Children's Birth Certificates?

[Sonata Arctica 2]

I have two kids from a previous marriage. My daughter is almost 21 and my son is 17 and they both live with my ex-wife. They are not part of my IR1 application process and wont be immigrating. Throughout the process there was never a requirement to submit ANY documents about them, except providing their names and address during the I-130 process.

 

Now that I have my interview in a month's time, I have gone through the checklist on the Montreal website, and it has me stumped completely. One of the things listed on there is to provide original or certified birth certificates of all the children of the applicant. Is this applicable in my case or is it in case of children who are also on the file for immigration, even though they are not accompanying me at the interview? I am suddenly very worried, because my ex and I are not on very friendly terms and she will not provide me with that information.

 

My understanding is that since I am the only person that my USC wife has sponsored, I do not need to provide my kids' birth certificates. Is that correct?

[mniceguy16 186]

1 hour ago, Sonata Arctica said:

I have two kids from a previous marriage. My daughter is almost 21 and my son is 17 and they both live with my ex-wife. They are not part of my IR1 application process and wont be immigrating. Throughout the process there was never a requirement to submit ANY documents about them, except providing their names and address during the I-130 process.

 

Now that I have my interview in a month's time, I have gone through the checklist on the Montreal website, and it has me stumped completely. One of the things listed on there is to provide original or certified birth certificates of all the children of the applicant. Is this applicable in my case or is it in case of children who are also on the file for immigration, even though they are not accompanying me at the interview? I am suddenly very worried, because my ex and I are not on very friendly terms and she will not provide me with that information.

 

My understanding is that since I am the only person that my USC wife has sponsored, I do not need to provide my kids' birth certificates. Is that correct?

correct,you are immigrating alone,so you should be having your original or certified copy of birth certificate at your interview.

[BChance 38]

9 hours ago, Sonata Arctica said:

I have two kids from a previous marriage. My daughter is almost 21 and my son is 17 and they both live with my ex-wife. They are not part of my IR1 application process and wont be immigrating. Throughout the process there was never a requirement to submit ANY documents about them, except providing their names and address during the I-130 process.

 

Now that I have my interview in a month's time, I have gone through the checklist on the Montreal website, and it has me stumped completely. One of the things listed on there is to provide original or certified birth certificates of all the children of the applicant. Is this applicable in my case or is it in case of children who are also on the file for immigration, even though they are not accompanying me at the interview? I am suddenly very worried, because my ex and I are not on very friendly terms and she will not provide me with that information.

 

My understanding is that since I am the only person that my USC wife has sponsored, I do not need to provide my kids' birth certificates. Is that correct?

I am in the same situation . I have two older kids (36 and 40) from a previous marriage who are not immigrating with me and saw that on the checklist they wanted their birth certs as well. I’m bringing them just in case but I seriously doubt they will ask for them. You could email the embassy and ask about that

[NikLR 13,227]

No they only need them if the children are immigrating.