Front & BACK??? copy of birth certificate??

[Elora & Rob 15]

Me and my fiance putting together the I-129f. We have her birth certificate ready to photo copy but the I-129f instructions state you need the front and back. Her birth certificate is just 1 page, the front has all the details and the back is just blank. Is she missing something????

[Britt♥Marco 9]

The back of my birth certificate had like a red stamp/seal... I copied both back and front just to be safe. They ask for both, I gave them both

good luck to you!

Edited January 11, 2012 by Britt♥Marco

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

Me and my fiance putting together the I-129f. We have her birth certificate ready to photo copy but the I-129f instructions state you need the front and back. Her birth certificate is just 1 page, the front has all the details and the back is just blank. Is she missing something????

Some have writing on the back (like mine). They just want everything. If her data is all on the front then it's fine not to copy a blank page.

[Elora & Rob 15]

nich nick you sure its ok? its very specific on the instructions?

she has a seal on the front but it doesn't come out on photo copies????

Edited January 11, 2012 by Elorbert

[bigdog 376]

Copy both sides, hey this is fun.

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

nich nick you sure its ok? its very specific on the instructions?

she has a seal on the front but it doesn't come out on photo copies????

Hey suit yourself then and copy the blank page. If it's a printed seal, some document papers are designed not to photocopy. If it's an embossed seal, try darkening the copy a tad.

[GandK 168]

My fiancé BC is blank on the back side but we copied and sent it nevertheless.

The instruction is very clear and spelled out, it takes a few seconds to copy the back and an extra sheet.

Why attempt to make a trouble out of nothing instead of just follow the instruction and give yourself a peace of mind?

p.s. If you don't send the back, how would the USCIS guess that there is nothing written on the back or seal? Would you then attach another sheet containing a statement that there is nothing in the back?

Edited January 11, 2012 by GandK

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

p.s. If you don't send the back, how would the USCIS guess that there is nothing written on the back or seal? Would you then attach another sheet containing a statement that there is nothing in the back?

My thoughts were that USCIS wasn't particularly interested in the way the birth certificate looks over the information they need, to know the person is a USC. So if they found (for example) name, place of birth, some kind of certification/seal/embossing/signature from the county where it was registered, then they would be satisfied the petitioner was a USC and could check that off the list.

Now I'm wondering how will USCIS know you didn't accidentally get an extra blank paper slipped into the application?? Guess you'd better write on the blank page "I certify this is an exact copy of the back of my birth certificate" and sign it.

For the record, I still vote for one page if the back is blank, but it's up to the person filing to do what they feel is right.

[J and S 38]

Just because the back "looks" blank, doesn't mean that it IS blank. Watermarks might show up that cannot be seen on the original. On mine, the back is free of information, but grains in the paper showed up that were not necessarily visible on the original. Each state is different. By providing both front and back, they are able to tell whether or not the certificate was doctored illegally. The workers look at enough of these from various states to know whether or not to look for a blank page or information on the back.

What is the harm in sticking in ONE extra blank page and FOLLOWING the directions to the T?

[bigdog 376]

Part of the process is being able to follow instructions, it will get you delayed every time if you don't.

[GandK 168]

Part of the process is being able to follow instructions, it will get you delayed every time if you don't.

I vote for this. If you can't follow simple instruction explicitly spelled out in one line, you will run into delay in your journey.

Every time, you follow your "assumptions" or "thinking" that it would be okay and deviate from the instruction. You will often get into trouble. Don't do that!

Edited January 12, 2012 by GandK

[J and S 38]

Part of the process is being able to follow instructions, it will get you delayed every time if you don't.

Amen

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But some people like to learn the hard way

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Me and my fiance putting together the I-129f. We have her birth certificate ready to photo copy but the I-129f instructions state you need the front and back. Her birth certificate is just 1 page, the front has all the details and the back is just blank. Is she missing something????

No. Copy the back, write on the blank paper "copy of back of birth certificate" and include it. They do not KNOW it is blank unless you send a copy of it, if they do not have it you will get an RFE for a blank piece of paper. THAT would be stupid.

Follow the directions, RFEs and denials come from NOT following the directions

[Elora & Rob 15]

Thanks for the help. She will photo copy the back page and front, we will also send a copy of her passport just in case.

Nich Nick i get that may be over doing it but it takes 30secs and costs 50cents to photocopy her passport.

[Brian121957 43]

Others have already stated it, but how do they know it is blank unless you copy it.

It is the same with your passport. My passport even has a few stickers on the covers that have benn put on by airport security over the years. When they ask for copy of passport they get ALL pages, even the blank ones and covers.

Much easier to send it all then deal with delays because they want more latter.