Packet 3 - Birth Certificate

[kkm 1]

In Packet 3 for K-1 application, it asks for a birth certificate.

It also mentioned that in the case where a birth certificate is unobtainable, other secondary evidence could be substituted such as family register along with an ID card, etc.

Please comment on some of the acceptable substitutes to the birth certificate.

Is getting the birth certificate a must and the best option?

Thanks,

kkm

[Karee 4,190]

In Packet 3 for K-1 application, it asks for a birth certificate.

It also mentioned that in the case where a birth certificate is unobtainable, other secondary evidence could be substituted such as family register along with an ID card, etc.

Please comment on some of the acceptable substitutes to the birth certificate.

Is getting the birth certificate a must and the best option?

Thanks,

kkm

My wife didn't have a BC. She had to go to the Amphur with her mom and get a document saying when and where she was born. From the DOS website:

The issuance of birth certificates in Thailand began in Bangkok in 1917. Records of birth are often lacking for people born in Bangkok before World War II and for those born in other areas of the country up until the 1970s. Birth Certificates are issued by "Amphur," (geographic subdivision roughly equivalent to a county in the U.S.) district authorities having jurisdiction over the place of birth. There may be a fee for this service.

A Thai citizen older than 15 and born in Thailand, whose birth was not registered, must present in its stead a household registration, together with a Thai national identity card ("bat prachachon"), and may also be required to submit additional proof of the claimed relationship.

[Karee 4,190]

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/193919-thai-birth-certificate-non-existant-got-an-rfe-today/

[kkm 1]

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/193919-thai-birth-certificate-non-existant-got-an-rfe-today/

Thanks Karee!