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Dumpsta121   10

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Hello guys,

I'm working on my initial i-130 package and starting to gather all the relevant documents.

I see that I need a certified copy of my birth certificate; I'm currently living in Brazil with my spouse, and I have my original birth certificate here with me. Will the USCIS accept a copy which is certified from another country, or does it need to be certified by a US public notary? What exactly does certified mean in this case?

Thanks.

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You don't need certified copies of anything for the uscis stage. Certified copies and originals are needed at the nvc stage. And no, they don't mean notarized or other types of certified documents, they mean the ones you get from the issuing authority that have that raised seal on them. So, in my case, I was born in king county, and I must get a certified copy of my birth certificate from king county. Not make a copy of my birth certificate that I get certified or notarized by a justice of the peace or notary public. Make sense? Here in Australia, certified means notarized, so I was confused a bit at first too. Good luck.

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Hello guys,

I'm working on my initial i-130 package and starting to gather all the relevant documents.

I see that I need a certified copy of my birth certificate; I'm currently living in Brazil with my spouse, and I have my original birth certificate here with me. Will the USCIS accept a copy which is certified from another country, or does it need to be certified by a US public notary? What exactly does certified mean in this case?

Thanks.

Notaries do not certify content of documents. They verify signatures on docs. They don't certify B Certs.

I believe you will need to contact the agency that issued your B C to obtain a certified copy. My husband got his thru the agency in California for example.

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Dumpsta121   10

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Yeah, you guys are completely right. I just found the issuing body that I need through my birth state. Luckily I'll have plenty of time to get that going between the USCIS and NVC stages (I'm assuming I'll have a little bit of a breather between sending things of to the USCIS and needing to prepare the packages for the NVC, at least three months or so).

Thanks again!

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Blueberry Pancake   311

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Read here:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/57354-notarized-vs-certified-copy/

Hope this helps :)

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When two people are meant for each other, no time is too long, no distance is too far, no one can ever tear them apart.

USCIS: NVC:

6/21/2013 -Married in Stockholm, Sweden 4/16/2014- Case received at NVC

9/6/2013 -Priority Date 5/13 /2014- Case number and IIN assigned

2/25/2014 -Transferred to NSC 5/20/2014- DS-261 completed

3/31/2014 -Approved 5/21/2014- AOS fee invoiced and paid

5/22/2014- AOS package overnighted to NVC

5/28/2014- AOS scanned into the system

6/20/2014- IV invoice email (but fee still locked on CEAC )

6/23/2014- IV fee finally unlocked and paid.

IV package overnighted to NVC

6/30/2014- IV scanned in. DS260 completed.

7/1/2014- AOS accepted

7/2/2014- False checklist (AOS reviewed)

8/1/2014 False checklist (attorney's G28 reviewed)

8/2/2014 False checklist (NVC not sure why it was generated)

I am the beneficiary. 8/12/2014 CASE COMPLETE!

8/26/2014 Medical

9/2/2014 Interview... APPROVED!!!

9/5/2014 Visa in hand

Removal Of Conditions:

10/29- Package sent to VSC

11/1 - NOA1

11/17- Received biometrics appointment letter

11/30- Biometrics appointment

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If you have your original, make a good color copy front and back and include it. Never send your originals of any of the documents to them.

In Arizona its hot hot hot.

http://www.uscis.gov/dateCalculator.html

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Just to note, if you're the USC your original BC will not be needed at all during the process. Only the beneficiary submits originals.

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