Can i just send a copy of the marriage certificate?

[Cupcake _boo 0]

Can i just send a copy of our marriage certificate or it have to be a 'certified copy' and how i can get this 'certified copy' if it's needed?

[HeatDeath 431]

Double check on the instructions for the I-485, but if it just says "copy of the marriage certificate" then you're fine.

[Cupcake _boo 0]

thanks

Oh by the way i just found out that i have a translated certificate copy of my birth certificate issued by the City Hall in my country with apostile and a bunch of stamps and signatures i remember that all this was to make the copy legal or something like this can i use this for 'a copy of birth certificate with English translation' ?

[HeatDeath 431]

thanks

Oh by the way i just found out that i have a translated certificate copy of my birth certificate issued by the City Hall in my country with apostile and a bunch of stamps and signatures i remember that all this was to make the copy legal or something like this can i use this for 'a copy of birth certificate with English translation' ?

USCIS is very keen that all documents be in English, or accompanied with complete English translations. If your official birth certificate, with official seals and everything, is totally in English, then no translation is necessary, and you can send them a photocopy of both sides of the document as it stands. If there are blocks of foreign text on it, then you should probably get a certified translation of the whole thing made, and send that with the photocopy of both sides of the original.

[baron555 934]

Can i just send a copy of our marriage certificate or it have to be a 'certified copy' and how i can get this 'certified copy' if it's needed?

Send a copy of the certified copy.

[Val Marty 1]

We sent a certified copy which you can get from the court house that is to issue it. Not sure if you can send a normal copy, it doesn't say that you can't. We only sent the certified because they gave them to us before the real one was mailed so we didn't have to wait for it.