Birth certificate needed for foreign spouse I-130/and when do I need documents certified/legalized?

[fiskefillet 1]

First of all, I'm a bit uncertain about what to attach for the I-130. I'm the foreign spouse. 

I have had our marriage certificate legalized (by apostille). Its from Denmark but it was in English. I have that photocopied, but what about my birth certificate? Is a scanned copy of my passport enough? If not, Should I have my birth certficate legalized/authenticated by apostle before I copy it and send it? 

NB: both these documents are written in BOTH danish/English so I assume that is okay

hope somebody can help !

[broppy 204]

21 minutes ago, hwbertel said:

First of all, I'm a bit uncertain about what to attach for the I-130. I'm the foreign spouse. 

I have had our marriage certificate legalized (by apostille). Its from Denmark but it was in English. I have that photocopied, but what about my birth certificate? Is a scanned copy of my passport enough? If not, Should I have my birth certficate legalized/authenticated by apostle before I copy it and send it?

At this stage, USCIS don't want your birth certificate - just evidence that your spouse is a US citizen - a copy of his/her birth certificate or passport will work just fine. Later on in the process, you'll need to submit a copy of your birth certificate to NVC (along with a bunch of other stuff). There's no need for legalization/apostille.

 

21 minutes ago, hwbertel said:

NB: both these documents are written in BOTH danish/English so I assume that is okay

Better than okay - USCIS and NVC accept bi- and multilingual documents (as long as one language is English, of course) - saves you having to get them translated.

[Liam2021 583]

At NVC stage, birth cert of foreign spouse is required. Also, birth cert of the spouse who sponsor not required at both USCIS and NVC stage.