Ontario Long Form Birth Certificate

[Matsiepan 6]

Perhaps someone can ease my paranoia here.

Last year I requested and paid for a certified copy of my long-form birth certificate from the Office of the Registrar General here in Ontario. At the top it says " Certified a TRue Photostatic Print of a Record and then below is the copy of the original Statement of Live Birth. With a seal stamped into the paper at the bottom. We are sending a copy of it with our I-130 since some people are getting RFE's asking for the beneficiary's BC, so I went out today to have it photocopied so I can have the original certified copy with me when we get further along in the process.

My father was with me when I had it copied and started saying this doesn't look like what he thought long-form birth certificate. This was the only long-form BC option I was offered from here: https://www.orgforms.gov.on.ca/eForms/start.do

Is this theversion of my BC I will need to send to the NVC when the time comes or do I need to get something else entirely? I know my small blue BC used for most other things is not what will be asked for but I am a bit confused now.

[Inky 1,111]

Perhaps someone can ease my paranoia here.

Last year I requested and paid for a certified copy of my long-form birth certificate from the Office of the Registrar General here in Ontario. At the top it says " Certified a TRue Photostatic Print of a Record and then below is the copy of the original Statement of Live Birth. With a seal stamped into the paper at the bottom. We are sending a copy of it with our I-130 since some people are getting RFE's asking for the beneficiary's BC, so I went out today to have it photocopied so I can have the original certified copy with me when we get further along in the process.

My father was with me when I had it copied and started saying this doesn't look like what he thought long-form birth certificate. This was the only long-form BC option I was offered from here: https://www.orgforms...eForms/start.do

Is this theversion of my BC I will need to send to the NVC when the time comes or do I need to get something else entirely? I know my small blue BC used for most other things is not what will be asked for but I am a bit confused now.

That is the exact place I ordered mine from, it arrived on a yellow large sheet, signed, sealed and with a letter head type thing. Lists my parents and all the info that is not listed on my mini card one. They want the long form that has all the information on it. Parents, place, dates, names and signatures etc.

[hikergirl 277]

Looking at the FAQs link at the bottom of the page, a certified copy of the Birth Registration is what Ontario gives as their version of the long form birth certificate. (I looked at the differences between long and short question)

Alberta gives us an actual certificate, so your Dad may have been thinking of something like that, which of course isn’t available.

I looked here: http://travel.state.gov/visa/fees/fees_5455.html?cid=9013

It says for Ontario:

Ontario: Applicants should obtain "large" certificates or certified copies of a registration from the Office of the Registrar General in Toronto

So, they know that’s what’s available and you’re okay.

Good luck in your journey!

[Matsiepan 6]

Excellent. I thought I had done everything correctly, but my father likes to fear monger everything I try and do, so I had to check. Should trust my instincts more.

Thank you for the quick replies!

That is the exact place I ordered mine from, it arrived on a yellow large sheet, signed, sealed and with a letter head type thing. Lists my parents and all the info that is not listed on my mini card one. They want the long form that has all the information on it. Parents, place, dates, names and signatures etc.

That's what this one has. Thank you!