Birth cert/photos of petitioner?

[Sheepish Mareep 0]

Hey guys!

Our CR-1 interview is scheduled for October 11th

I'm gathering stuff together to send off to the hubby for his interview, and I have a couple questions:

1. Do I need to give my husband my birth certificate? Our interview letter put "F"/not necessary for this application by my birth certificate. From what I understand the petitioner's birth certificate is only really required at the interview for the child of a US citizen, correct? I already submitted a copy of mine earlier in the process.

2. Does my husband need two passport photos of me?

Thanks guys, this whole thing wouldn't have happened with this site's support!

[Saylin 1,605]

Hey guys!

Our CR-1 interview is scheduled for October 11th

I'm gathering stuff together to send off to the hubby for his interview, and I have a couple questions:

1. Do I need to give my husband my birth certificate? Our interview letter put "F"/not necessary for this application by my birth certificate. From what I understand the petitioner's birth certificate is only really required at the interview for the child of a US citizen, correct? I already submitted a copy of mine earlier in the process.

2. Does my husband need two passport photos of me?

Thanks guys, this whole thing wouldn't have happened with this site's support!

1. Although it's not required to have the petitioner's birth certificate in IR-1/CR-1 cases, I still had a couple of certified copies of my husband's birth certificate JUST IN CASE. Did they ask for it? No. Did I feel better knowing I had it with me? Yes. If you have a spare birth certificate to send, I'd say do it, just in the off chance they want to see it. I quote I lived by throughout the process that I saw in someone's signature: "It's better to be slightly over prepared than even slightly under prepared."

2. Nope, no passport pictures needed of the petitioner. The only time in this process the petitioner needs to include passport pictures is with the initial I-130 package. After that, USCIS/NVC/Embassy just want pictures of the beneficiary.

[Sheepish Mareep 0]

Thanks! I only have one copy, but I can always request others. Ditto on the over prepared part. I totally can understand where you're coming from on that. Besides, if I give him my original he can always bring it back when he moves here. I really appreciate your help!

[Saylin 1,605]

Thanks! I only have one copy, but I can always request others. Ditto on the over prepared part. I totally can understand where you're coming from on that. Besides, if I give him my original he can always bring it back when he moves here. I really appreciate your help!

The copy you have should be fine. Like I said, I highly doubt they'll ask for the petitioner's birth certificate, but having a copy on hand is good enough IMO.

[JoannaV 174]

At the I-130 stage the petitioner has to prove their citizenship. It will not be needed again. Having said that...you can always imagine a scenario in which they mislay his proof of citizenship that they had from the I-130 package and decide randomly that they want to lay eyes on it in order to approve the visa (because it's needed for the I-864 but they don't need it because you already provided it with the petition, if that makes sense). So in that unlikely circumstance you would need it. If you didn't have it you would have to provide it later, which would just delay you by a few days. So if it's something you've thought about and can easily obtain then no harm in taking it along to the interview just in case. (Copy of passport biographical page would do just as well. I really can't think of a scenario in which they would actually need the birth certificate specifically.)