2nd Ancestry Visa - Possible problem with one document
Sep 20th 2017, 5:22 pm
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2nd Ancestry Visa - Possible problem with one document
Hello All,
I'm returning to the UK from South Africa and need to apply for my second ancestry Visa. I've got all the original documents ready except for one. My mother's birth certificate is a certified copy of the original. Now we used that to get my first ancestry Visa in 2008, but the Visa agent has cautioned that the high commission is more strict on birth certificates now and want originals. The problem is that there is no original anymore and she was born in Zimbabwe. Getting an original document from there is almost impossible.
Visa agent has said it's risky but may be ok.
I don't want to throw away thousands so has anyone tried for this Visa in the last couple of years with non-original documents?
Thanks
Neal
I'm returning to the UK from South Africa and need to apply for my second ancestry Visa. I've got all the original documents ready except for one. My mother's birth certificate is a certified copy of the original. Now we used that to get my first ancestry Visa in 2008, but the Visa agent has cautioned that the high commission is more strict on birth certificates now and want originals. The problem is that there is no original anymore and she was born in Zimbabwe. Getting an original document from there is almost impossible.
Visa agent has said it's risky but may be ok.
I don't want to throw away thousands so has anyone tried for this Visa in the last couple of years with non-original documents?
Thanks
Neal
Sep 20th 2017, 6:12 pm
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Re: 2nd Ancestry Visa - Possible problem with one document
Who certified the copy? ..... Is it a notary or lawyer who certified a photocopy, or is it a "copy" provided by the registrar? Because there is only one original, so what you get when you apply for a new "original certificate", is actually a copy of the true original as held by the registrar, certified by the registrar as a copy of the true original.
Sep 21st 2017, 7:04 am
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Re: 2nd Ancestry Visa - Possible problem with one document
Hello All,
I'm returning to the UK from South Africa and need to apply for my second ancestry Visa. I've got all the original documents ready except for one. My mother's birth certificate is a certified copy of the original. Now we used that to get my first ancestry Visa in 2008, but the Visa agent has cautioned that the high commission is more strict on birth certificates now and want originals. The problem is that there is no original anymore and she was born in Zimbabwe. Getting an original document from there is almost impossible.
Visa agent has said it's risky but may be ok.
I don't want to throw away thousands so has anyone tried for this Visa in the last couple of years with non-original documents?
Thanks
Neal
I'm returning to the UK from South Africa and need to apply for my second ancestry Visa. I've got all the original documents ready except for one. My mother's birth certificate is a certified copy of the original. Now we used that to get my first ancestry Visa in 2008, but the Visa agent has cautioned that the high commission is more strict on birth certificates now and want originals. The problem is that there is no original anymore and she was born in Zimbabwe. Getting an original document from there is almost impossible.
Visa agent has said it's risky but may be ok.
I don't want to throw away thousands so has anyone tried for this Visa in the last couple of years with non-original documents?
Thanks
Neal
With the current climate it is probably wise not to give HO any excuse to refuse your application, even if some years back it was ok.
