Birth Certificate with disapproving parents

[willdo 0]

I have a question about acquiring an original medical certificate of birth and notarial certificate of birth for the visa interview.

 

My fiancee was born in 1996 and her parents are very much against the marriage. There is no way they will provide the original certificates. There is a chance my fiancee can get the hukou but it will be difficult. My fiancee does already have a passport.

 

I would like to know if my fiancee can get certified copies of the medical birth certificate and notarial birth certificate without her parents' knowledge. If this is possible, how can she do this and what information will she need to provide? Will the US Consulate accept these certified copies?

[bf__ 501]

I cant help with how to get a copy, but a certified copy is just as good as an original. It will need to be translated too. 

[Lemonslice 4,553]

49 minutes ago, brandonflude1 said:

I cant help with how to get a copy, but a certified copy is just as good as an original. It will need to be translated too. 

That is not necessarily true for all countries.

 

What is acceptable in China is listed here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/China.html

[willdo 0]

Thank you for the replies.

 

1) Based on the Visa Reciprocity Schedule site, it seems like only the Original Medical Certificate is required from those born since (like my fiancee. However, if not available, then a Notarial Certificate of Birth may be used in conjunction with other evidence (not sure what they mean by evidence). This is how I interpreted the site. Am I correct?

 

 

2) For those in China who have gone through the process, I would like to know what information is required to provide to the Notary Offices in order to obtain the following certificates:

 

Original medical certificates of birth (Chu Sheng Yi Xue Zheng Ming)

and

Notarial certificates of birth (Chu Sheng Gong Zheng Shu or Chu Sheng Zheng Ming Shu)

 

As I had mentioned earlier, my fiancee has her passport and national ID. She may also be able to get the hukou. Any other documentation will be difficult because her parents are against the marriage. My fiancee mentioned reading about providing her parents' IDs and other personal information but I am not sure if this is accurate. As you can see, I want to limit the amount of requests needed of her parents.

[RandyW 149]

You need to ask at the notarial office in her home town.

 

They should be able to generate a Notarial Certificate from ANY document, not just those based on the hukou.  Ask for a 出生医学证明公证书, or Chūshēng yīxué zhèngmíng gōngzhèng shū. The hukou would be additional evidence.

Since she has a Medical birth certificate, you will need a gōngzhèng shū (or white book) based on that, NOT a Notarial Certificate of Birth (出生公证书, or chu sheng gong zheng shu), which is based on other evidence.

This is an actual birth certificate - the notation is Medical Certificate of Birth - 出生医学证明  (chu sheng yixue zheng ming). Notice that the ID card#'s are printed on the certificate.