Birth certificate, how old to be valid?

[Islapaz 41]

Hi all I have another question Do the birth certificate have the same validity time as the police certificates (one year) for interview purposes? We have the original one, 28 years old He needs a new version? My fiance was born in Moldova and his family live in Ukraine but now he lives in France, se we are trying to figure out how to arrange all his papers. Thank you all!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hi all I have another question Do the birth certificate have the same validity time as the police certificates (one year) for interview purposes? We have the original one, 28 years old He needs a new version? My fiance was born in Moldova and his family live in Ukraine but now he lives in France, se we are trying to figure out how to arrange all his papers. Thank you all!

Birth certificates, and translations of such, are valid for life. The consulate in Kiev and the USCIS will accept ANY government issued birth certificate (USSR, Russian CIS or Ukraine) for visa purposes. You are only born once and only need one certificate of such.

[Islapaz 41]

Thank you for the super quick answer! Is a relief to hear that

[payxibka 10,044]

Birth certificates, and translations of such, are valid for life. The consulate in Kiev and the USCIS will accept ANY government issued birth certificate (USSR, Russian CIS or Ukraine) for visa purposes. You are only born once and only need one certificate of such.

Unless of course you are "born again", then a new certificate is needed

Edited July 15, 2010 by payxibka

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Unless of course you are "born again", then a new certificate is needed

Once was enough for me! I found the experience so traumatic that I couldn't walk for a whole year after that!!!!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Once was enough for me! I found the experience so traumatic that I couldn't walk for a whole year after that!!!!

In all seriousness, for the OP...

Your fiance may be hearing that he needs a "new" birth certficate. This is because Ukraine is trying to eliminate the "old" ones in circulation and eliminate the Russian language certificates. For some Ukrainian purposes he may need a new birth certificate, such as to get a new passport, etc. Alla and Sergey got their police certificates with old birth certificates, but they are also from Donetsk Oblast which is heavily Russian. At any rate, he does NOT need a "new" birth certificate for any US purpose. Also the new government is decidedly more "pro-Russian" and may just lighten up on this kind of stuff.

Edited July 15, 2010 by Gary and Alla