About to file AOS, missing birth certificate.

[hakeemmusse 0]

My wife (spouse beneficiary) and I are about to submit our AOS packet this weekend but i just realized they wont accept my wives short form Canadian birth certificate. I asked her multiple times if she had a birth certificate but mistakenly assumed she always had the long form. I feel stupid not reviewing her documents in advance. I was making photocopies when I noticed the issue. 
 

What can i do? I dont want any i delay submitting because her visa expires next week. Can I still submit the long form birth certificate after package has been sent before a RFE is issued? 

[Lemonslice 4,919]

33 minutes ago, hakeemmusse said:

My wife (spouse beneficiary) and I are about to submit our AOS packet this weekend but i just realized they wont accept my wives short form Canadian birth certificate. I asked her multiple times if she had a birth certificate but mistakenly assumed she always had the long form. I feel stupid not reviewing her documents in advance. I was making photocopies when I noticed the issue. 
 

What can i do? I dont want any i delay submitting because her visa expires next week. Can I still submit the long form birth certificate after package has been sent before a RFE is issued? 

Most provinces have an online ordering system with express processing, for a fee. 

 

Look at the reciprocity schedule for details on what to get, and where

 

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

 

 

[hmwtx 13]

I was in a similar situation with ours - only I am the USC and I didn't get my official certified copy back from the county here before we wanted to file.  So we filed without mine, and I sent it in when I got it.  We didn't get an RFE.  We did take a copy with us to the first interview, but the officer there wasn't really interested in it, just glanced at it and handed it back to me.  Granted, I was not the beneficiary and we did have my husband's birth certificate when we filed, so your results may vary, but there wasn't any problem that I can tell created by my sending in my own birth certificate after the fact.