Colombian Birth Certificate

[ryna 132]

The back will have any additional information. Before I got married my birth certificate was blank in the back but after I got married it had the marginal notes with my marriage info. Same for my husband's. Many notaries, not all, will stamp the back with something along the lines of "sin notas marginales" (without any marginal notes) to indicate that the person has never been married.

Diana

Oh yeah.. I forgot that Colombian Birth Certificates are "living documents" and things can be added to them throughout a person's life.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

I see that some people are getting confused with the birth certificate since there is conflicting information posted by the embassy.

First, the reason why an original copy of ANY certificate is not available in Colombia is because the notaría (notary), where births and marriages are registered, keeps the original document and puts it in a binder which is called a "folio" (book). If you go to any notaría in Colombia, you will see that they have tons and tons of these folios all with all kinds of certificates. When you go to request a copy of your birth certificate, the notary's employee will go to your folio, find the certificate, make a copy of it, notarize it and give it to you. They can't just rip off the original from the binder.

Thanks for the explantation. Your posts are always heavy with good information

A small video clip of someone going through the folios looking for a birth certificate :

Edited June 20, 2011 by OnMyWayID

[Mononoke28 134]

Great video! Thanks for posting it. As I was writing my previous post I kept thinking of how great it would be to put up a photo of the binders so that people could get an idea of what they look like. You're video is awesome.

Diana

[kmarion1968 5]

Ok just to clarify i understand your comment: when i send in my initial application with the uncis form I-130 i need the marriage certificate translated, along with a G325a and any supporting documents. for my step son i would provide a I-130 form, his birth certificate translated, and a copy of our marriage certificate translated. does this sound correct?

[Mononoke28 134]

Ok just to clarify i understand your comment: when i send in my initial application with the uncis form I-130 i need the marriage certificate translated, along with a G325a and any supporting documents. for my step son i would provide a I-130 form, his birth certificate translated, and a copy of our marriage certificate translated. does this sound correct?

Yes.

Diana

[Tradewind 6]

Do you need an official translation or can my wife translate. She speaks perfect English and Spanish.

Does my wife need birth certificate for an I-130 or can she use copies of passport?

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

Do you need an official translation or can my wife translate. She speaks perfect English and Spanish.

Does my wife need birth certificate for an I-130 or can she use copies of passport?

Hey this threads a blast form the past

You do not need an official translation, you should include a blurb at the end of who translated it and she should sign it.

I did not include a birth certificate for my wife in the I-130, passport pages only.. I experienced no problems.