Having a problem getting a legible birth certificate for I-30, 130a

[Jimmyzr1 36]

We are trying to submit the required I-130, I-130a documents to start the green card process. My wife has a birth certificate that’s not very legible and went to her PSA office in the Philippines to see if they could make a typewritten copy of her original birth certificate. The problem is, both of her parents are deceased and her mother never had a birth certificate. They told her that it would take at least 6-8 months for her to get a late registration of birth for her mother and birth certificate for her, I believe. Is there a way to use her Passport until she gets her clear enough to read birth certificate? I was wondering if I should just submit the illegible birth certificate in the meantime? I was worried that we might get an RFE and they could give us only 1-3 months to get a better copy. Her mother was born quite 10+ hours bus ride away, then a ferry ride further and they don’t have hardly cell service there as well.

[Redro 4,611]

3 minutes ago, Jimmyzr1 said:

We are trying to submit the required I-130, I-130a documents to start the green card process. My wife has a birth certificate that’s not very legible and went to her PSA office in the Philippines to see if they could make a typewritten copy of her original birth certificate. The problem is, both of her parents are deceased and her mother never had a birth certificate. They told her that it would take at least 6-8 months for her to get a late registration of birth for her mother and birth certificate for her, I believe. Is there a way to use her Passport until she gets her clear enough to read birth certificate? I was wondering if I should just submit the illegible birth certificate in the meantime? I was worried that we might get an RFE and they could give us only 1-3 months to get a better copy. Her mother was born quite 10+ hours bus ride away, then a ferry ride further and they don’t have hardly cell service there as well.

The beneficiary's birth certificate is not required at the I-130 petition stage.

You only need proof of US citizenship for the USC petitioner. 

You can submit the application now and sort out the birth certificate while you await NOA2. 

 

Edited April 6, 2022 by Kor2USA

[Jimmyzr1 36]

1 minute ago, Kor2USA said:

The beneficiary's birth certificate is not required at the I-130 petition. 

You only need proof of US citizenship for the USC petitioner. 

You can submit the application now and sort out the birth certificate while you await NOA2. 

Ok, I was filling out the online version of it and it shows all kinds of documents to download and the birth certificate was shown. So, it’s not required for the I-130a yet either? Only during the ds-260 stage?

[Redro 4,611]

Just now, Jimmyzr1 said:

Ok, I was filling out the online version of it and it shows all kinds of documents to download and the birth certificate was shown. So, it’s not required for the I-130a yet either? Only during the ds-260 stage?

Correct. 

 

[pushbrk 12,969]

4 minutes ago, Jimmyzr1 said:

Ok, I was filling out the online version of it and it shows all kinds of documents to download and the birth certificate was shown. So, it’s not required for the I-130a yet either? Only during the ds-260 stage?

To be more specific, YOU need evidence of US Citizenship at this stage.  Your birth certificate is ONE option for that evidence.

 

Your foreign spouse's PSA birth certificate is not needed until the NVC stage.

[Jimmyzr1 36]

1 hour ago, pushbrk said:

To be more specific, YOU need evidence of US Citizenship at this stage.  Your birth certificate is ONE option for that evidence.

 

Your foreign spouse's PSA birth certificate is not needed until the NVC stage.

Yes, this is good!