Aos - Birth Certificate
Jun 23rd 2003, 3:17 am
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Aos - Birth Certificate
Can you submit a PHOTOCOPY of your birth certificate when applying for marriage based AOS? If so, does it have to be US notarized? or back home notarized with apostille?
I don't have an original, only a photocopy, and it takes months to request it back home.
I don't have an original, only a photocopy, and it takes months to request it back home.
Jun 23rd 2003, 4:35 am
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my understanding is to submit photo copies but at the AOS interview they can request originals. You may want to verify. Don;t the instructions on the AOS I-485 specifically ask for a copy? I forget.
Jun 23rd 2003, 5:21 am
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I submitted copies of EVERYTHING. BCIS is one giant black hole, and if you send your originals, you'll never see them again! 
Fortunately, I had the option to file in person, so I took all the originals with me, just in case. I wasn't asked to produce any of them, though, the copies were sufficient.
Kate. xxxxx
Fortunately, I had the option to file in person, so I took all the originals with me, just in case. I wasn't asked to produce any of them, though, the copies were sufficient. Kate. xxxxx
Last edited by katesuiter1; Jun 23rd 2003 at 5:39 am.
