Original Certificate of Death

[LNY 0]

Dear Friends,

To get the interview scheduled at the US Embassy where I live, I must show the original or original certified copies by the issuing office for certificate of death. The problem is my fiance only sent me the fotocopy certified death certificate, not the original certified one. He couldn't send me the original certified one because the original certificate is not done yet. Now it is still in processing about almost 2 weeks, but not done yet. Need your please, if you know: How long is the process of death certificate in the US ?

Thanks for your help in advance.

[Minya's wife 24]

Dear Friends,

To get the interview scheduled at the US Embassy where I live, I must show the original or original certified copies by the issuing office for certificate of death. The problem is my fiance only sent me the fotocopy certified death certificate, not the original certified one. He couldn't send me the original certified one because the original certificate is not done yet. Now it is still in processing about almost 2 weeks, but not done yet. Need your please, if you know: How long is the process of death certificate in the US ?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Original certificate of the death of whom, your fiance's wife? If that is the case...how is it that your fiance had a photocopy but not the original? A photocopy implies that a copy was made of the original. Why didn't your fiance just send you the original of this certificate, instead of the copy? Your question is a little confusing....once someone passes away, and a ruling is made as to the cause of death (like death due to an accident, or some sort of sickness) a death certificate (which is the original) is given to the next of kin of the deceased. If, for example, that original certificate is lost, a person can contact the applicable office (in this case I think it would be the bureau of vital statisticsin the city/county your fiance lives in) and have a certified copy mailed to him/her. I am not sure of the length of time this takes, but I cannot imagine it taking more than a couple of weeks to have a certified copy mailed out to the requestor.

-P

[Mononoke28 135]

Based on what I read it sounds like you're talking about your fiancée's death certificate, which is a little creepy. If it's for his wife, then that's still kind of creepy since the death certificate has not been issued yet and he's already engaged to you...?? Your choice and order of words do not make sense of what you need to ask. Sorry.

When my father passed away 5 years ago we had the death certificate 3 days after his funeral.

[rebeccajo 14]

Slow down people.

You can request a certified copy of an official document from any repository at any time. Immediately after the event or 100 years later.

Just because somebody requests a copy of a death certificate doesn't mean the death recently occurred. It might mean they never before had cause to need a certified copy.

The copy of a death certificate one receives after a death will need to be entered into the legal record. In many cases the funeral home sees to that as part of their services. One can possess a death certificate, but unless it bears 'clock marks' or some sort of seal from the proper authority in that jurisdiction, it is not a part of the legal record - which is what USCIS/DOS is looking for.

Edited April 25, 2007 by rebeccajo

[LNY 0]

Dear Rebeccajo, Mononoke28, and Paula&Minya

Thank you for your advice about this issue.

Actually, my fiance's wife died about a year ago. I attached the photocopy of my fiance wife's certificate of death I have.

According to his information, he just has it; that's why he gave me this photocopy. Since the US Embassy is asking the original one or the original certified photocopy one, so he is ordering it via internet. He said the delivery took about 4-5 days. Now, it is almost 2 weeks, but the original one is not ready nor received by him. Honestly, I don't understand at all, especially about the processing of certificate in the US. In my country, it just takes about a week, then done. I just browsed in the internet, it said the process would be less than a week.

If you can see the attachment above, please tell me: Is the certified death certificate like that one ? Or is it just the temporary death certificate ? I don't think the attachment is such the original one. Am I right ?

Edited April 25, 2007 by Phillip & Lan

[rebeccajo 14]

In the US, each municipality or county will have different looking documents and different methods of certification than another.

So even if we could see your document we would not be able to verify its authenticity.

[Mononoke28 135]

This is true when it comes to these type of records. My sister requested a copy of her divorce decree and they told her it would take about 3-4 days, well it actually took close to a month.

[Jasman0717 9]

Based on what I read it sounds like you're talking about your fiancée's death certificate, which is a little creepy. If it's for his wife, then that's still kind of creepy since the death certificate has not been issued yet and he's already engaged to you...?? Your choice and order of words do not make sense of what you need to ask. Sorry.

When my father passed away 5 years ago we had the death certificate 3 days after his funeral.

I am totally confused!