Fiance Birth Certificate

[Dean iWait 0]

I'm not sure. I mean, if they don't list it, then they can't expect it to be sent. So why delay the case to get something that you didn't ask for in the first place? If they need it in order to adjudicate one couple's petition... then... why don't they need it to adjudicate another couple's petition? What does the foreign fiance(e)'s birth certificate even accomplish for them, anyway? They're supposed to be running background checks, making sure all the paperwork's done, making sure the couple has met in person over the last 2 years, etc. etc.... I don't see how the foreign fiance(e)'s birth certificate even fits into that picture. And if it does fit in somehow, then I don't understand why it's needed for some couples and not others, and it's not needed enough for them to list it in the instructions as a requirement.

It's just so weird. I mean, I can understand if a couple includes it in a foreign language and they RFE for an English translation... the couple created the problem there, by sending an untranslated document. But RFEing for the foreign fiance(e)'s birth certificate out of the blue... I just don't get.

Oh, and in addition to the adjudicator's mood and coffee status, don't forget the time of the month of the ladies.

I'll give you a possible scenario. USCIS gets a name hit in the FBI database on the beneficiary or at least someone with the same name. If they have your fiancee's BC they can confirm that the person in the FBI database is not the same person as your fiancee. Other times they may be able to verify not the same person by using other means.

Edited December 14, 2006 by Dean iWait