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The copy we submitted was a standard copy from a printer/scanner. I think we will call and confirm with the USCIS help line and mail the original. Thank you very much for your help.

Thank you SteveE,

So as our doc's are the same, minus format differences, should we just submit another photocopy with a letter explaining what it is? It seems weird that they wouldn't accept the first one.

Here is what we submitted, see attached. I removed all identifying information. This seems like the quickest way to see if we submitted the correct document.

Empty Record.pdf

Thank you all for the replies so far.

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The only reason I can think of is if you supplied them with the short UK birth certificate. 

When I was gathering evidence, I discovered that I have both a short and long UK birth certificate: the short is probably A6 sized, whereas the long is A3 and contains much more information, including parent names, midwife present, and hospital location.

If this is the reason, I'm pretty sure you'd be able to request the long version from your wife's local parish perhaps (if they have official access to births/marriages/deaths) or the hospital where she was born. Someone will have a record of it somewhere. Her parents may even have it tucked away somewhere for safe-keeping.

I'm sure it's all plain sailing once you obtain this info and supply USCIS with it. Good luck to you both.

Hello Beefheart, Thank you for the reply!

The certificate we used was what we received from the gov.uk service listed here . On the form it shows her place and date of birth. Both parents and their respective occupations. Their address, the date of registration, and signature of the registrar. Is this the long form document your referred to or the short? I get the feeling it may be the incorrect document as it states "Certified Copy of An Entry Birth" and the top of the page rather than anything saying birth certificate. As we are overseas now and her parents are quite terrible at hanging on to important documents, any advice on obtaining a legitamate birth certificate?

Thanks for the help!

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You can't submit the affidavit birth record , it needs to be the copy of original birth cert or a extract version of it.

We did not submit an affidavit birth record. We submitted a photocopy of her UK birth certificate.

Hello Everyone,

My spouse submitted her application for her AOS a month or so ago. Last week we received a request for initial evidence for her i-485 application. It states the following:

"This office is unable to complete the processing of your Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (form I-485) without initial information. Submit all information requested below at one time....." (Blah blah mailing address stuff) 

"You have submitted secondary evidence and/or a birth affidavit as proof of the applicants birth record. However, the information you have submitted is insufficient. Examples of acceptable secondary evidence may include, but is not limited to, church or school records listing your parents' names and your date of birth, hospital records of your birth, or other official records indicating a country and record of birth" 

We are quite unsure why USCIS is asking for this as we submitted a photocopy of her birth certificate. She is from the UK and so there are no issues with translation and is perfectly legible. From what I have researched on this issue, an official birth certificate counts as primary evidence. Why are they saying she submitted secondary evidence? I have a copy of everything we submitted and nothing we submitted, as far as I can tell, could be misconstrued as secondary evidence. Do they perhaps want the original copy rather than a photocopy? That seemed odd to me as the i-485 instructions state that a photocopy is acceptable.

Thank you for all your time and I appreciate any feedback!

Hello Everyone, 

I am posting on behalf of my fianceé who will be undergoing her medical exam in London soon. She has a concluded history of depression and self-harm. What I mean by concluded is that no longer suffers from depression and has not self harmed in any manner for about ~3 years. She is currently getting a statement from the practice manager of her old counselors practice, certifying that they believe her to no longer to be a danger to herself and to have a dramatically improved mood. She is always getting a similar statement from her GP later this month. Is there anything more that she can do to prepare for the medical exam? And how rigorous is the mental health section of the exam? I think we've taken the right steps. Just trying to alleviate some pre-exam/interview anxiety.

Thank you all for your time.