Birth Certificate

[Karen and Patrick 0]

Hello friends,

I am submitting my second post on this site. I am going to submit my birth certificate in conjunction with the I129A package and I am wondering what I should do, if anything, about the "front and back" photo copy of my birth certificate if my birth certificate, which is the long form, is BLANK on the BACK.

I don't want the government official to think that I neglected to copy the back side of the Birth Certificate and then get a RFE.

Any thoughts? At the moment on the back side of the birth certificate I have a note that says the side is blank and I signed and dated it.

Should I submit an official copy and just stop fretting about it?

Thanks,

-Patrick Morrissey

[mozplay 29]

Submit a separate sheet (don't do anything back-to-back) and on it write that this is a copy of the back page of your B/C and that it is blank. I would sign and date this page on the bottom too, but that last bit is just my own advice.

Mo

[William33 110]

Submit a separate sheet (don't do anything back-to-back) and on it write that this is a copy of the back page of your B/C and that it is blank. I would sign and date this page on the bottom too, but that last bit is just my own advice.

Mo

[Bunnyqr 0]

Yes, that is what I did. I made the front copy and a copy of the back and wrote in black ink, "Back is Blank"

[Yodrak 7]

Mo,

Why a separate sheet? There is such a thing as a double-sided copy, and they're easy to make. In fact, it's a trivial exercise to make a double-sided copy when the back side of the original is blank.

Yodrak

Submit a separate sheet (don't do anything back-to-back) and on it write that this is a copy of the back page of your B/C and that it is blank. I would sign and date this page on the bottom too, but that last bit is just my own advice.

Mo

[mozplay 29]

My thoughts were that as all the forms are one-sided then in my mind, an adjudicator will not be looking at the back of any pages for information, and something as small as "Back of B/C - blank" could be missed.

That being said, I'm sure that there are people that did not submit a blank back page, or if they did double-sided it. I was not one of those. I decided to recycle lots of other page and waste the one page instead

[Yodrak 7]

Mo,

No, all the forms are not one-sided. Order them from the USCIS and guess what?

As for the ones that can be filled out on-line and printed, they're one-sided only if you intentionally print them that way.

Yodrak

My thoughts were that as all the forms are one-sided then in my mind, an adjudicator will not be looking at the back of any pages for information, and something as small as "Back of B/C - blank" could be missed.

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[mozplay 29]

I dared to challenge Yodrak and lost bitterly!

I added to my signature as penance. Think I will be absolved of my sin?

[William33 110]

You must remember that Yodrak, correctly mind you, wants us all to conserve paper!

Cheers Yodrak!!!

Edited September 19, 2006 by William33

[joeyjoey 1]

Before this process started, I got another copy from my city and submitted a certificated copy with raised seal. The cost was only 8$.