Birth certificate

[Malysh 0]

Sorry for yet another question.

My fiancée the USC needs to send copies of her birth certificate with the I-129F petition. Do these need to be certified copies? Or can she just make a copy of it herself and send it?

Malysh.

[Hell0W0rld 10]

Sorry for yet another question.

My fiancée the USC needs to send copies of her birth certificate with the I-129F petition. Do these need to be certified copies? Or can she just make a copy of it herself and send it?

Malysh.

Certified Copy

[Malysh 0]

Sorry for yet another question.

My fiancée the USC needs to send copies of her birth certificate with the I-129F petition. Do these need to be certified copies? Or can she just make a copy of it herself and send it?

Malysh.

Certified Copy

Alright, thanks!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Sorry for yet another question.

My fiancée the USC needs to send copies of her birth certificate with the I-129F petition. Do these need to be certified copies? Or can she just make a copy of it herself and send it?

Malysh.

Photocopy, front and back. Even if the back is blank

[Malysh 0]

Sorry for yet another question.

My fiancée the USC needs to send copies of her birth certificate with the I-129F petition. Do these need to be certified copies? Or can she just make a copy of it herself and send it?

Malysh.

Photocopy, front and back. Even if the back is blank

So it can be a photocopy then?

Wouldn't copying a blank form just leave me with an empty blank sheet of paper?

[Hell0W0rld 10]

Sorry for yet another question.

My fiancée the USC needs to send copies of her birth certificate with the I-129F petition. Do these need to be certified copies? Or can she just make a copy of it herself and send it?

Malysh.

Photocopy, front and back. Even if the back is blank

So it can be a photocopy then?

Wouldn't copying a blank form just leave me with an empty blank sheet of paper?

IF possible get the certified copy, if not then photocopy would be your only choice...

[baron555 934]

Sorry for yet another question.

My fiancée the USC needs to send copies of her birth certificate with the I-129F petition. Do these need to be certified copies? Or can she just make a copy of it herself and send it?

Malysh.

OR, complete copy of all pages, including blank ones and the front and back cover of her passport.

[pRetTy_aNgeL 1]

It is either the certified true copy of birth certificate or passport biographical pages including stamp pages.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Ok, a lot of different opinions here, and some are not correct.

According to the I-129F instructions:

3. What Documents Do You Need to Show That You Are a U.S. Citizen?

A. If you were born in the United States, give USCIS a copy, front and back, of your birth certificate.

1. Your original Certificate of Citizenship, or

2. Your Form FS-240 (Report of Birth Abroad of a United States Citizen).

D. In place of any of the above, you may give USCIS a copy of your valid, unexpired U.S. passport issued with a validity period of at least five years. You must submit copies of all pages in the passport.

Hope that clears it up!

[Malysh 0]

Thanks for the reply.

Also, as far as evidence of having met goes. I am the one that did the travelling to my fiancée to the U.S.

Which means I have to scan my passport, and send her the stamps. Can I just scan this with my scanner, and send it to her so she can print them?

And do I need to scan every page of my passport in this case as well? Or will the stamp pages be enough?

Is it ok to just scan every piece of evidence with my scanner, and send her the scans to print out?

Malysh.

Ok, a lot of different opinions here, and some are not correct.

According to the I-129F instructions:

3. What Documents Do You Need to Show That You Are a U.S. Citizen?

A. If you were born in the United States, give USCIS a copy, front and back, of your birth certificate.

1. Your original Certificate of Citizenship, or

2. Your Form FS-240 (Report of Birth Abroad of a United States Citizen).

D. In place of any of the above, you may give USCIS a copy of your valid, unexpired U.S. passport issued with a validity period of at least five years. You must submit copies of all pages in the passport.

Hope that clears it up!

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Thanks for the reply.

Also, as far as evidence of having met goes. I am the one that did the travelling to my fiancée to the U.S.

Which means I have to scan my passport, and send her the stamps. Can I just scan this with my scanner, and send it to her so she can print them?

And do I need to scan every page of my passport in this case as well? Or will the stamp pages be enough?

Is it ok to just scan every piece of evidence with my scanner, and send her the scans to print out?

Malysh.

I think you should be able to just scan the bio page and the pages with the visa stamps. It should be ok if you send her the scans and let her print them out. USCIS is trying to get away from the requirement for any original documents, though you still need some originals at the consulate stage.

Scanning the entire passport, including blank pages, is pretty much only for the petitioner if they need the passport to prove US citizenship.

I presume you have stuff other than the passport as evidence of having met. Airline boarding passes, photos of the two of you together, etc.

[Malysh 0]

Thanks.

Yes, I have plenty of evidence. 3 visits; I have the itineraries, couple of boarding passes, Passport stamps, ticket receipts, baggage labels, ATM receipts, restaurant bills. And secondary evidence we have pictures of us together. Would this be sufficient to prove that we've met?

Malysh.

Thanks for the reply.

Also, as far as evidence of having met goes. I am the one that did the travelling to my fiancée to the U.S.

Which means I have to scan my passport, and send her the stamps. Can I just scan this with my scanner, and send it to her so she can print them?

And do I need to scan every page of my passport in this case as well? Or will the stamp pages be enough?

Is it ok to just scan every piece of evidence with my scanner, and send her the scans to print out?

Malysh.

I think you should be able to just scan the bio page and the pages with the visa stamps. It should be ok if you send her the scans and let her print them out. USCIS is trying to get away from the requirement for any original documents, though you still need some originals at the consulate stage.

Scanning the entire passport, including blank pages, is pretty much only for the petitioner if they need the passport to prove US citizenship.

I presume you have stuff other than the passport as evidence of having met. Airline boarding passes, photos of the two of you together, etc.

Edited May 11, 2009 by Malysh

[Ed+Cindy 1]

We sent standard copies with the I-129F and that was fine.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Thanks.

Yes, I have plenty of evidence. 3 visits; I have the itineraries, couple of boarding passes, Passport stamps, ticket receipts, baggage labels, ATM receipts, restaurant bills. And secondary evidence we have pictures of us together. Would this be sufficient to prove that we've met?

Malysh.

Yes, those all look fine. Your primary evidence is the passport stamps and boarding passes. Your secondary evidence is the photos and ATM receipts (if your name is not on the ATM receipts then you should probably include a copy of your ATM card). The airline ticket receipts are useful if they have your name on them, but not much use otherwise. Same with baggage labels and restaurant bills. Itineraries are not much use at all because you can create and print them easily on any airline ticket booking website without actually having to purchase tickets and travel anywhere. Still, it won't hurt anything to include those things.

I was fortunate that my fiancee stayed with me at the hotel on my visits, so both of our names are listed on the hotel receipts. Anytime you can get both of your names on a document like that it's good evidence for having physically met.

[Malysh 0]

The receipts all have my name on them and stuff.

Is it ok to put more than one piece of evidence on a sheet? Like multiple boarding passes on one sheet of paper?

I also do have a Hotel receipt, however it only has my name on it, but that would establish me having been there, right?

Malysh.

Thanks.

Yes, I have plenty of evidence. 3 visits; I have the itineraries, couple of boarding passes, Passport stamps, ticket receipts, baggage labels, ATM receipts, restaurant bills. And secondary evidence we have pictures of us together. Would this be sufficient to prove that we've met?

Malysh.

Yes, those all look fine. Your primary evidence is the passport stamps and boarding passes. Your secondary evidence is the photos and ATM receipts (if your name is not on the ATM receipts then you should probably include a copy of your ATM card). The airline ticket receipts are useful if they have your name on them, but not much use otherwise. Same with baggage labels and restaurant bills. Itineraries are not much use at all because you can create and print them easily on any airline ticket booking website without actually having to purchase tickets and travel anywhere. Still, it won't hurt anything to include those things.

I was fortunate that my fiancee stayed with me at the hotel on my visits, so both of our names are listed on the hotel receipts. Anytime you can get both of your names on a document like that it's good evidence for having physically met.