Birth Certificate for Honduras

[GSan 0]

I just claimed my wife for a status change a few months ago but we received a letter stating that they need the long form of the birth certificate from Honduras. We where able to get her family to get a new birth certificate in Honduras and had it sent to the states. I was wondering if they would accept the typed version of an original birth certificate or it has to be had written like some people here mention. I have never had to deal with this as I am a US citizen. Any help would be appreciate it 

[Sara42 0]

4 minutes ago, GSan said:

I just claimed my wife for a status change a few months ago but we received a letter stating that they need the long form of the birth certificate from Honduras. We where able to get her family to get a new birth certificate in Honduras and had it sent to the states. I was wondering if they would accept the typed version of an original birth certificate or it has to be had written like some people here mention. I have never had to deal with this as I am a US citizen. Any help would be appreciate it 

The long form isn't the same as the certificate from the book of births. Long and short form birth certificates in HN are typed.

 

The cert. from the book of births may be handwritten or typed (depends on what they did when they were born). Basically when a child is born in HN a parent goes to register the child's birth. The information at one time was hand written into a book by someone amd then signed by the parent and witnesses. As long as you had her family go to was the place the birth was recorded (for example, if she was born in Tela, the birth was recorded in Tela), and they give you the certificate from the book of births, it could be handwritten or typed.

 

Anyway, there are 3 different types of birth certificates so make sure you get the right one and from the right place.

[GSan 0]

48 minutes ago, Sara42 said:

The long form isn't the same as the certificate from the book of births. Long and short form birth certificates in HN are typed.

 

The cert. from the book of births may be handwritten or typed (depends on what they did when they were born). Basically when a child is born in HN a parent goes to register the child's birth. The information at one time was hand written into a book by someone amd then signed by the parent and witnesses. As long as you had her family go to was the place the birth was recorded (for example, if she was born in Tela, the birth was recorded in Tela), and they give you the certificate from the book of births, it could be handwritten or typed.

 

Anyway, there are 3 different types of birth certificates so make sure you get the right one and from the right place.

Thank you so much for your response Sarah. The letter that we received stated the following:

 

Request for Initial evidence

 

Why We Are Writing You

This office is unable to complete the processing of your Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, (Form I-485). We are writing to inform you that we need more information from you to make a decision on your case. Please read this letter carefully and follow all of the instructions below.

What you need to do  

You must provide the following information for us to make a final decision on your case. Please include a copy of ALL pages of this letter with your response

·         Submit a copy of your birth certificate issued by the appropriate civil authority for the applicant. USCIS will accept a long-form birth certificate which lists at least one parent. If the documentation is in a language other than English, you must submit a copy of the foreign language document and a completed English translation. If the birth certificate is not available, you must submit acceptable secondary evidence AND a letter from government or other authority. Examples of acceptable secondary evidence may include, but is not limited to; church or school records, listing of your parents’ names and your date of birth; hospital records of your birth; other official records indicating a country and record of birth.

 

Title 8 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 103.2(b)(2)(ii) states:

 

“Where record does not exist, the applicant or petitioner must submit an original written statement on government letterhead establishing this from relevant government or other authority. The statement must indicate the reason the record does not exist, and indicate whether similar records for the time and place are available”  

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We are scared that the recent birth certificate that we had her family obtain in Honduras and mail to us would not be sufficient and the case will be denied. What do you think the letter we received means? Any feedback from anyone would be appreciated as we only have so long to respond back to immigration via mail.

[Sara42 0]

4 minutes ago, GSan said:

Thank you so much for your response Sarah. The letter that we received stated the following:

 

Request for Initial evidence

 

Why We Are Writing You

This office is unable to complete the processing of your Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, (Form I-485). We are writing to inform you that we need more information from you to make a decision on your case. Please read this letter carefully and follow all of the instructions below.

What you need to do  

You must provide the following information for us to make a final decision on your case. Please include a copy of ALL pages of this letter with your response

·         Submit a copy of your birth certificate issued by the appropriate civil authority for the applicant. USCIS will accept a long-form birth certificate which lists at least one parent. If the documentation is in a language other than English, you must submit a copy of the foreign language document and a completed English translation. If the birth certificate is not available, you must submit acceptable secondary evidence AND a letter from government or other authority. Examples of acceptable secondary evidence may include, but is not limited to; church or school records, listing of your parents’ names and your date of birth; hospital records of your birth; other official records indicating a country and record of birth.

 

Title 8 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 103.2(b)(2)(ii) states:

 

“Where record does not exist, the applicant or petitioner must submit an original written statement on government letterhead establishing this from relevant government or other authority. The statement must indicate the reason the record does not exist, and indicate whether similar records for the time and place are available”  

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We are scared that the recent birth certificate that we had her family obtain in Honduras and mail to us would not be sufficient and the case will be denied. What do you think the letter we received means? Any feedback from anyone would be appreciated as we only have so long to respond back to immigration via mail.

Long form looks like a huge run-on sentence. Just words from top to bottom. Short form is basic info with a lot of fields - looks like a US birth cert. The book of births is not the long form. If her fam asked for the long form, that's probably what you got. There are so many people needing that for immigration, they are used to it. Make sure to have it translated and certified. 

 

Do not be afraid. One step, one day at a time. Our process was harder and it took 8 years. 

[SarahDonaire 0]

We received the same letter! Don’t worry! First, we sent the “acta de nacimiento”. It was wrong. We had his family mail the “copia de folio de libro de nacimiento”. We sent that back with the letter stating they needed the correct one. We then got a letter stating that they were working on our case! It worked! He’s now had his green card since early December. Best of luck! 

[Looz887 0]

Hi,

 

For those who already sent the "copia de folio de libro de nacimiento". Did this have to be accompanied by an apostille as well?  If so, did the apostille have to be translated to english ? 

 

Or will the "copia de folio de libro de nacimiento" [original and translated] be sufficient? 

 

thanks in advance for the help!

 

 

Edited July 29, 2019 by Looz887

[SarahDonaire 0]

We did not have an apostille. We only had it translated. 

[AdaMejia 0]

Hi Everyone, since I came to the US through K1 visa I had already provided the certified Copia del folio de libro de nacimiento at the time of interview, I scanned it and still have it on my computer. I applied for the Adjustment of Status, this time incluided  the short version of

birth certificate (acta de nacimiento) wrong. I received the RFE  letter that I needed to send  the correct birth certificate. So my big concern is this one: 

should I just print out the copy of el folio del libro de nacimiento and it’s certification page?  Or should I go ahead and ask my family in Honduras to get me  one copy , get it certified and apostillada? I just don’t know if they need the inked signature and stamp from the certification page or the photocopy of the document would be fine. 

Thanks. 

Edited August 5, 2019 by AdaMejia

[Misspippin 2]

On 3/1/2017 at 10:18 AM, solesito873 said:

Hello,

 

My husband is from Honduras. We requested for his birth certificate ( Folio del Libro de Nacimiento) to send to NVC; however, it is hand written. On the travel.state.gov website it shows n example of how this folio should look. Where my husband is registered they said since he was born in 1981 it is handwritten. Has anyone come across this? Will NVC close our case if we send this in?

Pleas help! What did the copy look like? I think we sent USCIS the wrong one! Let me know if you get this

[Misspippin 2]

On 8/5/2019 at 11:35 AM, AdaMejia said:

Hi Everyone, since I came to the US through K1 visa I had already provided the certified Copia del folio de libro de nacimiento at the time of interview, I scanned it and still have it on my computer. I applied for the Adjustment of Status, this time incluided  the short version of

birth certificate (acta de nacimiento) wrong. I received the RFE  letter that I needed to send  the correct birth certificate. So my big concern is this one: 

should I just print out the copy of el folio del libro de nacimiento and it’s certification page?  Or should I go ahead and ask my family in Honduras to get me  one copy , get it certified and apostillada? I just don’t know if they need the inked signature and stamp from the certification page or the photocopy of the document would be fine. 

Thanks. 

Would you please provide a picture of what the right one looks like that will be accepted??

Idk if we have the right one or not 

[Misspippin 2]

On 7/16/2019 at 4:42 PM, SarahDonaire said:

We received the same letter! Don’t worry! First, we sent the “acta de nacimiento”. It was wrong. We had his family mail the “copia de folio de libro de nacimiento”. We sent that back with the letter stating they needed the correct one. We then got a letter stating that they were working on our case! It worked! He’s now had his green card since early December. Best of luck! 

Can you please show me a picture of what the correct one looked like?