Petitioner's birth certificate for k-1 Visa interview

[poh 125]

Hi everyone.

 

I think this question was asked before on this forum but I want to ask for some clarification.  

For the visa interview, the petitioner is asked to provided birth certificate . If the petitioner is a naturalized U.S. citizen and does not have a birth certificate from his country of birth, can the petitioner use his U.S. passport and Naturalization certificate in lieu of his birth certificate?  The petitioner has left his country of birth over 40 years ago since immigrating to U.S.  I doubt the petitioner can obtain any form of birth certificate from his country of birth.  

 

Thanks in advance.  

[jouneymyn 8]

25 minutes ago, poh said:

Hi everyone.

 

I think this question was asked before on this forum but I want to ask for some clarification.  

For the visa interview, the petitioner is asked to provided birth certificate . If the petitioner is a naturalized U.S. citizen and does not have a birth certificate from his country of birth, can the petitioner use his U.S. passport and Naturalization certificate in lieu of his birth certificate?  The petitioner has left his country of birth over 40 years ago since immigrating to U.S.  I doubt the petitioner can obtain any form of birth certificate from his country of birth.  

 

Thanks in advance.  

Hi there, I'm a US citizen, and I don't have a birth certificate either (something my parents decided when I was born). However, I do have an official "Finding an Order of Birth" issued from the county court in the county where I was born. I submitted this (along with a photocopy of my passport, of course) at the interview and there was no problem.

If you are still stateside, maybe call up your county court and see if they can issue some official document such as this. I'm sure that naturalization documents would be an asset, too.

[goldenbae 62]

Sometimes they want to see proof that there is no birth certificate, or something stating that you do not have one, maybe you should try calling and getting something in writing at least, and provide your passport too!

[kenikki 26]

Would copies of the petitioner's US passport and Certificate of Naturalization not be sufficient?

[poh 125]

12 minutes ago, kenikki said:

Would copies of the petitioner's US passport and Certificate of Naturalization not be sufficient?

After going through the visa interview process and passing the interview, I can say that U.S. passport and naturalization paper should suffice.  I recall the CO did not ask for one from us.    good luck!