Long form birth certificate petitioner?

[pooj97 89]

Hello everyone, me and my fiancé are in the process of gathering all the documents for the I-129F. We wanted to know - does the US petitioner need their long form birth certificate or will a normal one be okay to send? Thanks!

[Maria002 54]

12 minutes ago, pooj97 said:

Hello everyone, me and my fiancé are in the process of gathering all the documents for the I-129F. We wanted to know - does the US petitioner need their long form birth certificate or will a normal one be okay to send? Thanks!

The petitioner should send the long form birth certificate.

Edited January 6, 2020 by Maria002

[SalishSea 16,770]

41 minutes ago, pooj97 said:

Hello everyone, me and my fiancé are in the process of gathering all the documents for the I-129F. We wanted to know - does the US petitioner need their long form birth certificate or will a normal one be okay to send? Thanks!

Was the petitioner born in the US?  Most US BCs are only in one format.

[pooj97 89]

19 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Was the petitioner born in the US?  Most US BCs are only in one format.

Yes I am the petitioner and I was born in the US.

[Maria002 54]

46 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Was the petitioner born in the US?  Most US BCs are only in one format.

I guess it depens of the place, for example Massachusetts have long and short format and in this case my fiance had to send the long format.

Edited January 6, 2020 by Maria002

[payxibka 10,044]

1 hour ago, pooj97 said:

Hello everyone, me and my fiancé are in the process of gathering all the documents for the I-129F. We wanted to know - does the US petitioner need their long form birth certificate or will a normal one be okay to send? Thanks!

Send the one that includes parental information 

[pooj97 89]

Ok, I don’t think I have the long form BC so I think I’ll send the short form one I have from NJ and all copies of my passport page instead of waiting for the long form BC to get delivered to me. Anyone know if that’s okay?

[Maria002 54]

27 minutes ago, pooj97 said:

Ok, I don’t think I have the long form BC so I think I’ll send the short form one I have from NJ and all copies of my passport page instead of waiting for the long form BC to get delivered to me. Anyone know if that’s okay?

  Ok more info for you:

 

Make sure your short birth certificate  has the following:

certificate Showing both parents' full names, child's complete name, date, place of birth, hospital, and ATTENDANT AT BIRTH issued by civil authorities for petitioner

 

References:

https://www.swiftpassportservices.com/blog/obtain-birth-certificate/

 

You decide 

Edited January 6, 2020 by Maria002

[NikLR 13,220]

If you have your passport then don't bother sending the birth certificate. 

[debbiedoo 2,339]

if you have a passport no need to send BC.

 

i sent both but i knew it wasnt necessary.

 

we are currently petitioning (or about to) for my step son to immigrate from canada and for him, am sending his long form BC and passport and i 94 records, since he has traveled internationally a bit, not really relevant to this but ive typed it now, so its staying LOL