Peruvian Documents and RENIEC

[mlybrand 0]

Hey any Peruvians who have gone through this...

Did you send in the RENIEC registration with your I-130? The embassy website's page in Spanish says that you have to have RENIEC certification for all docs (even Lima), while the page in English states that this requirement is only for docs outside Lima. (I sent an email to the consulate asking them to clarify this on their website... probably never hear from them, but will be pleasantly surprised if I do.)

My stepson's birth certificate (from municipality of Miraflores (in Lima for you non-Peruvians playing along at home)) states that it is from RENIEC, but our marriage certificate (from the municipality of Jesus Maria (also in Lima)) does not state this. We did get the certificate registered at RENIEC (what a nightmare!!) and I have that document with me. When choosing which to send to USCIS (and before looking at the embassy website) I went with the certificate as it has our signatures on it. The RENIEC doc has places for signatures, but we were instructed by RENIEC not to sign... so it appeared to me that that one would appear fishier to the USCIS folks... now, of course, after having sent off my I-130 packet, I have begun to second guess myself.

I was having my wife's birth certificate translated to have for whatever comes up when she is here, so I sent the RENIEC doc off to be translated too. That way, if I get an RFE for this I can fire it right off.

I just thought I would throw this out to see if any others from Peru had gone through this and what your experiences were.

Okay back to worrying, second guessing and obsessing over my FedEx tracking number (I expect to hear fanfare tomorrow morning when it is delivered to the LockBox).

Mark

[FinnLove 0]

Wish I could help you!!!!! I did a search of RENIEC in the search engine in VJ and nothing came up. :-(

[jm&mcs 2]

All of my and my husbands documents were from Iquitos.

We had to have the birth and marriage certificates legalized at RENEIC. Yes, it is more than a nightmare!!!

Make sure the signatures are good and the correct person is signing. I'd go to the municipality and tell them it is for RENEIC. It is the embassy that requires the RENEIC. So that is what I sent to the NVC for my husband. My step-daughter's papers never went through NVC, but the embassy said they had to be RENEICed. For the 17 soles I'd do it just to be sure.

[mlybrand 0]

All of my and my husbands documents were from Iquitos.

We had to have the birth and marriage certificates legalized at RENEIC. Yes, it is more than a nightmare!!!

Make sure the signatures are good and the correct person is signing. I'd go to the municipality and tell them it is for RENEIC. It is the embassy that requires the RENEIC. So that is what I sent to the NVC for my husband. My step-daughter's papers never went through NVC, but the embassy said they had to be RENEICed. For the 17 soles I'd do it just to be sure.

Thanks. Did you send the RENIEC document to USCIS with your I-130 packet? Or did you just send it to NVC as part of that process?

Mark

[mlybrand 0]

Well, I got a response from the consulate:

Thank you for your message. Yes, indeed. Documents from Lima do not need to be certified by RENIEC.

Of course, no mention of whether they will update the Spanish-language page to indicate this as well. I can only hope they will.

Mark

[Peter&Jaime 1]

We got married in El Agustino and had RENIEC legalize our marriage and his birth certificates (birth certificate from Chiclayo) and yes it was a nightmare. We had to go there 3 times to get everything right!! They kept making mistakes on our documents. We got everything translated into english for a small fee. Let me give you a heads up. When you get to the NVC send copies of your wife's birth certificate and marriage certificate. If you send originals then the embassy will keep them!! I sent originals because I heard that you could get them back if you asked. It's not the case and now we don't have an original birth or marriage certificate! Let me know if you have any more Peru specific problems!

[mlybrand 0]

We got married in El Agustino and had RENIEC legalize our marriage and his birth certificates (birth certificate from Chiclayo) and yes it was a nightmare. We had to go there 3 times to get everything right!! They kept making mistakes on our documents. We got everything translated into english for a small fee. Let me give you a heads up. When you get to the NVC send copies of your wife's birth certificate and marriage certificate. If you send originals then the embassy will keep them!! I sent originals because I heard that you could get them back if you asked. It's not the case and now we don't have an original birth or marriage certificate! Let me know if you have any more Peru specific problems!

Thanks guys. I am planning on getting fresh birth cert (certified copy from municipality - my wife was born in Ayabaca but it was registered in Siicha... luckily much of her family is still up in Sullana, so we will be able to get these) and fresh marriage cert (from Jesus Maria). Regardless of what the embassy is telling us, I will provide RENIEC certification of both (we spent all day in RENIEC registering the marriage cert, so might as well use it), especially since we will have to go and get the cert for her birth certificate anyway. My step-son's birth certificate (Miraflores) says RENIEC right on it, so I assume that it is good to go, but since we have to go wait all day at the RENIEC anyway, might as well take it along for the trip. I have plenty of "originals" (i.e. certified copies from the entity where they are registered), so if they don't give 'em back, no biggie. I have most of the stuff translated into English now, and can get fresh "originals" from the translator on short notice (agency is just up in Seattle), but I don't think I need translations for that stage (everything is either in Spanish or English).

Mark

Oh! And my wife works in El Agustino (Sedapal - La Tarjea)! Small world.

[Peter&Jaime 1]

We got married in El Agustino and had RENIEC legalize our marriage and his birth certificates (birth certificate from Chiclayo) and yes it was a nightmare. We had to go there 3 times to get everything right!! They kept making mistakes on our documents. We got everything translated into english for a small fee. Let me give you a heads up. When you get to the NVC send copies of your wife's birth certificate and marriage certificate. If you send originals then the embassy will keep them!! I sent originals because I heard that you could get them back if you asked. It's not the case and now we don't have an original birth or marriage certificate! Let me know if you have any more Peru specific problems!

Thanks guys. I am planning on getting fresh birth cert (certified copy from municipality - my wife was born in Ayabaca but it was registered in Siicha... luckily much of her family is still up in Sullana, so we will be able to get these) and fresh marriage cert (from Jesus Maria). Regardless of what the embassy is telling us, I will provide RENIEC certification of both (we spent all day in RENIEC registering the marriage cert, so might as well use it), especially since we will have to go and get the cert for her birth certificate anyway. My step-son's birth certificate (Miraflores) says RENIEC right on it, so I assume that it is good to go, but since we have to go wait all day at the RENIEC anyway, might as well take it along for the trip. I have plenty of "originals" (i.e. certified copies from the entity where they are registered), so if they don't give 'em back, no biggie. I have most of the stuff translated into English now, and can get fresh "originals" from the translator on short notice (agency is just up in Seattle), but I don't think I need translations for that stage (everything is either in Spanish or English).

Mark

Oh! And my wife works in El Agustino (Sedapal - La Tarjea)! Small world.

Small world indeed I have a brother in law who works in Seremsa. Our marriage was the first between an American and Peruvian in Agustino. It was kinda funny because they brought in photographers to take pictures of the wedding for their records.

Edited August 26, 2009 by Peter'n'Jaime

[mlybrand 0]

Small world indeed I have a brother in law who works in Seremsa. Our marriage was the first between an American and Peruvian in Agustino. It was kinda funny because they brought in photographers to take pictures of the wedding for their records.

At first, I thought that it was just my ignorance revealing itself, but my wife hasn't heard of Seremsa either. What is that?

I don't think we were the first North-South couple in Jesus Maria, but we were out of the norm, for sure.

Mark

[Peter&Jaime 1]

Small world indeed I have a brother in law who works in Seremsa. Our marriage was the first between an American and Peruvian in Agustino. It was kinda funny because they brought in photographers to take pictures of the wedding for their records.

At first, I thought that it was just my ignorance revealing itself, but my wife hasn't heard of Seremsa either. What is that?

I don't think we were the first North-South couple in Jesus Maria, but we were out of the norm, for sure.

Mark

Seremsa is a small community in Agustino. My husband said it has something to do with Sedapal - La Tarjea. I haven't a clue what the connection is. I will ask him tomorrow.

[SCOTT Y LETI 0]

I would like to know if you validated your peruvian wedding here in Peru at the Usa embassy? and what did you do here?

My husband american citizen a he is a bit confused about what are the steps to follow in USA? or what are the forms that he needs?

But RENIEC also give you a a certificate that you can use in other contries, I mean it is not a simple one that you can use only here in Lima.

Thanks

Leti

Hey any Peruvians who have gone through this...

Did you send in the RENIEC registration with your I-130? The embassy website's page in Spanish says that you have to have RENIEC certification for all docs (even Lima), while the page in English states that this requirement is only for docs outside Lima. (I sent an email to the consulate asking them to clarify this on their website... probably never hear from them, but will be pleasantly surprised if I do.)

My stepson's birth certificate (from municipality of Miraflores (in Lima for you non-Peruvians playing along at home)) states that it is from RENIEC, but our marriage certificate (from the municipality of Jesus Maria (also in Lima)) does not state this. We did get the certificate registered at RENIEC (what a nightmare!!) and I have that document with me. When choosing which to send to USCIS (and before looking at the embassy website) I went with the certificate as it has our signatures on it. The RENIEC doc has places for signatures, but we were instructed by RENIEC not to sign... so it appeared to me that that one would appear fishier to the USCIS folks... now, of course, after having sent off my I-130 packet, I have begun to second guess myself.

I was having my wife's birth certificate translated to have for whatever comes up when she is here, so I sent the RENIEC doc off to be translated too. That way, if I get an RFE for this I can fire it right off.

I just thought I would throw this out to see if any others from Peru had gone through this and what your experiences were.

Okay back to worrying, second guessing and obsessing over my FedEx tracking number (I expect to hear fanfare tomorrow morning when it is delivered to the LockBox).

Mark