Birth Certificates at the interview

[skb 0]

Hello everyone!

I was just reading over the document requirements for the interview, and I am having second thoughts about the birth certificate requirement. Will my fiance need a copy of my birth certificate too, or just his own? The requirement says "yourself, your spouse", but since we are not spouses yet does that mean only if your spouse is a beneficiary too?

It is too late to send anything down to him. What should I do?

[bora bora 1]

I wouldn't think that you'd need one if you have your passport because you need your BC to get one.

[DanNNina 5]

It is too late to send anything down to him. What should I do?

Copies of your birth certificate both front and back are acceptable, therefore, a fax of both front and back would be acceptable. Fax or scan a copy to your fiance.

[lucyrich 20]

Will my fiance need a copy of my birth certificate too, or just his own?

It depends on what you sent with the original petition. They may ask for the source of any photocopied document you submitted with the original petition. The USC's birth certificate is not explicitly required, but a birth certificate is one common way of establishing citizenship of the petitioner, so it's often submitted with the petition. (In our case, I know nobody in the entire visa process ever saw the USC's birth certificate, since we used the passport as proof of citizenship).

If you submitted the birth certificate with the petition, it would be safest to have it at the interview. But I don't believe they always ask for it, so if it's too late to send anything, it's too late. Its absence may not be an issue at all, and if it is an issue, it will only be a minor delay, not a catastrophic end to the process. The worst thing that will happen is that they'll delay issuing the visa until they see the birth certificate.

[Nkybaby 0]

A copy of the passport should be fine...if for some reason just scan a copy of the birth certificate and email

Good Luck!! Happy Friday

[lucyrich 20]

It is too late to send anything down to him. What should I do?

Copies of your birth certificate both front and back are acceptable, therefore, a fax of both front and back would be acceptable. Fax or scan a copy to your fiance.

A copy of the passport should be fine...if for some reason just scan a copy of the birth certificate and email

Maybe I'm missing something, but neither of these make any sense to me. If a photocopy of the birth certificate was sent with the original petition, then they already have that photocopy in the file at the interview. What good will it do to have yet another photocopy or fax?

If no photocopy of the birth certificate was sent with the original petition, then there's no need to have it at the interview either. The USC's birth certificate is not a required piece of evidence, but if it IS used as evidence of citizenship for the petition, then they might request to verify the source at the interview.

The only reason they want to see source documents at the interview is so they can verify the original raised seal.

[skb 0]

My fiance has a xerox of the front page of my passport, thank goodness! Hopefully that will be enough. I will fax a copy of my birth cert. just in case.

[Ladylethal 12]

I had copies of mine and my husband (then fiance) just to be safe.

Edited January 6, 2007 by Luis&Laura

[RosaMystica7 0]

My opinion... fax or e-mail over copies of the front and back just for him to have so you two will feel better, and get a certified copy of your birth certificate and put it in the mail to him - now. It may not make it in time for his interview, but should they ask to see the original - which they can do if they want to - at least you'll know it's already on its way down to Brazil. In that case, the visa would just be delayed til he could show them your birth certificate, so having it already on its way would save you two some time.

Edited January 6, 2007 by Angilla