DOB Certificate for IV Package

[TheMatrix 6]

So there are guidelines available for DOB Certificates here:

http://travel.state..../info_3195.html

and specifically for India, here:

http://travel.state....ocity_3582.html

Here is my conundrum.

My wife obtained a certificate of birth from the municipality in which she was born. She obtained it in 2005 i:e a long time after she was born. We have it. It says it is issued under the Registration of Births Act of 1969 blah blah blah. It seems authentic enough.

When applying for I-130, the lawyer said it wouldn't do as it was issued after the actual date of birth. So we got affidavits made from relatives and they worked just fine and the I-130 got approved. We did not send the original certificate or its copies. We just sent the two copies of the affidavits.

Now, NVC has its own guidelines that I linked above.

The questions is: What do we send now? The affidavits along with the original certificate (issued in 2005)? Or is there a non-available certificate that we have to obtain from somewhere?

Edited April 30, 2010 by TheMatrix

[road417king 7]

First, the first link states this:

"Original Document Requirements

The applicant and each family member who will accompany the applicant to the United States will need to submit original documents or certified copies of the documents listed in this section from an appropriate authority (the issuing entity). "

Second, you're mixing apples and oranges with the second link.

The first page shows the reciprosity schedule only applies to marriage certificates, military records, and finally police certificates. Nothing in the birth certificates section.

So a birth certificate issued in 2005, after the birth, should be find as long as it's a certified copy.

Here in the US, if the certificate comes from the clerks office where the birth was registered, it will generally have an embossed seal (and lately also an ink stamp for photocopying purposes). Not sure what India does to certify various things as true copies.

Hope this helps!

Mike

Edited April 30, 2010 by road417king

[TheMatrix 6]

First, the first link states this:

"Original Document Requirements

The applicant and each family member who will accompany the applicant to the United States will need to submit original documents or certified copies of the documents listed in this section from an appropriate authority (the issuing entity). "

Second, you're mixing apples and oranges with the second link.

The first page shows the reciprosity schedule only applies to marriage certificates, military records, and finally police certificates. Nothing in the birth certificates section.

So a birth certificate issued in 2005, after the birth, should be find as long as it's a certified copy.

Here in the US, if the certificate comes from the clerks office where the birth was registered, it will generally have an embossed seal (and lately also an ink stamp for photocopying purposes). Not sure what India does to certify various things as true copies.

Hope this helps!

Mike

Thanks!

I am given to understand now from several sources (and the lawyer) that I would send the original (issued in 2005) and one or two affidavits (since the original was issued much after the DOB).

I just hope three different documents for DOB do not confuse or annoy the examiner.

Cheers!