CR1 I-130 Foreign Birth Cert Translated?

[ermacdude999 0]

I am petitioning for my wife to come here and we are about to send in our packet. Does her birth certificate need to be translated into English?

I see now it says that it is no longer needed.

If I don't do exactly what my lawyer says he will drop me, he already warned me about previous questions and answers I got from this site.

I guess I will be getting her birth certificate translated.

What do you guys think?

[NikLR 13,227]

LOL your lawyer will drop you because of a process you can do yourself and you want done properly and quickly?

If you include a copy of her birth certificate then yes, it needs to be translated. Remember to never send originals to the USCIS unless specifically asked for it.

[leoidiarte 2]

Is this really needed? I`m brazilian and i have the some qustion... i think we dont need to send out BC translated...

LOL your lawyer will drop you because of a process you can do yourself and you want done properly and quickly?

If you include a copy of her birth certificate then yes, it needs to be translated. Remember to never send originals to the USCIS unless specifically asked for it.

What about police records? does that need to be translated?

[NikLR 13,227]

Police records aren't required at the I-130 stage.

Police records will be sent to the NVC with the IV package. They should not need to be translated but check in your regional forum as sometimes an embassy requires a translation.

[Ryan H 3,812]

I am petitioning for my wife to come here and we are about to send in our packet. Does her birth certificate need to be translated into English?

I see now it says that it is no longer needed.

If I don't do exactly what my lawyer says he will drop me, he already warned me about previous questions and answers I got from this site.

I guess I will be getting her birth certificate translated.

What do you guys think?

Where are you at in the process? Are you about to submit the petition or are you about to send packages to the NVC?

If you are about to send items to USCIS, then yes, a translation is required. For the NVC, you need to know what document translation requirements are for the Embassy in Lima.

[Ryan H 3,812]

Is this really needed? I`m brazilian and i have the some qustion... i think we dont need to send out BC translated...

USCIS requires translations; as for the consular phase, you need to find out what document translation requirements are for the Consulate in Rio de Janeiro.

[leoidiarte 2]

USCIS requires translations; as for the consular phase, you need to find out what document translation requirements are for the Consulate in Rio de Janeiro.

I thought VJ guide said it was no longer needed...... so i supposed that is wrong information. Thank you guys!

[slvrfx576 15]

Leandro....VJ guide is correct in that beneficiary's birth certificate is not required as part of the USCIS I-130 submission. It is required later at the NVC phase. My I-130 was submitted without beneficiary's birth certificate and was approved. All other Bulgarian origin documents were translated and had an apostil. OP....I assume we are talking about the I-130 stage.

For NVC phase I sent a translated and apostiled birth certificate. But not at the USCIS phase.

OP....Of course your lawyer is threatening to drop you...he realizes that you could do all of this without him ! The more documents that pass through your lawyer's hands, the more he can charge you ! Ergo...you must supply unnecessary documents so that he can make more money ! Strictly my humble opinion.

[leoidiarte 2]

Leandro....VJ guide is correct in that beneficiary's birth certificate is not required as part of the USCIS I-130 submission. It is required later at the NVC phase. My I-130 was submitted without beneficiary's birth certificate and was approved. All other Bulgarian origin documents were translated and had an apostil. OP....I assume we are talking about the I-130 stage.

For NVC phase I sent a translated and apostiled birth certificate. But not at the USCIS phase.

OP....Of course your lawyer is threatening to drop you...he realizes that you could do all of this without him ! The more documents that pass through your lawyer's hands, the more he can charge you ! Ergo...you must supply unnecessary documents so that he can make more money ! Strictly my humble opinion.

I am the beneficiary. So that means I do not need to send my birth certificate and translation for this first phase of the I-130. Correct?

[slvrfx576 15]

I am the beneficiary. So that means I do not need to send my birth certificate and translation for this first phase of the I-130. Correct?

Actually, as the beneficiary you don't send any thing. Your "petitioner", the USC sends the copies of the documents. But yes, your birth certificate, is not required at the USCIS I-130 stage, but later at the NVC stage it will be required, probably translated with an apostil to be safe.

[Darnell 8,478]

I am the beneficiary. So that means I do not need to send my birth certificate and translation for this first phase of the I-130. Correct?

This is where it gets weird.

Prior to 15 Aug 2012, no, the beneficiary's birth certificate wasn't required. Casefiles were adjudicated at CSC or VSC.

After 15 AUG 2012 - the casefiles route like this:

lockbox->MSC->local office

and the local offices don't use the same rules for adjudication that CSC and VSC use. Actually in the I-130 instructions the beneficiary's birth certificate is NOT required, but many local offices are brain-dead and don't follow that - they want to see it. Folk here have gotten RFEs and NOIDs because of it. So, it's a good idea to send it in with the I-130 submittal (just a photocopy) as no one knows where yer casefile will actually go (MSC or local office) anymore.

[intocable 3]

I live in ny and i recently got RFE'd for beneficiary birth certificate (copy) and translation certified.

[stevie b 141]

but many local offices are brain-dead

+1million