London DCF (split thread)

[willwright 0]

Yes I'm the Swede and we have been doing the process from Sweden. I also changed my name but the change of name was mentioned on the certificate from Skatteverket (the extended version) which is the same as the marriage certificate. So I didn't have any additional pappers for that. But it sound to me like you should be able to get one of those from Skatteverket, specially if you have a "personnummer" and if you been registered here at some point in time.

Otherwise I don't know. Happy that I could help!

Hi Diana,

Just came across this conversation and was hoping you could help. My Swedish wife and I live in the UK and will be applying through the London Embassy by Direct Consular Filing. We are in the process of getting our Swedish paperwork together and have already requested the Personbrevis. A few questions on this and other forms...

What does the English extended version of the Personbevis/Extract of the Population Register show that the standard one doesn't that proves change of name? The one we have lists "Name as single" - is that enough? The other form we have is something like "Andring av Efternamn" but is only in Swedish so do we need to get this professionally translated? Do both of these forms need to be notarised?

The aspect of the Personbrevis I'm a little worried about is that it doesn't show when my wife moved to/from Sweden she goes back regularly and wanted to maintain residence there, will that make a difference? She can obviously show her EU passport as proof of being allowed to stay in the UK when we send that paperwork in.

Last question... you mention getting the passport stamped by the police - what exactly do they stamp? We thought you just had to send in a photocopy of the photo page? Perhaps things are a little different with DCF than they are with applying directly to through the US?...

Thanks in advance for your help!

[dianakarl2014 1]

Hi!

Sorry it took so long to reply... Perhaps you already got your answers but here we go...

The extended version is 4 pages and has the parents name and where they live too. So no the standard version is enough to prove the change of name.

I only used this for my change of name and not the Ändring av Efternamn as then I would of had to pay for a translation. And as you said it says it on the Personbeviset.

NO notarisation: when you get the form from Skatteverket they sign and stamp it as a "real copy" that is it! But I didn't need to get it notarised.

Regarding your worries about residency I don't know about this at all as we did the whole process through USCIS after NVC and afterwards it was sent to the embassy. But sound like she has the documentation on her passport, why not send a copy of that page and in the cover letter to the embassy explaining as : Proof of residency in the UK.

Is not the passport that gets stamped is the photocopy of the first page of the passport that gets a stamp saying that this is a true copy of the passport.

But I am not sure you need this as again I went through US and then is a lot more administrative procedures. I think that if you do DCF they will eventually need to see the real passport when and if they do an interview and then the can themselves stamp the photocopy with a stamp saying that they have seen the real passport and that it is true copy.

In Sweden we can send questions directly to the embassy, maybe you can do that too but in the UK. e.g. ask about photocopies and what documents they need.

Good luck!

Hi Diana,

Just came across this conversation and was hoping you could help. My Swedish wife and I live in the UK and will be applying through the London Embassy by Direct Consular Filing. We are in the process of getting our Swedish paperwork together and have already requested the Personbrevis. A few questions on this and other forms...

What does the English extended version of the Personbevis/Extract of the Population Register show that the standard one doesn't that proves change of name? The one we have lists "Name as single" - is that enough? The other form we have is something like "Andring av Efternamn" but is only in Swedish so do we need to get this professionally translated? Do both of these forms need to be notarised?

The aspect of the Personbrevis I'm a little worried about is that it doesn't show when my wife moved to/from Sweden she goes back regularly and wanted to maintain residence there, will that make a difference? She can obviously show her EU passport as proof of being allowed to stay in the UK when we send that paperwork in.

Last question... you mention getting the passport stamped by the police - what exactly do they stamp? We thought you just had to send in a photocopy of the photo page? Perhaps things are a little different with DCF than they are with applying directly to through the US?...

Thanks in advance for your help!