k1 interview packet: birth certificate question

[Patriots 3]

It says you need to bring a copy of their birth certificate. Does this birth cert have to be translated to english or is it acceptable in native langauge. i know the petition requires translated birth cert but in the interview list of items to bring it does not go into detail.

Edited March 7, 2015 by Patriots

[YouAndMeForever 1,022]

It says you need to bring a copy of their birth certificate. Does this birth cert have to be translated to english or is it acceptable in native langauge. i know the petition requires translated birth cert but in the interview list of items to bring it does not go into detail.

It has to be translated to English.

[PazDR 12]

What happens if the petitioner does NOT have their birth certificate? I dont have mine...but i thought if you have a US passport that was good enough.

[Cody and Daisy 373]

What happens if the petitioner does NOT have their birth certificate? I dont have mine...but i thought if you have a US passport that was good enough.

You would have to photocopy every single page of the US passport and send that instead.

[Kev-N-Ann 45]

Your birth certificate does not have to be translated. In the letter you received, it should mention that papers are acceptable in English or the language of the country you're applying for (Greece in that case). All Embassy employees are perfectly capable of reading and understanding Greek. If, by any chance, the birth certificate is from another country, then, and only then you should have it translated in English.

Another thing you should clarify with them, is if they indeed need the birth cartificate (pistopiitiko genniseos) or the birth registry (lixiarchiki praxi genniseos). These are two different papers in Greece. My list of papers said birth cerificate, but when I went to the embassy for my interview, they told me they needed the birth registry. Luckily, I had both.

Good luck

[Patriots 3]

So as long as the the birth cert is official from native country in their native language this is acceptable for interview?

[Patriots 3]

Thank you Kev for response Who should I clarify with? The embassy? I do not want to run into problem over paperwork for sure. She has her original birth cert from city she was borne in but now I am hearing there is possibly more documents required and I am totally lost.

[Kev-N-Ann 45]

If she is Greek, her birth certificate is in Greek and she will be interviewed in Athens, then you don't need to translate the certificate in English.

As for the birth registry, she can either call and ask them or send them an email. If it easy for her to obtain both, I would suggest to do so.

[Lucky_2 1]

I have a similar question.

I am the beneficiary and I don't have my birth certificate as it was lost. I was born in Iraq and currently living in New Zealand.

What should I do?