Is bilingual Birth Certificate accepted?

[JasLondon 0]

Hi everyone,

 

We are currently at the document upload stage of the DS-260 application.

 

I, the applicant am a British Citizen who was born in India and moved to the United Kingdom before my 1st birthday.

 

I have obtained a certified copy of my Birth Certificate from the Municipal authority in India - This document is bilingual (Punjabi & English).

 

Would this bilingual Birth Certificate be accepted as supporting document and also accepted at my interview which will take place in the United Kingdom.

 

Or, would I still require a translation? I've tried researching this but cannot find anything specific to UK requirements.

 

Please see below extract from my Birth Certificate which shows both languages in use;

 

 

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Jas.

Edited June 27, 2020 by JasLondon

[onek 306]

18 minutes ago, JasLondon said:

Hi everyone,

 

We are currently at the document upload stage of the DS-260 application.

 

I, the applicant am a British Citizen who was born in India and moved to the United Kingdom before my 1st birthday.

 

I have obtained a certified copy of my Birth Certificate from the Municipal authority in India - This document is bilingual (Punjabi & English).

 

Would this bilingual Birth Certificate be accepted as supporting document and also accepted at my interview which will take place in the United Kingdom.

 

Or, would I still require a translation? I've tried researching this but cannot find anything specific to UK requirements.

 

Please see below extract from my Birth Certificate which shows both languages in use;

 

 

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Jas.

Yes, it’s acceptable 

Edited June 27, 2020 by onek

[Allaboutwaiting 2,503]

I think I recall a recent case of someone that sent this kind of BC getting an RFE asking for a translation. 

And I'll take the chance to tell you about the infamous case of an RFE asking for a translation of a birth certificate from the UK.

 

My suggestion would be to upload both this bilingual one and a "translation". 

Edited June 27, 2020 by Allaboutwaiting

[Jay&Sid 211]

48 minutes ago, JasLondon said:

Hi everyone,

 

We are currently at the document upload stage of the DS-260 application.

 

I, the applicant am a British Citizen who was born in India and moved to the United Kingdom before my 1st birthday.

 

I have obtained a certified copy of my Birth Certificate from the Municipal authority in India - This document is bilingual (Punjabi & English).

 

Would this bilingual Birth Certificate be accepted as supporting document and also accepted at my interview which will take place in the United Kingdom.

 

Or, would I still require a translation? I've tried researching this but cannot find anything specific to UK requirements.

 

Please see below extract from my Birth Certificate which shows both languages in use;

 

 

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Jas.

I can share my recent experience.

I have submitted bilingual birth certificate of my kids and they accepted it.

Their cases have been approved.

[igoyougoduke 1,635]

1 hour ago, JasLondon said:

Hi everyone,

 

We are currently at the document upload stage of the DS-260 application.

 

I, the applicant am a British Citizen who was born in India and moved to the United Kingdom before my 1st birthday.

 

I have obtained a certified copy of my Birth Certificate from the Municipal authority in India - This document is bilingual (Punjabi & English).

 

Would this bilingual Birth Certificate be accepted as supporting document and also accepted at my interview which will take place in the United Kingdom.

 

Or, would I still require a translation? I've tried researching this but cannot find anything specific to UK requirements.

 

Please see below extract from my Birth Certificate which shows both languages in use;

 

 

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Jas.

Yes its accepted

[HRQX 4,145]

2 hours ago, JasLondon said:

Would this bilingual Birth Certificate be accepted as supporting document and also accepted at my interview which will take place in the United Kingdom.

Yes, London should accept it.

 

At least you aren't dealing with incompetent USCIS that issues RFEs for translation of birth certificates from England:

 

[bradoony 54]

22 hours ago, JasLondon said:

Hi everyone,

 

We are currently at the document upload stage of the DS-260 application.

 

I, the applicant am a British Citizen who was born in India and moved to the United Kingdom before my 1st birthday.

 

I have obtained a certified copy of my Birth Certificate from the Municipal authority in India - This document is bilingual (Punjabi & English).

 

Would this bilingual Birth Certificate be accepted as supporting document and also accepted at my interview which will take place in the United Kingdom.

 

Or, would I still require a translation? I've tried researching this but cannot find anything specific to UK requirements.

 

Please see below extract from my Birth Certificate which shows both languages in use;

 

 

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Jas.

You need the original along with a certified English translation. Keep in mind you can translate your own documents along as you can certify that you are fluent / proficient in English. Even though it has english on that document, personally, I would still have it translated for a piece of mind.

[onek 306]

13 minutes ago, bradoony said:

You need the original along with a certified English translation. Keep in mind you can translate your own documents along as you can certify that you are fluent / proficient in English. Even though it has english on that document, personally, I would still have it translated for a piece of mind.

Translate an official document which is already in English?

[Ryan H 3,810]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.

[acmanu 68]

On 6/27/2020 at 3:53 PM, JasLondon said:

Hi everyone,

 

We are currently at the document upload stage of the DS-260 application.

 

I, the applicant am a British Citizen who was born in India and moved to the United Kingdom before my 1st birthday.

 

I have obtained a certified copy of my Birth Certificate from the Municipal authority in India - This document is bilingual (Punjabi & English).

 

Would this bilingual Birth Certificate be accepted as supporting document and also accepted at my interview which will take place in the United Kingdom.

 

Or, would I still require a translation? I've tried researching this but cannot find anything specific to UK requirements.

 

Please see below extract from my Birth Certificate which shows both languages in use;

 

 

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Jas.

Hi 

 

I am uploading similar English/Punjabi bilingual birth certificate. Will let you know if I hear any objections. And vice-versa please let us know if you get any remarks from NVC. Thank you!

[acmanu 68]

Just FYI, the Bilingual certificate was accepted by NVC. Cheers!

[onek 306]

16 hours ago, acmanu said:

Just FYI, the Bilingual certificate was accepted by NVC. Cheers!

Thank you for Posting the update for the benefit of everyone that an official document which is already in English, even bilingual, doesn’t need to be translated 

[juancarlos 126]

I sent both versions.

 

In Spain you can get the literal birth certificate, enterely in Spanish, that I translated to English (by a certified translator). Then Spain also issues multilingual certificates like the one you shown.

 

I sent both and I hope that works. Still waiting for NOA1

[markwebb 5]

Had same Punjabi/english birth certificate. Was accepted by USCIS without any issue

[Sofitalian 134]

My birth certificate is English/Chinese bilingual. It's been accepted.