K1 Interview prep - birth certificates

[Candice & Pierre 4]

Hello! I'm getting ready for my interview in Montreal next week and have noticed that the consulate email checklist requires both beneficiary AND petitioner's birth certificates.

This is different to the packet 3 instructions I received.

Would a copy of my fiance's birth certificate suffice? Curious to know what other montrealers have done?

 

Thank you! 

[AD1 58]

You sure they didn't mean prove of petitioner's citizenship which can be birth certificate, passport etc?

[Mike E 11,726]

1 minute ago, AD1 said:

You sure they didn't mean prove of petitioner's citizenship which can be birth certificate, passport etc?

Some COs and IOs don’t accept passports. 

[Chancy 6,233]

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[WeekendPizzaiolo 47]

On 2/22/2022 at 6:56 AM, Candice & Pierre said:

Hello! I'm getting ready for my interview in Montreal next week and have noticed that the consulate email checklist requires both beneficiary AND petitioner's birth certificates.

This is different to the packet 3 instructions I received.

Would a copy of my fiance's birth certificate suffice? Curious to know what other montrealers have done?

 

Thank you! 

I am a USC petitioner and our interview in Montreal was February 1. We received the same e-mail. The person staffing the document window did not ask for my birth certificate because it was already bundled in our file from the I-129F. However, the beneficiary must have both an original birth certificate and a copy. The original will be compared to the copy, the original is returned, and the copy is kept.

 

Just in case, I would bring a photocopy of both forms of proof of citizenship:

• the petitioner's birth certificate
• the petitioner's passport biographic page

"Copy of petitioner's status" seems to imply that they do not expect originals. I was particularly paranoid and supplied my fiancé with an original - not even the copy was needed in the end.

[Candice & Pierre 4]

6 hours ago, WeekendPizzaiolo said:

I am a USC petitioner and our interview in Montreal was February 1. We received the same e-mail. The person staffing the document window did not ask for my birth certificate because it was already bundled in our file from the I-129F. However, the beneficiary must have both an original birth certificate and a copy. The original will be compared to the copy, the original is returned, and the copy is kept.

 

Just in case, I would bring a photocopy of both forms of proof of citizenship:

• the petitioner's birth certificate
• the petitioner's passport biographic page

"Copy of petitioner's status" seems to imply that they do not expect originals. I was particularly paranoid and supplied my fiancé with an original - not even the copy was needed in the end.

Thanky you so much! This is so helpful I shall do that! Congrats on your interview!