Sara42

4 minutes ago, GSan said:

Thank you so much for your response Sarah. The letter that we received stated the following:

 

Request for Initial evidence

 

Why We Are Writing You

This office is unable to complete the processing of your Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, (Form I-485). We are writing to inform you that we need more information from you to make a decision on your case. Please read this letter carefully and follow all of the instructions below.

What you need to do  

You must provide the following information for us to make a final decision on your case. Please include a copy of ALL pages of this letter with your response

·         Submit a copy of your birth certificate issued by the appropriate civil authority for the applicant. USCIS will accept a long-form birth certificate which lists at least one parent. If the documentation is in a language other than English, you must submit a copy of the foreign language document and a completed English translation. If the birth certificate is not available, you must submit acceptable secondary evidence AND a letter from government or other authority. Examples of acceptable secondary evidence may include, but is not limited to; church or school records, listing of your parents’ names and your date of birth; hospital records of your birth; other official records indicating a country and record of birth.

 

Title 8 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 103.2(b)(2)(ii) states:

 

“Where record does not exist, the applicant or petitioner must submit an original written statement on government letterhead establishing this from relevant government or other authority. The statement must indicate the reason the record does not exist, and indicate whether similar records for the time and place are available”  

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We are scared that the recent birth certificate that we had her family obtain in Honduras and mail to us would not be sufficient and the case will be denied. What do you think the letter we received means? Any feedback from anyone would be appreciated as we only have so long to respond back to immigration via mail.

Long form looks like a huge run-on sentence. Just words from top to bottom. Short form is basic info with a lot of fields - looks like a US birth cert. The book of births is not the long form. If her fam asked for the long form, that's probably what you got. There are so many people needing that for immigration, they are used to it. Make sure to have it translated and certified. 

Do not be afraid. One step, one day at a time. Our process was harder and it took 8 years. 

4 minutes ago, GSan said:

I just claimed my wife for a status change a few months ago but we received a letter stating that they need the long form of the birth certificate from Honduras. We where able to get her family to get a new birth certificate in Honduras and had it sent to the states. I was wondering if they would accept the typed version of an original birth certificate or it has to be had written like some people here mention. I have never had to deal with this as I am a US citizen. Any help would be appreciate it 

The long form isn't the same as the certificate from the book of births. Long and short form birth certificates in HN are typed.

The cert. from the book of births may be handwritten or typed (depends on what they did when they were born). Basically when a child is born in HN a parent goes to register the child's birth. The information at one time was hand written into a book by someone amd then signed by the parent and witnesses. As long as you had her family go to was the place the birth was recorded (for example, if she was born in Tela, the birth was recorded in Tela), and they give you the certificate from the book of births, it could be handwritten or typed.

Anyway, there are 3 different types of birth certificates so make sure you get the right one and from the right place.

On 10/16/2018 at 6:49 PM, Sara42 said:

What ever came about with the 1981 hand written folio from Honduras? My husband was born in 1985 and his certificate is a bit different as well. It is handwritten and on the top right it mentions multiple births rather than grandparents like the example. It was rejected and after my lawyer called they said it was because it is not the same. She explained it was from 85 and that's how it was done in 85. They suggested she try to send it again. 

 

I am getting extremely frustrated and am ready to quit.

In reply to my own question, the hand written document was finally accepted. 

My husband was issued a 221(g) white slip stating he needed proof he had no pending deportation case. Since there is no case, we couldn't get proof. Finally, our lawyer obtained a letter from a court official stating there were no pending cases for my husband. The 221g was issued 4/17 and we will send the proof plus his passport as requested tomorrow (4/22) to the cargo expreso office when they open. I have read AP can take a few days and have read it can take months or even years. Does anyone know if there is an order to this chaos? I would think the packets get processed on a first in first out basis or perhaps an scale from easy to hard? Does anyone have a clue?

What ever came about with the 1981 hand written folio from Honduras? My husband was born in 1985 and his certificate is a bit different as well. It is handwritten and on the top right it mentions multiple births rather than grandparents like the example. It was rejected and after my lawyer called they said it was because it is not the same. She explained it was from 85 and that's how it was done in 85. They suggested she try to send it again. 

I am getting extremely frustrated and am ready to quit.