Birth Certificate for AOS

[FamousJerry 47]

My wife and I had our interview 2 weeks ago, her thailand birth certificate has a seal that is not embossed at all. Its a large round stamp that is then initialed by the documents officer. We brought her original as well as a copy. We gave him the copy and he thought it was the original (we have a really good printer) we told him we had the origional one as well. He said its ok he needed to have a copy to put in the file for his process. We kind of laughed and i said well with the K1 our file has 2 - 3 copies, the AOS file has 1 copy and now the interview has 1 additional copy. He smiled and said yeah i never really thought about all that extra paperwork we ask for.

[MrHanky 1,377]

1 hour ago, Babu Frik said:

Seals aren't always raised. The one from Mexico isn't.

But it would have to be the original wet stamp.

Correct.

For ours, the Petitioners was embossed (this maybe also varies by state), but the Mexican birth certificated only had a non-embossed stamp, but on the anti-counterfeit paper or whatever it's called.

It really varies what they will end up asking for at the interview, sometimes they do, sometimes they don't, but if they do and you don't have it, it's possible it will delay things.

[Coco8 1,042]

23 hours ago, Babu Frik said:

This isn't exactly a certified copy, it's printing from your own computer.

It looked the same as the one I was given in the official office. The level of "certification" varies by country and some seals are just an old type of marking. 

 

Also, if you read what it says on USCIS, the translation has to be certified. It doesn't say anything about the birth certificate. The "certification" thing with big stamps and tons of papers is a bureaucratic thing that varies a lot by country.

 

3. Birth Certificate

A copy of the applicant’s foreign birth certificate or sufficient secondary evidence of birth must be submitted to establish the applicant’s country of citizenship for visa chargeability, identity, and existence of derivative relationships. ^[2] Each foreign birth certificate must include a certified English translation. ^[3] 

Officers should check the Department of State's Country Reciprocity Schedule to determine availability of birth certificates as well as acceptable secondary evidence of birth for specific countries.

Edited December 2, 2020 by Coco8

[Babu Frik 1,162]

2 hours ago, Coco8 said:

It looked the same as the one I was given in the official office. The level of "certification" varies by country and some seals are just an old type of marking. 

 

Also, if you read what it says on USCIS, the translation has to be certified. It doesn't say anything about the birth certificate. The "certification" thing with big stamps and tons of papers is a bureaucratic thing that varies a lot by country.

 

3. Birth Certificate

A copy of the applicant’s foreign birth certificate or sufficient secondary evidence of birth must be submitted to establish the applicant’s country of citizenship for visa chargeability, identity, and existence of derivative relationships. ^[2] Each foreign birth certificate must include a certified English translation. ^[3] 

Officers should check the Department of State's Country Reciprocity Schedule to determine availability of birth certificates as well as acceptable secondary evidence of birth for specific countries.

You should go back and read the posts, we're talking about the interview.

You never send original docs otherwise.

I'm sure if I take a picture of a document it looks the same too, printing it out doesn't make it official at least in the US of A

 

[Bear11 7]

does USCIS require Birth Certificate from petitioner?

[Babu Frik 1,162]

9 hours ago, Bear11 said:

does USCIS require Birth Certificate from petitioner?

Absolutely, it looks like you're already past that part though.

[Coco8 1,042]

15 hours ago, Babu Frik said:

You should go back and read the posts, we're talking about the interview.

You never send original docs otherwise.

I'm sure if I take a picture of a document it looks the same too, printing it out doesn't make it official at least in the US of A

 

The checklist for the interview also says a copy of the birth certificate. Please post the link in which it says the birth certificate has to be original or certified by the foreign government.

[Bear11 7]

1 hour ago, Coco8 said:

The checklist for the interview also says a copy of the birth certificate. Please post the link in which it says the birth certificate has to be original or certified by the foreign government.

it can be photocopy of Birth certificate with translate?

[Babu Frik 1,162]

1 hour ago, Bear11 said:

it can be photocopy of Birth certificate with translate?

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration/nonimmigrant-visa-for-a-fiance-k-1.html

 

Bring photocopies, originals will be returned.

That's usually the situation, although people will have varying experiences.

 

 

[Babu Frik 1,162]

You may also want to search the forum for recent experiences.

[Bear11 7]

1 hour ago, Babu Frik said:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration/nonimmigrant-visa-for-a-fiance-k-1.html

 

Bring photocopies, originals will be returned.

That's usually the situation, although people will have varying experiences.

 

 

that's about for consulate interview overseas, i'm talking about interview to USCIS office in my case Los Angeles

Edited December 2, 2020 by Bear11