Original Birth Certificate or Certified Copy

[JessAtallah 3]

My mother-in-law has her IR5 interview Monday. We sent a digital copy to NVC but because my husband needed his original birth certificate for his own immigration progress we have the original, here in the U.S. Can we get a certified copy or can we send a digital copy of the original and get it translated again? Any advice? 😭

Edited June 8, 2023 by JessAtallah

[SalishSea 17,744]

6 minutes ago, JessAtallah said:

My mother-in-law has her IR5 interview Monday. We sent a digital copy to NVC but because my husband needed his original birth certificate for his own immigration progress we have the original, here in the U.S. Can we get a certified copy or can we send a digital copy of the original and get it translated again? Any advice? 😭

Not sure how you could get a certified copy of a document that is not owned by some vital records jurisdiction in the US?

 

Maybe the Lebanon embassy can certify it?

[Crazy Cat 41,606]

I suspect she will need an original certified copy (the same as an original) from there in Lebanon.  

Edited June 8, 2023 by Crazy Cat

[Mike E 11,739]

30 minutes ago, JessAtallah said:

Can we get a certified copy or can we send a digital copy of the original and get it translated again?

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Lebanon.html
 

Document Name: “Wathikat Welada” translated to Birth Certificate or Certificate of Birth

Issuing Authority: Lebanese Republic, Ministry of interior & Municipalities, Directorate General of Civil Status

Special Seal(s) / Color / Format: There is no special seal(s)/color/format.

Issuing Authority Personnel Title: Local Civil Registry Officer

Registration Criteria: To register a child’s birth with the Lebanese Civil Authorities, parents need to submit an executed marriage or divorce certificate to the local Civil Registry Office.

Procedure for Obtaining: Lebanese and foreigners born in Lebanon (resident and non-resident) may obtain a government birth certificate from the district office of the Civil Registry Office in the district where the applicant is registered. Non-Residents may request a birth certificate from the Lebanese Embassy abroad or through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Lebanon.  It is free of charge.

Certified Copies Available: Certified copies are available.

Alternate Documents: Alternate civil documentation of birth (for Lebanese nationals whose place of birth is Lebanon) can be the individual or family civil registration sheet issued by the Civil Registry Office, which records all members of a family.  If a birth certificate is unavailable due to non-registration or the civil war, the statement of non-existence must be requested from the Ministry of Interior’s local Civil Registry Office.

Exceptions: None

Comments: Birth certificates, like all Lebanese civil documents, must be executed by the Ministry of Interior’s Civil Registry Office.

[Deagle 508]

1 hour ago, JessAtallah said:

My mother-in-law has her IR5 interview Monday. We sent a digital copy to NVC but because my husband needed his original birth certificate for his own immigration progress we have the original, here in the U.S. Can we get a certified copy or can we send a digital copy of the original and get it translated again? Any advice? 😭

Certified copy will do. I was in the same situation as you. The embassy called few days before the interview and requested the petitioner (me) birth certificate. I have the original one here. I sent a copy of it and they just translated there and stamped it as certified. The US embassy accepted it. Good luck.

[Crazy Cat 41,606]

26 minutes ago, Deagle said:

I sent a copy of it and they just translated there and stamped it as certified.

They certified the translation, not the document.  Normally, only the original issuing authority can issue a certified copy of a document. 

Edited June 8, 2023 by Crazy Cat

[JessAtallah 3]

Thank you all! She was able to get a copy and a certified translation!