Does Baptismal required on US immigrant interview on Manila Embassy.

[Delvac 1]

Does anyone here who is Late Registered really need the baptismal certificate during interview? Thanks in advance. 

[top_secret 2,376]

1 hour ago, Delvac said:

Does anyone here who is Late Registered really need the baptismal certificate during interview? Thanks in advance. 

 

Whether or not you need additional evidence in the case of a late registered birth certificate is up to the individual consul at the interview. It may also depend on just how late it was registered.  Two years late registered and a friendly consul may not require any extra evidence at all.  10 years late registered and/or a strict consul might issue a 221g for more evidence if you don't bring any with you.   A Baptismal Certificate is one type of additional evidence you might submit in the case of a late registered birth certificate but it is never a requirement.  For many Filipinos they could easily get a new copy of their Baptismal Certificate from the local parish where they were baptized. If you can't get that, there are other types of evidence that you could use too such as school records, old ID’s, etc.

 

My wife was 5 years late registered.  She got her baptismal certificate by actually messaging the Facebook page of the local parish in the province where she grew up.  They found it in their records and let her sister pick up a new copy for her.  Then her sister went by her old high school and they still had her form 137. (I noticed that she failed English😆)  Her elementary school issued a letter on DepEd letterhead stating that her Form 137-E was destroyed by a typhoon but certifying that she had attended that school as a child.  

[Delvac 1]

5 hours ago, top_secret said:

 

Whether or not you need additional evidence in the case of a late registered birth certificate is up to the individual consul at the interview. It may also depend on just how late it was registered.  Two years late registered and a friendly consul may not require any extra evidence at all.  10 years late registered and/or a strict consul might issue a 221g for more evidence if you don't bring any with you.   A Baptismal Certificate is one type of additional evidence you might submit in the case of a late registered birth certificate but it is never a requirement.  For many Filipinos they could easily get a new copy of their Baptismal Certificate from the local parish where they were baptized. If you can't get that, there are other types of evidence that you could use too such as school records, old ID’s, etc.

 

My wife was 5 years late registered.  She got her baptismal certificate by actually messaging the Facebook page of the local parish in the province where she grew up.  They found it in their records and let her sister pick up a new copy for her.  Then her sister went by her old high school and they still had her form 137. (I noticed that she failed English😆)  Her elementary school issued a letter on DepEd letterhead stating that her Form 137-E was destroyed by a typhoon but certifying that she had attended that school as a child.  

Hey bro thank you so much. But where i can find in BC if how many years of late registered? Our copy is still in US because we required to submit that in NVC and since the case DQ’ed i thought it doen’t need anymore in interview. 

[top_secret 2,376]

17 minutes ago, Delvac said:

Hey bro thank you so much. But where i can find in BC if how many years of late registered? Our copy is still in US because we required to submit that in NVC and since the case DQ’ed i thought it doen’t need anymore in interview. 

 

If the birth certificate is late registered there should be a second page with an "Affidavit for Delayed Registration of Birth" which would list when it was registered.

 

You will definitely need an original PSA copy of your Birth Certificate at your interview. No exceptions on that. If you do not have the one you submitted to NVC then get a new one, upload it to CEAC and bring that to your interview.  You need to bring ALL of the original documents you submitted to NVC to your interview.  DQ just means that NVC thinks you have all the correct documents.  It's the Embassy that approves or rejects the originals.

[Delvac 1]

5 minutes ago, top_secret said:

 

If the birth certificate is late registered there should be a second page with an "Affidavit for Delayed Registration of Birth" which would list when it was registered.

 

You will definitely need an original PSA copy of your Birth Certificate at your interview. No exceptions on that. If you do not have the one you submitted to NVC then get a new one, upload it to CEAC and bring that to your interview.  You need to bring ALL of the original documents you submitted to NVC to your interview.  DQ just means that NVC thinks you have all the correct documents.  It's the Embassy that approves or rejects the originals.

Thanks bro. We got original BC on hand. Only the original baptismal and form 137 is still in the US and got interview next week lol. Does embassy still need original baptismal and form 137?

[top_secret 2,376]

6 minutes ago, Delvac said:

Thanks bro. We got original BC on hand. Only the original baptismal and form 137 is still in the US and got interview next week lol. Does embassy still need original baptismal and form 137?

 

It's totally up to the consul at the interview. If the interview is next week and you don't have the originals, at least bring copies.   

[Delvac 1]

2 minutes ago, top_secret said:

 

It's totally up to the consul at the interview. If the interview is next week and you don't have the originals, at least bring copies.   

Thanks bro lol. So frustrating lol.