Birth Certificate?

[csh2020 10]

Hello. I am a USC and getting ready to file an I-130 for my wife. She was born in Nicaragua and later migrated to Costa Rica where she obtained dual citizenship betwen the two countries. 

 

The problem is that she is having trouble obtaining her birth certificate from Nicaragua because some recent changes in the government making it nearly impossible for anyone who left Nicaragua to obtain government issued documents. 

 

However, since she has citizenship with Costa Rica, her birth certificate is accessible through the Costa Rican government. The birth certificate indicates that she was born in Nicaragua.

 

She also has unexpired passports from both Nicaragua and Costa Rica. So all the documents are in order with the exception of the birth certificate directly from Nicaragua. 

 

My question is if the birth certificate obtained from Costa Rica might be acceptable by USCIS?

 

It seems that there are some guidelines for documents that cannot be obtained by certain countries due to external circumstances (corruption, missing records, etc) but I cannot find any information on it. 

 

We want to make sure everything is correct and in order before sending the petition so as to avoid an RFE.

 

Thank you for any information you can provide.

 

Edited October 14 by csh2020

[Dashinka 24,649]

Reading the State Dept. reciprocity schedule for Nicaragua, it does not appear they will accept any other alternative.

 

Good Luck!

 

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

[Ryan H 3,818]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.

[pushbrk 12,999]

Note the point of the birth certificate is not just to show where and when she was born.  It is to show her parents' names as well.  They will only accept a birth certificate from the country in which an immigrant was actually born.  They do not care how difficult it might be to obtain, unless you can document that it is not possible.