Tip for Canadian Applicants

[tterry 0]

Hi Everyone,

Just a tip that if you carry your Laminated Canadian Birth Certificate Card with you, this wont be acceptable as a copy of your Birth Certificate during the interview step in your application for Green Card status. I bring this up, because as far as I can tell, they dont explicity say you are required to bring this with you in any of the directions.

Just remember that you will ask for a copy of your "long form" birth certificate, and this may take a while to track down through the health authority in yuor home province if you dont have a copy already, so plan accordingly.

The agent at our interview said that this is a common issue with Canadians as most people have easy access to their laminated card but it's not an acceptable document.

Good Luck everyone!

[HeatDeath 430]

Could very well be an issue at Montreal. Vancouver's Packet 3 checklist specifically requests a "long form" birth certificate (or did in Spring 2009, anyways - I can't imagine they've changed it), and specifically says that wallet-size or certificate-style birth certificates are not acceptable for US Immigration purposes. It goes on to say that they will keep your original birth certificate unless you bring a photocopy of both sides.

[bcrose24 0]

Agreed - it said very clearly on my packet for Vancouver that the short form birth certificates would not be accepted. Aren't laminated birth certificates considered void anyways? That's what mine says on the back.