birth certificate

[jola83 19]

Hi guys,I'm Just wondering if it matters that I don't have the original copy of my birth certificate?I lost the original years ago when moving house.so I had to get a new copy in 2009.

[cujodu 15]

Are you the USC or the foreigner? the USC can get the official bc from their state, doesn't have to be the original, just the official.

this site lists documents by country... http://travel.state.gov/visa/fees/fees_5455.html?cid=8953

just select england

[nobbie 105]

You need a certified copy, you can get them easy by calling the registrars office where you were born or going on their web site. Costs a tenner. Or there is a central place you can order them from.

I only had a small one but you need one with names of both parents on it. This is if you are the benficiary in the UK.

if you have a certified copy from 2009 you should be ok

[Anna Grant 169]

Hi guys,I'm Just wondering if it matters that I don't have the original copy of my birth certificate?I lost the original years ago when moving house.so I had to get a new copy in 2009.

The copy is fine as long as it is a certified copy AND the full certificate. A short certificate is not accepted.

So it has to look like this:

And not like this:

There was someone on VJ recently the night before his interview who realized he had the wrong kind of certificate!

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

I've see people post that the younger people don't have that pink version. My husband's is pink like that.

To the OP. if you mean you ordered a new copy of your birth certificate from officials so it is certified official in some way, by the agency supplying it, then it is fine.

If you mean you only have a photocopy you made of the original, then no.

[jola83 19]

I've see people post that the younger people don't have that pink version. My husband's is pink like that.

To the OP. if you mean you ordered a new copy of your birth certificate from officials so it is certified official in some way, by the agency supplying it, then it is fine.

If you mean you only have a photocopy you made of the original, then no.

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Mine isn't pink either but it is a full official certified copy.thanks for the help

[Anna Grant 169]

I've see people post that the younger people don't have that pink version. My husband's is pink like that.

To the OP. if you mean you ordered a new copy of your birth certificate from officials so it is certified official in some way, by the agency supplying it, then it is fine.

If you mean you only have a photocopy you made of the original, then no.

Yes, my most recent certified copy is from 2012 and it is kind of beige rather than pink. What I meant was there is a difference in a full birth certificate and a short birth certificate (I just want to limit the chance of someone doing what the other poster did - although the instructions are clear that it needs to be a full certificate).

[rjm_cmyk 75]

Call me paranoid but I really wouldn't post my birth certificates online. No I don't know how they might get used but they strike me as useful documents to prove identity. And yes you can call me Marvin :-)

And to the OP - "short pinky" is the one I had - I ordered "long orangy" the one I need from Somerset House I think it was. The short form is not acceptable......

Edited August 2, 2013 by rjm_cmyk

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Call me paranoid but I really wouldn't post my birth certificates online. ..

Do you think that is AnnaGrant's birth certificate? Go Anna--newlywed at 165 years old!

[Laura. 90]

Do you think that is AnnaGrant's birth certificate? Go Anna--newlywed at 165 years old!

Couldn't help but laugh out loud at this!

[Anna Grant 169]

Do you think that is AnnaGrant's birth certificate? Go Anna--newlywed at 165 years old!

Ha! After going through this process, I sometimes feel it (and more process to go through again - at least I managed to do a walk-in biometrics yesterday 12 days before my appointment, Whether or not that makes any difference, I don't know but at least it's out of the way).

All I did was do a Goggle image search on 'full birth certificate UK' and 'short birth certificate UK' and then posted 2 of the images I found. It was just to clearly show the difference between the two types of birth certificate. The images I used are already in the public domain.

Edited August 2, 2013 by Anna Grant

[rjm_cmyk 75]

Do you think that is AnnaGrant's birth certificate? Go Anna--newlywed at 165 years old!

Doh ! Probably more at risk of being used by undercover cops in the UK then :-)

[jola83 19]

I notice that on the embassy website it states the birth certificate must have both parents names on it......well my

Father has never been part of my life and his name isn't on my birth certificate where it says fathers name there is just a line through it on my birth certificate.Will the embassy see this as an issue or with they appreciate the fact I've been brought up in a single parent home never having no contact with my father.on all the forms that have been sent so far I've always wrote N/A where it asks for father's name and details

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

I notice that on the embassy website it states the birth certificate must have both parents names on it......well my

Father has never been part of my life and his name isn't on my birth certificate where it says fathers name there is just a line through it on my birth certificate.Will the embassy see this as an issue or with they appreciate the fact I've been brought up in a single parent home never having no contact with my father.on all the forms that have been sent so far I've always wrote N/A where it asks for father's name and details

The long form birth certificate with a place for both parent names is the correct birth certificate. There is another version sometimes used in the UK called the short form. You have the required long form. End of worry.

FYI-- The Embassy does not evaluate your upbringing.

And for future form filling. You biologically have a father so "N/A" may not be the best answer.

Father's name: unknown

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