RFE- Birth Certificate

[PShrestha 1]

Hi guys,

I received an RFE today in mail for form i-485. It says " You have submitted an English translation of a foreign birth certificate: please submit a copy of the applicant's foreign birth certificate issued by the appropriate civil authority"

Are they asking for a copy of my real "Non-English" Birth certificate? While filing i-485, I sent them a copy of my translated birth certificate.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks

[teddy k 35]

They want to see both so they can compare them to make sure that is your real name

[Ian H. 207]

Hi,

They have to see a copy of the actual birth certificate in addition to any translation. They cannot authenticate a translation by itself.

[Ryan H 3,790]

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[moraaj 3]

Hi guys,

I received an RFE today in mail for form i-485. It says " You have submitted an English translation of a foreign birth certificate: please submit a copy of the applicant's foreign birth certificate issued by the appropriate civil authority"

Are they asking for a copy of my real "Non-English" Birth certificate? While filing i-485, I sent them a copy of my translated birth certificate.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

I got the same RFE no so long ago, I asked this lawyer who was nice to charge me 25 dollars...she looked at the website to find out which civil authority they are talking about. since I am Kenyan, they required a copy from CRD, civil registrar department. Although the lawyer told me to submit the same copy that is not black and white which I did initially, I told her I was going to request a copy from the crd since mine was issued by the district office. So I sent a copy of my birth certificate issued at the district, copy of my bio information from passport and a letter requesting them to issue me a new birth certificate. They issued me a new birth certificate with same information on the district BC. They made a copy and certified it using a rubber stamp, I also got the BC legalized by foreign affairs in Kenya. The whole process took about 18 days. I know you were given 87 days so you have to start working right away. I also had my uncle and neighbor write an affidavit of birth for me and they were notarized. I sent the RFE on the 3rd of Nov, they received it on the 5th of Nov, on the 12th of Nov they moved my case to testing and interviewing. So be sure you respond to the RFE well. All the best my dear.

[PShrestha 1]

Thank you very much for all of your guys' help. I ended up sending a color print copy of both my real birth certificate and translated birth certificate. After 10 days of documents being received by USCIS, my status just got updated to "case ready to be scheduled for an interview".

Thank you again.

[Leo7777 243]

This whole thing about original and translation is a bit far out.

One the one hand . . . they want translated document in English so they (English readers) know what it says.

On other hand . . . they want original to see if things match up . . . even as they can't read the original !!