Birth certificate question

[intocable 3]

yes a certified translation was needed

[jkelly07 120]

hi tradwind,you can send a scan copy of your wifes birthcertificate but later on you will receive a rfe from nvc will require you to send a certified or original birthcertificate if not in English must be translated in English. her passport just needs the bio page with picture not translated,.don't forget the G-1145 notification e.mail or tex, put that on the very top of your file,.write a short letter how you met sign an date.an send a few picture together,

[Ryan H 3,808]

Its NOT ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS ON THE USCIS SITE. I wonder why the rfed you.

Adjudicators at field offices are using an outdated manual and that outdated manual lists a copy of the beneficiary's birth certificate as one of the requirements.

[hsehmby 0]

Hi,

My birth certificate have only First Name on it (i.e Harmeet) and my passport,marriage cert have my full name (Harmeet Singh Sehmby)

Do I have to submit any other document for this ?

My wife(petitioner) said I have to get an affidavit from mother. I tried to find sample affidavit but couldn't find it.

filed i130 17-Apr-2013

AOS1 19-Apr-2013

Still waiting for approval.

[Tradewind 6]

hi tradwind,you can send a scan copy of your wifes birthcertificate but later on you will receive a rfe from nvc will require you to send a certified or original birthcertificate if not in English must be translated in English. her passport just needs the bio page with picture not translated,.don't forget the G-1145 notification e.mail or tex, put that on the very top of your file,.write a short letter how you met sign an date.an send a few picture together,

Thanks for your advice. We have her passport and it is in English and Spanish, I will send the passport Bio page with the I - 130, Later when we file other papers we will use the translated birth certificate from Colombia. Her father is sending us an original birth certificate from Colombia. In Colombia do you know if there is any certification process other than just obtaining one from the authorities? Thanks again.

Edited September 10, 2013 by Tradewind

[jkelly07 120]

no sorry I don't know where in Colombia maybe in bogota,

[CaizLurol 36]

My wife's birth certificate is in Colombia at her family's home. Can her father scan it and send it to us so we can use that in the I-130 application? That would be a copy, correct?

You don't need it for the I-130 application. Use her passport if she has it.