DS-230 Question

[SandLand 1]

Greetings,

My wife and I are sponsoring my mother-in-law and we just received the approved I-130 after an 8 month wait. I've paid the AOS fee and just dropped the I-864 and I-864A forms, tax returns, pay stubs, etc back to the NVC. However, we have an issue with the required civil documents for the DS-230 application. My mother-in-law lost her original USSR marriage certificate and the death certificate of my father-in-law many years ago. She went to request a new copy of the marriage certificate and death certificate but they would not issue a new one. They would only provide a copy of the certificates and a letter from the civil records office stating that the original documents have been lost and these are copies from the archives.

Will we have any issue submitting the copies of the documents and the letters from the civil records office?

Thanks for the help!

[let-it-be 36]

Greetings,

My wife and I are sponsoring my mother-in-law and we just received the approved I-130 after an 8 month wait. I've paid the AOS fee and just dropped the I-864 and I-864A forms, tax returns, pay stubs, etc back to the NVC. However, we have an issue with the required civil documents for the DS-230 application. My mother-in-law lost her original USSR marriage certificate and the death certificate of my father-in-law many years ago. She went to request a new copy of the marriage certificate and death certificate but they would not issue a new one. They would only provide a copy of the certificates and a letter from the civil records office stating that the original documents have been lost and these are copies from the archives.

Will we have any issue submitting the copies of the documents and the letters from the civil records office?

Thanks for the help!

No, you will have no issues at all. The copies that your MIL got from the civil records office are certified copies. Any government ( like USCIS, NVC etc) or office requires either the original or certified copies. Since most of us keep original copies for our own records & prefer to submit certified copies from the authorize issuing agencies.

Edited April 22, 2013 by let-it-be