Error on Birth Cert- seeking advice

[Claire and Troy 2]

My Fiancee, the beneficiary, has just discovered an error on her birth certificate (long form) regarding her mothers maiden name. This has us both seriously on edge. The NVC has already sent our petition to the London consulate and the G-325a form has the correct name but it doesn't match the name on her long form certificate. We do not know how this error occurred but it is how the UK has it on file. This isn't a gross error, but an error none the less. There's an O where there needs to be an E. She has called to see what it would take to get this changed and it's going to take weeks and her mother needs to find her marriage cert which we do not know if she has it or not.

We're both freaking out quite a bit. I'm trying to keep her calm and help seek out a resolution to this. How closely is this looked at? Do we proceed with what we have? We're not sure of anyone else has dealt with this but naturally we are devastated at finding this error this late in the process.

Help please!

T&C

[Claire and Troy 2]

update...

We have contacted her mother and she does not have a marriage cert. She told us it was "taken off her" when she got her divorce. She does have her BC and a passport showing the correct maiden name.

I guess now we wait till tomorrow to call whoever it is that keeps these records in the UK to see what we need in lieu of the marriage cert. What a mess. Here we are smiling about how close things are and now this. #######!

It isn't like the name is completely different, just a single typo that doesn't even make it sound different. A freakin vowel in the wrong place coming back from almost 30 years ago to chuck a wrench into things! *sigh*

Had we caught this sooner it wouldn't be such an issue.

Quick note to anyone reading this. Don't trust a damn thing! Check it, check it again, and again, and then again! Rinse and repeat ad nauseam.

[Claire and Troy 2]

Thought I'd document this here in case anyone else runs into this issue.

The process seems to be as follows...

Fiancee's mother needed to obtain a copy of her marriage cert and send it to her - done

My Fiancee drafted a letter for her father to sign stating a request for the name change and he didn't notice the typo at the time he signed for the Birth Certificate. It also states hardship to travel so he will not have to appear in the county in which this processing needs to take place since it is several hours travel - done and waiting for him to sign it.

These documents are being sent off on Monday to the proper office, next day post.

My Fiancee was told that this could take 2 to 4 weeks to process as it needs to go to a judge for approval. She explained to the office that this is time sensitive, but they said that there is no way they can expedite this, and to get the documents to them asap!

This will quite possibly put us well into November before we can complete the Packet 3 checklist, which we are expecting on or around the 23rd of October if the time lines we're seeing hold steady.

Does anyone know if sending in the checklist a month out from packet 3 processing is acceptable? We really don't have much choice other than saying that my Fiancee misspelled her mothers maiden name on her G325a, which could cause them to request a BC or other documents from her mother which would really F*** us. No sense in trying to slip this past anyone. It is way too important.

If someone could please shoot me answer to the packet 3 question I would really appreciate it. I've already spent several hours researching things and my brain is mush.

Thanks,

T&C