Wrong spelling of mother's name on birth certificate

[simplynice12 1]

Hi everyone,

I am in the process of gathering the documents I need to petition my mother from the Philippines and I've seen lots of spelling errors on my mother's name.

Mother's birth certificate : (full name removed) - This is her real name and will be on her passport too

My birth certificate : (full name removed)

My marriage certificate : (full name removed)

I don't know where to start

I hope you can share your experience if you have one.

Thanks in advance!

Edited June 22, 2016 by Ryan H
Reason for edit: To remove full name

[Ryan H 3,812]

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[Hank_ 9,174]

Hi everyone,

I am in the process of gathering the documents I need to petition my mother from the Philippines and I've seen lots of spelling errors on my mother's name.

Mother's birth certificate : Maria Teresa ZZZZ PPPPP - This is her real name and will be on her passport too

My birth certificate : Maria Theresa PPPPP

My marriage certificate : Maria Teresa ZZZZ PPPPP

I don't know where to start

I hope you can share your experience if you have one.

Thanks in advance!

Your BC seems to be the only document that has the error. That can be corrected; you start at the local registry where you were born.

Edited June 22, 2016 by Hank_

[This_Is_IT 2]

I had typo for my mom's bc. I didnt get it corrected. I added supporting documents such as baptismal and affidavits. My mom's middle name was incorrectly spelled (1 letter typo). No issues with I130 or Visa issuance

[simplynice12 1]

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I didnt think about that. Thanks so much!

I had typo for my mom's bc. I didnt get it corrected. I added supporting documents such as baptismal and affidavits. My mom's middle name was incorrectly spelled (1 letter typo). No issues with I130 or Visa issuance

Hello!

You made my day! I was already thinking of correcting my birth certificate.

May I ask what kind of affidavits did you send? And did you submit it together with the I130 form or on the NVC level?

Thanks!

Edited June 22, 2016 by simplynice12

[CelKranak 0]

My wife is going through that now. Her interview was on Tuesday and was put on Administrative Processing and told to resubmit her Cenomar and NBI because of a one letter miss spelling of her name on her Birth Cert that was corrected many years ago.

[This_Is_IT 2]

Since the typo error was only in my BC, Affidavit from Dad and Mom notarize stating basics, age, name, that they are married, that they were both there at time of birth, my mom's middle name on my BC hay typo and that the typo name and the real name are one and the same person and that they are both my biological parents. We had it notarized in Ph. That was enough to provide proof that they are truly my parents. i was prepared to write an affidavit and notarize in US for my statement but both my parents affidavit were enough I guess.

Now my mom's name itself also had a typo on her own birth certificate (another typo it's her last name, one character off again). She had it fix at local and the usual typo correction process. Also then put the wrong spelling name in her NBI since it is her own document. But the 3rd typo in her name on my BC was not even raised as an issue during interview they didn't look for the original copy at all.(i only submitted photocopy affidavit)

Also, i think our local civil didn't really think we had to correct her name in my BC. I didnt push coz there are other ways to provide evidence of parent (some doesnt even have BC and few affidavits and and school, hospital records were good enough) I know that because my aunt didn't have one and she petitioned my grandma. Her BC was destroyed. No record)

Hope yours works like our case! Good luck ?

[simplynice12 1]

Since the typo error was only in my BC, Affidavit from Dad and Mom notarize stating basics, age, name, that they are married, that they were both there at time of birth, my mom's middle name on my BC hay typo and that the typo name and the real name are one and the same person and that they are both my biological parents. We had it notarized in Ph. That was enough to provide proof that they are truly my parents. i was prepared to write an affidavit and notarize in US for my statement but both my parents affidavit were enough I guess.

Now my mom's name itself also had a typo on her own birth certificate (another typo it's her last name, one character off again). She had it fix at local and the usual typo correction process. Also then put the wrong spelling name in her NBI since it is her own document. But the 3rd typo in her name on my BC was not even raised as an issue during interview they didn't look for the original copy at all.(i only submitted photocopy affidavit)

Also, i think our local civil didn't really think we had to correct her name in my BC. I didnt push coz there are other ways to provide evidence of parent (some doesnt even have BC and few affidavits and and school, hospital records were good enough) I know that because my aunt didn't have one and she petitioned my grandma. Her BC was destroyed. No record)

Hope yours works like our case! Good luck ?

Great! I will have my mom do the affidavit then.

Thank you so much for your time!

[merryrose05 0]

Hi, how did your petition go with your mother? coz I'm planning on petitioning my father and we have same situation , he's middle name misspelled on my birth certificate...

[This_Is_IT 2]

8 hours ago, merryrose05 said:

Hi, how did your petition go with your mother? coz I'm planning on petitioning my father and we have same situation , he's middle name misspelled on my birth certificate...

My mom's already in the US and working   with her middle name typo on my birth certificate, this is what I have done

for example her name on her BC: MARIA DELA CRUZ  (not her real name)

Mother's name on my BC: MARIA DILA CRUZ

 

What I did - Affidavit from 3 People including her that MARIA DILA CRUZ AND MARIA DELA CRUZ are one and the same person and that she is my mother 

 

Also NBI should contain MARIA DILA CRUZ as one of the aliases 

 

Edited July 22, 2018 by This_Is_IT

[merryrose05 0]

Oh okies... coz i read some threads saying they dont accept affidavit as evidence... did u submit the original copy? 

 

[davendale 10]

On 6/22/2016 at 3:16 PM, simplynice12 said:

Hi everyone,

I am in the process of gathering the documents I need to petition my mother from the Philippines and I've seen lots of spelling errors on my mother's name.

Mother's birth certificate : (full name removed) - This is her real name and will be on her passport too

My birth certificate : (full name removed)

My marriage certificate : (full name removed)

I don't know where to start

I hope you can share your experience if you have one.

Thanks in advance!

Hi! it should be fine. my mom’s name on my birth certificate is just her nickname and embassy accepted it. she just submitted NBI with AKA for all the names used on her documents. she had her interview 2 weeks ago.

For instance, 

Mom’s name on her birth certificate and passport: MA. KURDAPYA (first name)  ANTAGAL (middle name) DIMAUTACAN (last name)

Mom’s name on her marriage certificate: KURDAPYA (first name) ANTAGAL (middle name) DIMAUTACAN (last name)

Mom’s name on my birth certificate: KURDIE (nickname as her first name) D. (middle initial) BULAGSACATOTOHANAN (last name which is her married name)

 

The embassy did not require my marriage certificate. 

 

NOTE: the names i used was just an example, these are not the real names of my mom. 

Hope this helps!