Real age vs documented age

[SonH 3]

Hello VN VJers

I am waiting for case complete at NVC and hope for an interview in May/June, however I have some thing come up.

My wife real age is 28 that make we 13 years of age apart, however on the the VN official birth certificate she was born in 1987 which make us 16 year of age apart

I know that in the CO mind large age different is not one of their favor, so should my wife tell the CO at the interview about her real age vs documented one ?

Thansk

SnK

[aaron2020 11,651]

Hello VN VJers

I am waiting for case complete at NVC and hope for an interview in May/June, however I have some thing come up.

My wife real age is 28 that make we 13 years of age apart, however on the the VN official birth certificate she was born in 1987 which make us 16 year of age apart

I know that in the CO mind large age different is not one of their favor, so should my wife tell the CO at the interview about her real age vs documented one ?

Thansk

SnK

Oh, Vietnamese people and lying about their ages on legal documents.

You have two choices; 1) fix the misrepresentation in the birth certificate or 2) submit it as it with the misrepresentation and hope for the best.

You will attest that the documents you submit during the immigration process contain the truth. It is a misrepresentation to submit documents with facts that you know to be untrue.

You can have your wife's birth certificate corrected. However, the Vietnamese government is not going to make it easy. It could even get her in trouble with the Vietnamese government.

If you can submit the birth certificate as it, the US Embassy may not make it an issue since it is not a material misrepresentation that would prevent her from getting a visa. Being 28 or 25 does not affect granting her a visa so it is not a material misrepresentation.

This is what my brother did when he immigrated to the US from Vietnam. His birth certificate list the wrong year. His mom registered it that way so he would not be conscripted into the Vietnamese army. He used this birth certificate to immigrate to the US. He did not disclose his true age.

I am not advising that you submit the current birth certificate to the US consulate. I am merely telling you what might happen if you submit the it to the US consulate. I am also relating what my brother did. I am not condoning or condemning what he did.

Edited April 3, 2012 by aaron2020

[quann 26]

imo go with whatever's age you've submitted...don't change anything midcourse.

vn like many other 3rd world countries is the wild wild west...i know people who got over here from taking identities of dead people during the war. my friends' families would have siblings with similar birthdates like jan 1st, dec 25th, june 6th et al because when they did paperworks the dates were easy to remember. i'm not sure if they know their real birth dates.

[SonH 3]

Thank guys!

I'll stick with the birth certificate and hope for the best

SnK

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