help with birth certificate

[johnny c. 0]

hey all. i just called my mom in my home country to have her send me my birth certificate and apparently its missing. so can she and my uncle have affidavits made confirming my date of birth and faxed to me? will uscis accept these in place of the original birth certificate? thx.

[zyggy 9]

If a birth certificate is available, it must be provided.

I would either have your mother get another original certificate (she should be able to get one for you) or contact the embassy or consulate of the country where you were born for their assistance on getting the certificate.

[Kez/JWolf 6]

Agreed you need to get another birth certificate... what country are you from?

Kezzie

[Randy 0]

Hey Johnny, important to know what country you are from. Some countries DO not replace birth certificates once lost so there are other means to satisify this requirement. Best thing to do is check with the US embassy in your country. The have "seen all, heard all" and are very familiar with the processes in that country.

[John & Annie 0]

From the way we read things we did not provide any original documents. we are waiting for the name check, thats it.

[johnny c. 0]

im from nigeria

[YuAndDan 153]

Your question is a bit unclear who's birth certificate are we talking about US Citizen's or Alien's?

How did you get a passport, usually a Birth certificate is needed when applying for that document.

Also depending on country A birth certificate is fairly easy to get a copy of.

Since you did not filling your profile in for us making it any one's guess the nationality of the Alien, I will refer you to the following table and you can look up country and see how to acquire a birth certificate.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/reciprocity/index.htm

I see you provided nationality:

BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATES

Generally available, particularly for events occurring after 1970. Registration of births and deaths is compulsory in Lagos. The National Population Commission issues birth certificates for births after 1992.

For Lagos records, certified copies of records for dates ending with 1979 can be obtained at the Lagos State Ministry of Health, Old Secretariat, Ikeja, Lagos. For records after 1979, contact the local government that issued the original certificate directly. Most births and deaths outside of Lagos are also registered at the time of the event. Applicants can obtain certified true copies of certificates directly from the local government. Alternatively, acceptable identity/parentage documents are infant baptismal certificates and hospital or maternity clinic records of birth. Home births are rare in Nigeria and medical records are available in most cases. Affidavits may be acceptable as substitutes for documents for those born outside Lagos prior to 1960 or born in the eastern part of Nigeria in the 1960’s at the time of the Biafran War, when presented in combination with convincing secondary evidence of relationship.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/reciprocity/C...r/N/Nigeria.htm Edited October 31, 2006 by YuAndDan