Birth Certificate for AOS

[Jasonlmn 0]

Hi, we submitted our packet 2 months ago, I am originally from Mexico and hired an attorney to do our paperwork. Since everything is closed in Mexico, they are currently issuing online certified copies of Birth Certificates that you pay for and print at home which is what we submitted with our AOS packet. I have read a few threads and have noticed that people recommend to take originals of everything which I currently possess with the exception of my birth certificate. After speaking to a couple of family members in Mexico, it’s been concluded that the “online” issuance of Birth Certificates is the new way of obtaining one, regardless if you go to Mexico in person, it will look Identical to the one you’d print. I guess my question is, will it be OK to take a printed certified copy or will my passport suffice? 

[Coco8 1,042]

You would never get an original for a birth certificate. It's always a copy. 

 

That electronic copy you mention is totally fine. You should have it with you because it's required. You also need a translation.

[Jasonlmn 0]

6 minutes ago, Coco8 said:

You would never get an original for a birth certificate. It's always a copy. 

 

That electronic copy you mention is totally fine. You should have it with you because it's required. You also need a translation.

Will this also apply to the interview? Is this something that the officer will accept?

[Coco8 1,042]

9 minutes ago, Jasonlmn said:

Will this also apply to the interview? Is this something that the officer will accept?

Yes. My birth certificate was this old photocopy. 

 

Also, take copies or originals (like IDs) of everything you were asked for to the interview. If you can, just make a packet now and keep it ready. They may ask to see some of the documents or they may not. I was asked for some and then, they gave them back.

[Babu Frik 1,162]

20 minutes ago, Coco8 said:

You would never get an original for a birth certificate. It's always a copy. 

 

That electronic copy you mention is totally fine. You should have it with you because it's required. You also need a translation.

This isn't exactly a certified copy, it's printing from your own computer.

[Babu Frik 1,162]

39 minutes ago, Jasonlmn said:

Hi, we submitted our packet 2 months ago, I am originally from Mexico and hired an attorney to do our paperwork. Since everything is closed in Mexico, they are currently issuing online certified copies of Birth Certificates that you pay for and print at home which is what we submitted with our AOS packet. I have read a few threads and have noticed that people recommend to take originals of everything which I currently possess with the exception of my birth certificate. After speaking to a couple of family members in Mexico, it’s been concluded that the “online” issuance of Birth Certificates is the new way of obtaining one, regardless if you go to Mexico in person, it will look Identical to the one you’d print. I guess my question is, will it be OK to take a printed certified copy or will my passport suffice? 

We were able to get a physical one from a local office.

It will all depend on where your family lives and the current situation there.

Eventually things will go back to normal.

 

There's another thread on the Mexico forum where I posted a photo of a Kiosk they had at the mall where they were printing them.

[Jasonlmn 0]

10 minutes ago, Babu Frik said:

This isn't exactly a certified copy, it's printing from your own computer.

That is correct, it’s still considered certified since it comes from the government but would it be something valid?

[Babu Frik 1,162]

6 minutes ago, Jasonlmn said:

That is correct, it’s still considered certified since it comes from the government but would it be something valid?

I've never heard of that being acceptable when "originals" were needed.

Usually it's an embossed stamp or the actual stamp on the special paper that they use.

 

The electronic copy they send you will be valid for use in Mexico for official reasons, but those are their rules.

 

[Jasonlmn 0]

1 minute ago, Babu Frik said:

I've never heard of that being acceptable when "originals" were needed.

Usually it's an embossed stamp or the actual stamp on the special paper that they use.

 

The electronic copy they send you will be valid for use in Mexico for official reasons, but those are their rules.

 

Yes, I heard about the kiosks too, so those aren’t valid either? They tried to get mine from the civil registry but they referred them to a kiosk. 

[Babu Frik 1,162]

2 minutes ago, Jasonlmn said:

Yes, I heard about the kiosks too, so those aren’t valid either? They tried to get mine from the civil registry but they referred them to a kiosk. 

We already got ours from a local office so we didn't see what the kiosk was actually giving you, we just happened to see it while at the mall.

 

[Jasonlmn 0]

Just now, Babu Frik said:

We already got ours from a local office so we didn't see what the kiosk was actually giving you, we just happened to see it while at the mall.

 

Yeah they got one for me from the kiosk but it looks exactly the same as the one i printed online from home. They claim it to be a certified copy which is what i used to submit with my AOS package and my attorney said it was OK, I fired him because he was such a bad attorney but I just want to make sure I have what USCIS is asking for the interview, I don’t want to delay anything. 

[Babu Frik 1,162]

For USCIS it is ok, you only need "originals" at the interview stage.

[Calicolom 266]

15 hours ago, Jasonlmn said:

That is correct, it’s still considered certified since it comes from the government but would it be something valid?

Raised Seal, copies do not have raised seals. An official stamp will imprint the seal on the paper,  

[Calicolom 266]

14 hours ago, Babu Frik said:

I've never heard of that being acceptable when "originals" were needed.

Usually it's an embossed stamp or the actual stamp on the special paper that they use.

 

The electronic copy they send you will be valid for use in Mexico for official reasons, but those are their rules.

 

The official paper, is called bondet paper. It is almost like the paper money is printed on. When you scan or copy this, almost nothing shows up.  

[Babu Frik 1,162]

5 minutes ago, Calicolom said:

Raised Seal, copies do not have raised seals. An official stamp will imprint the seal on the paper,  

Seals aren't always raised. The one from Mexico isn't.

But it would have to be the original wet stamp.