Long form birth certificate for American petitioner

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I sent the whole application package to America and it was approved. Now, I'm about to send the Affidavit of Support and DS2302. Just as I was about to mail the AoS out, I checked the requirements one last time and realized they want a "long form birth certificate".

The birth certificate I sent in the application package was from the county I was born in. It has my parents' names but not their SSNs... It was apparently enough to pass. I asked my parents if they have this so-called LFBC and they mailed me a handwritten document from the hospital which has my name and time of birth, their names, the doctor's name, and my footprints. However, it doesn't have their SSNs on it.

I've been researching how to get a LFBC (I'm living abroad now and originally from NJ) and I can't find any way to do it.

If I send the original copy of the BC I sent the first time which passed along with the hospital paper, is it enough?

Thank you

Edited May 31, 2012 by Price

[trojam227 18]

If you are the petitioner, what you sent with I130 was accepted. The long form B/C for the Applicant/beneficiary is what you will be sending to NVC (but not with the AOS, with the IV pkg) You do not need to send your birth cert. US birth certificates don't have SS#'s on them, so I doubt overseas ones would!

If you are using a Joint Sponsor, then they would include proof of Citizenship/LPR via a photocopy of their B/C, passport, or green card with the I864 that they put together.

You as the petitioner do not need to include proof of citizenship with the AOS (you already did that with the petition). You probably have to provide proof of domicile in the US if you are currently living abroad though.

[trojam227 18]

Actually newer US birth certificates do have SS#'s on them..mine does not, but I just looked at my children's and their's do! (the original ones, not the certified copies) So it must be a more recent addition.

Edited May 31, 2012 by trojam227

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Thank you for your help.