My fathers middle name on my Birth certificate is misspelled

[claire mae 0]

Hello everyone! I just want to share my experience and maybe get some advice or help others who might face the same issue.

I’m currently applying for an IR1 visa, and I’ve already completed my biometrics and medical. My interview was originally scheduled for November 3, but during the pre-screening, the consular staff noticed a discrepancy in my documents.

Apparently, my father’s middle name on my birth certificate is misspelled — it has an extra “g” (written as Calungsag). I honestly didn’t notice it before. All my other documents (marriage certificate, report of marriage, and advisory on marriage) showed the correct spelling, Calunsag.

Because of this, the consular officer gave me a yellow form with the note:

“Father’s middle name sa per BC.”

She told me that my AOM should match what’s written on my birth certificate, even if it’s a typo. So my interview was rescheduled while I fixed the issue.

But I still don't know what to do. Should I file for a petition for correction? 

[TBoneTX 48,426]

Welcome to the forum!

53 minutes ago, claire mae said:

Should I file for a petition for correction?

If this is the only feasible option, it appears that you must.

Let us know how you proceed and how things progress.

[pushbrk 14,082]

What's an "AOM"?  What options are you aware of to "fix it"?

[S2N 582]

What is the consulate? This seems like a really odd request. Normally minor orthography issues aren’t a problem.
 

Especially for people who were born in the 20th century, where so many records were written out with pen and paper and then *maybe* digitized in the early 2000s

 

My usual advice is “just do whatever the government official says rather than prove you’re right”, but this just sounds odd.

[rbv_shard 31]

On 11/13/2025 at 2:13 PM, pushbrk said:

What's an "AOM"?  What options are you aware of to "fix it"?

Advisory on Marriage -- it's a document peculiar to the Philippines, a national record of the marriage (certifying that a marriage certificate exists in the local registry).

[rbv_shard 31]

On 11/13/2025 at 2:19 PM, S2N said:

What is the consulate? This seems like a really odd request. Normally minor orthography issues aren’t a problem.
 

Especially for people who were born in the 20th century, where so many records were written out with pen and paper and then *maybe* digitized in the early 2000s

 

My usual advice is “just do whatever the government official says rather than prove you’re right”, but this just sounds odd.

OP is going through Manila consulate.  Agree that the American consular officers likely would not consider the spelling mismatch to be a problem, but everything I've heard about the local support staff is that it attracts tin-pot dictators who routinely exceed their authority and won't let the actual decision-maker make the decision, preferring to send the applicant home with no interview.

 

My fiancee is about to start the process of getting several non-material corrections made to birth certificate and certificate of parents' marriage.  (Example: her parents' marriage certificate has the bride listed as one year older than she actually was.  Example 2: her birth certificate has a note about her parents' marriage and lists the wrong book number where that record can be found.)  We received our NOA2 last month and are going to try to make the paperwork absolutely perfect to leave no room for complaints during document check.

[S2N 582]

25 minutes ago, rbv_shard said:

Agree that the American consular officers likely would not consider the spelling mismatch to be a problem, but everything I've heard about the local support staff is that it attracts tin-pot dictators who routinely exceed their authority and won't let the actual decision-maker make the decision, preferring to send the applicant home with no interview.

That tracks more than a CO denying, which I guess is possible, but the U.S. government is usually good with mistranscribed records in my experience…