So on Saturday I received a Request For Initial Evidence for my I-485 asking for my birth certificate, which I had already submitted a copy of with my AOS application.
My biometrics appointment is scheduled for the 20th of October just to give you an idea of what stage we're at, (receipt for AOS application is August 6th).
Apparently USCIS is doing this a lot to numerous people right now, I tried the Ask Emma thing on their website and waited an hour to be connected to a live agent only for them to tell me they can't give me further information and basically to just read the RFIE lol
My question is, do I need to submit a certified copy of the birth certificate or will a scanned copy of my long form birth certificate suffice?
Its a United Kingdom, Scotland birth certificate, its an official long form extract (parents names, occupations at time of birth, address at time of birth etc., stamped, signed) as outlined in the requirements on their website as my parents lost my original before my K1 interview.
It doesn't specify on the RFIE itself that it has to be certified but I don't want to take any chances considering they've asked for this again after already receiving it.
Also is it best to courier it to them or to submit it online with the myUSCIS account?