where my confusion lies. I don't know how it works either because in Nova Scotia, we have such a thing CALLED Long-Form, not that Birth Registration junk.

Maybe I should call Vital Statistics BC and see what they say, if it's the qualified/certified document I need..

They use the terms "long form" and "short form" in the US, as well. The terms are misleading, since a "long form" isn't necessarily any different in size or content from a "short form". The term "short form" usually refers to an abstract of the original birth record, while the term "long form" usually refers to a certified copy of the original birth record. Each state manages it's own vital records, so the appearance of an original birth record and the information contained on it will vary from one state to another. For US federal government purposes, no abstract of the birth record is acceptable. This means no wallet-size birth certificates, nor typewritten or computer generated forms containing some or even all of the information contained on the original birth record. What the US federal government wants to see is a certified photocopy of the original document, complete with the signatures of the attending physician and one or both parents.

This is why there was such a spat over President Obama's birth certificate. The only document he released, until recently, was a computer generated abstract. The document he originally released wouldn't have been acceptable to get a US passport, so many people were wondering why it was sufficient to prove he was eligible to be the president.

[TBoneTX 45,292]

Each state manages it's own vital records, so the appearance of an original birth record and the information contained on it will vary from one state to another.

Earlier this year, when I ordered our new baby's birth certificate from the Texas county where he was born, I learned that if I had ordered the certificate from a different county, it would contain less information than would the certificate from the county of birth. The clerkette explained that the birth-counties printed out more in regard to the infants born there. I had not known that before, and it was interesting, although I'm unsure of the reason why. Of note, I was able to order the certificate while I waited, for a whopping $23 per copy (I ordered 3 copies -- urgh). Even our marriage certificates were only $7 apiece, si man.

I'm a big fan of having (ordering) multiple copies of official documents like this, si man. Of the 7 marriage certificates that we ordered (and received, while we waited), 2 remain in our hands. The doting grandma got one of the 3 birth certificates, and I hope that it was framed and hung on the wall before it got dog-eared from being shown around.

[payxibka 10,045]

Hi everyone, I just recently ordered a new birth certificate for myself in long-form for my interview and I was born in Nova Scotia.

My issue is that I have a 3 year old daughter born in British Columbia and when I went to try and get a long-form birth certificate for her, there is no such thing.

The options I am given are as follows :

Birth Certificate with Parental Information ($27 each)

Birth Certificate with Individual Information Only ($27 each)

Certified Photocopy of a Birth Registration ($50 each)

I have already ordered and have in hand, the birth certificate with Parental Information, which Packet 3 clearly states that there needs to be parental information on the birth certificate. I read an interview experience from someone and they needed a long-form of their birth certificate, not wallet sized ones.. So I'm panicking a bit.

The birth registration is really only a copy of the form I filled out with just registering my daughter's birth, it's not official and it won't bear a seal once it's printed and sent off to me, what should I do?

Long Form = BC WITH parental information

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

In US speak long form incluses more detailed parental information. The short form will have the parents names only. So you want the form with the most detailed information on your parents ( ages, date and splace of birth , possibly place of residence at the time of your birth and maybe even occupations )

[Penny Lane 8,159]

As others have said, short form is simply your information. Long form is (in Ontario anyway) a legal sized piece of paper with all parental information and signatures on it.

[Stephalex 2]

The way ours works, and it doesn't seem to match much of what was said here, is that the BC birth certificate with Parental Information is wallet-sized, which is where the issue lies. It doesn't have my parents signatures on it, it just says the name, date of birth, registration number, issue date, then mine and my ex's name, along with where we were born.. So I'm still guessing that I need the most expensive copy, the birth registration photocopy with signatures and etc.

[teenc 0]

Hi everyone, I just recently ordered a new birth certificate for myself in long-form for my interview and I was born in Nova Scotia.

My issue is that I have a 3 year old daughter born in British Columbia and when I went to try and get a long-form birth certificate for her, there is no such thing.

The options I am given are as follows :

Birth Certificate with Parental Information ($27 each)

Birth Certificate with Individual Information Only ($27 each)

Certified Photocopy of a Birth Registration ($50 each)

I have already ordered and have in hand, the birth certificate with Parental Information, which Packet 3 clearly states that there needs to be parental information on the birth certificate. I read an interview experience from someone and they needed a long-form of their birth certificate, not wallet sized ones.. So I'm panicking a bit.

The birth registration is really only a copy of the form I filled out with just registering my daughter's birth, it's not official and it won't bear a seal once it's printed and sent off to me, what should I do?

Hi there I know you posted this awhile ago, but I am having the same issue right now and wondering with certificate to get!! What did you end up ordering?

[Ontarkie 14,225]

You want the Certified Photocopy of a Birth Registration