Birth certificate from Belgium

[Leon63 6]

I have a dutch language birth certificate from Belgium. I have asked them for an international birth certificate and they sent me a digital certificate.

It does not have the names of my parents on it, like it does on my dutch certificate.

Now I am not sure what the appropriate certificate is.

They told me they can have  the digital one legalised.

But immigration asks for an long birth certificate and the one they sent me digitally seems so minimal.

 

See attachment:

If  the digital one is the right one, can someone tell me if I need to have the certificate legalised?

 

Thank you,

Leon

International birth certificate

Edited February 11, 2021 by millefleur
Removed personal information

[payxibka 10,045]

23 minutes ago, Leon63 said:

I have a dutch language birth certificate from Belgium. I have asked them for an international birth certificate and they sent me a digital certificate.

It does not have the names of my parents on it, like it does on my dutch certificate.

Now I am not sure what the appropriate certificate is.

They told me they can have  the digital one legalised.

But immigration asks for an long birth certificate and the one they sent me digitally seems so minimal.

 

See attachment:

If  the digital one is the right one, can someone tell me if I need to have the certificate legalised?

 

Thank you,

Leon

International birth certificatepdf

You need parental information 

 

Birth Certificates

Available

Fees: Depends on Town Hall; Usually around 20-30 Euro

Document Name: Extrait d’Acte de Naissance/Uittreksel van de Geboorteakte

Issuing Authority: local town hall - Office of Vital Statistics (Officier de l'Etat Civil/Burgerlijke Stand)

Special Seal(s) / Color / Format: Seal of the city/town/A4 Format

Issuing Authority Personnel Title: Officier de l’Etat Civil/Ambtenaar van de Burgerlijke Stand

Registration Criteria: Doctor’s certificate; ID of requesting parent; marriage certificate for child born in wedlock, acknowledgement decree for child born out of wedlock

Procedure for Obtaining: Can be obtained by applying in person at local city or town hall; copies can be obtained online

Certified Copies Available:  An extract or a copy of personal details can be obtained from the municipality that stores the registers. The population service of the municipality that keeps these documents can deliver these documents.

Alternate Documents: There are no alternate documents

Exceptions: None

Comments: None

Edited February 11, 2021 by payxibka

[JeanneAdil 6,562]

Use the Dutch certificate with names as all has to be translated into English 

and the original has to be taken to interview

[StrawberryKiss 170]

2 hours ago, Leon63 said:

See attachment:

If  the digital one is the right one, can someone tell me if I need to have the certificate legalised?

You shouldn't post your birth certificate or any sensitive information due to possible identity theft on such a public forum 🙈

[Leon63 6]

You are right about posting sensitive info.

Can somebody tell me how to edit this post.? I can't find how to do this.

 

Other question: can I translate the dutch certificate myself?

 

 

[Leon63 6]

3 hours ago, Leon63 said:

 

Okay, I understand now that I cannot edit this post anymore.

Is there a way to get rid off this post?

Now I am worried about my info posted.

 

[Leon63 6]

4 hours ago, Leon63 said:

I have a dutch language birth certificate from Belgium. I have asked them for an international birth certificate and they sent me a digital certificate.

It does not have the names of my parents on it, like it does on my dutch certificate.

Now I am not sure what the appropriate certificate is.

They told me they can have  the digital one legalised.

But immigration asks for an long birth certificate and the one they sent me digitally seems so minimal.

 

See attachment:

If  the digital one is the right one, can someone tell me if I need to have the certificate legalised?

 

Thank you,

Leon

International birth certificate

 

Me again.

Okay so I also cannot delete this post I found out.

Guess I just have to leave my info up here and trust everybody not to steal my identity.

Not that I am worried about it.

 

Edited February 11, 2021 by millefleur
Removed personal information

[jan22 3,056]

19 minutes ago, Leon63 said:

 

Me again.

Okay so I also cannot delete this post I found out.

Guess I just have to leave my info up here and trust everybody not to steal my identity.

Not that I am worried about it.

 

I have sent a request to forum administrator to deleted the attached .pdf.  FYI, for future reference, you can use the "Report Post" button in the upper right corner on the post to do that.

[millefleur 5,047]

**Attachment with personal information removed. Please do not upload documents showing personal identifying information on this very public forum.**

 

VJ Moderation

[Leon63 6]

Thank you so much for removing the attachment

[Leon63 6]

So next, and hopefully last, few questions.

Is it possible to translate the certificate myself?

Is there a person from belgium that can tell me what kind of birth certificate to get?

 

[Trish and Oli 28]

Here is the Belgian birth certificate that my husband received from his municipality which is also digital. We have redacted the names and places, but you can see that they provide the names of his parents. The certificate is also already translated into English, Dutch, French, and German. If you cannot get this from your municipality, we have used Rush Translate to translate other documents that were in Dutch into English within 24 hours or less and USCIS accepted this without any problems. 

Edited February 11, 2021 by Trish and Oli

[neca 166]

2 hours ago, Leon63 said:

So next, and hopefully last, few questions.

Is it possible to translate the certificate myself?

Is there a person from belgium that can tell me what kind of birth certificate to get?

 

You cannot translate the certificate yourself. Sorry. It needs to be a "Certified Translation," meaning "the translation comes with a signed letter provided by a translation company swearing that a qualified translator performed the service and is a correct and accurate translation of the original document." USCIS accepted my spouse's translated certificate, which had a hand written certification on the back of the English copy. I'm pretty sure part of the certification involves notarization too, but the good news is is that there are an abundance of places you can get this done.

[payxibka 10,045]

1 hour ago, neca said:

You cannot translate the certificate yourself. Sorry. It needs to be a "Certified Translation," meaning "the translation comes with a signed letter provided by a translation company swearing that a qualified translator performed the service and is a correct and accurate translation of the original document." USCIS accepted my spouse's translated certificate, which had a hand written certification on the back of the English copy. I'm pretty sure part of the certification involves notarization too, but the good news is is that there are an abundance of places you can get this done.

Incorrect.   It is common knowledge that if the OP is fluent in both languages,  then they can absolutely translate it themselves along with signing an attestation as such.

[payxibka 10,045]

4 hours ago, Leon63 said:

So next, and hopefully last, few questions.

Is it possible to translate the certificate myself?

Is there a person from belgium that can tell me what kind of birth certificate to get?

 

The type of BC information was already posted above.  

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Belgium.html

 

Follow the link, scroll down to appropriate section and read the information