Childs birth certificate

[martinbr 1]

I was just married last week in the philippines and will be filing my i-130 papers in about a month once I get back my true certified copies of marriage license and birth certificates. But i have run into a snag. My wife had a child out of wedlock and on the childs birth certificate the name of the child is the fathers last name. That's one problem. But also the maiden name of my wife isn't correct. It is reading a name that is different from her maiden name.

It is also stating that she was married in manila but this is not true. She wasn't married at all. So the documents are of a false nature.

We are thinking that the documents were falsified in the first place and that the father of the child's father some how had it fixed to look like she was married.

I have a friend in Ca who just went thru this with his wife and they attached a letter stating that the reason that the name is the same as the fathers is that they didn't want to bring shame to the child and let the child have the same name as the father. This seemed to work for them but i don't know if this is going to be a snag or should i seek a attorney for this?

What it means is, that i can get my wife over since she has a cenomar paper and the marriage license but not the child. Problem being is that going the lawyer route it's going to cost around $800.00 vs. just putting a letter attached to the childs birth certificate. Also it's going to take to at aleast the middle of next year to get the child clear of this so i can't even file the petition on the kid yet.

We might file the petition for my wife and see if we can get the child over later at a later date. That's not what I want to do, but it's a way to go anyway.

Actually we did talk to attorney and she said that she could get it fixed so the child could have the mothers maiden name on her true birth certificate.

Anyone else that has had this situation, some feedback would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,

martinbr

[Jigi 0]

hi,

this is tough situation, i think an attorney is needed here or you can post in the local phillipines forum.

BEst of luck

Jigi

[RandyandRina 2]

This needs to be corrected via court preceedings at their locality in Philippines. Hire a lawyer that can rectify this issue, especially if the child and your fiance will be going through immigration process. If all information entered on the document was false, it needs certification that it is so and only the court can fix that for you.