Long form/Short form birth certificate for packet 3/4

[TeamKplusA 0]

Hello!

Me and my fiancée are waiting for our applications arrival at the consulate in Montreal and we are starting to get all the paperwork together for packet 3 and 4.

My question is for both packet 3, 4 and our interview do we both need to provide a long form birth certificate? I submitted a short form with the I-129F application and it was accepted with no issues.

Thank you!

[NikLR 13,220]

The beneficiary needs to provide their long form. The I-134 won't require another proof of citizenship unless you have a co-sponsor (and then only from the co-sponsor, not from the petitioner.)

[TeamKplusA 0]

The beneficiary needs to provide their long form. The I-134 won't require another proof of citizenship unless you have a co-sponsor (and then only from the co-sponsor, not from the petitioner.)

But we don't need a co-sponsor so does that mean the beneficiary still requires a long form?

[NikLR 13,220]

But we don't need a co-sponsor so does that mean the beneficiary still requires a long form?

Yes. Beneficiary ALWAYS is required to get the long form.

[lostbutterfly 9]

The long form. I just had my interview last week and that was exactly what she was looking for. The original long form plus a copy of it, front and back.

[TeamKplusA 0]

Wow okay thank you! I'm glad I asked because I honestly don't see anywhere in packet 3 or 4 that we would need one it just says "birth certificate."

[C-ma'am 684]

**Post moved from K1 to Canada. Question is embassy specific.

[NikLR 13,220]

I know, but we know this because for the immigrant visa it specifically says long form.

[TeamKplusA 0]

So my next question is: what form is it that my fiancée actually needs? Canada doesn't exactly have long and short forms like the US does. They have what's called "Birth Certificate with Personal Information and Parentage" and "Photocopy of a Registration of Birth" which is a copy of the actual registration that the mother filed out when the child was born. Just want to make sure we get the right form so we have no issues!

[zilchfox 296]

Current new birth certificates are all long form, I might be wrong but I don't think they give out short form anymore. Head to the nearest registry agent with a bunch of your ID and request a new birth certificate, you'll receive it within a couple of weeks. It will have the names of your parents on it and it's made of a polymer/plastic similar to Canadian dollar bills.

It will look just like this when you get it, regardless of province. I'm from Alberta and mine looked identical except it had the Alberta logo on it instead:

https://shawglobalnews.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/front1.jpg?quality=70&strip=all

Edited November 29, 2016 by zilchfox

[NikLR 13,220]

For ontario you get the one with parentage.

Long form = with parents names

Short form = no parents names

Just like each state is a little different, each province is as well. Vital statistics is by province first. So some provinces definitely give short form bc.

Edited November 29, 2016 by NikLR

[Ontarkie 13,955]

So my next question is: what form is it that my fiancée actually needs? Canada doesn't exactly have long and short forms like the US does. They have what's called "Birth Certificate with Personal Information and Parentage" and "Photocopy of a Registration of Birth" which is a copy of the actual registration that the mother filed out when the child was born. Just want to make sure we get the right form so we have no issues!

They must have changed it recently. Before you were only able to get a copy of the birth registration.

Looks like they are still doing th short form and long form has not changed. You want the certified copy of the birth registration.

https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-or-replace-ontario-birth-certificate#section-4

Edited November 29, 2016 by Ontarkie