Purple Viper

Wasn't sure if a double-sided copy was allowed... Don't want it to be missed by whoever gets our package. Most of our copies are only one sided.

Noorah101

On the other hand, sometimes photocopying the back of an official document, prints a watermark or something to show that what you photocopied was indeed an original. Not a bad idea to photocopy it and find out.

Rene

Purple Viper

When photocopying all of her passport pages, should she also do the whole double-sided thing? They don't exactly tell you how to do it (as far as I know).

Noorah101

If she is required to photocopy all the pages in her passport, she should do so. It doesn't matter if it's copied single sided or double sided.

Rene

jeffreyhy

She can do it however she wants. Same with the birth certificates. If she is going to use double-sided printing and copying, keep in mind that the file will be bound at the top, not the side. That's right. And there's a reason why.

A bit of history - in days of yore, which were actually not all that long ago, when USCIS and DoS printed paper forms rather than publishing fillable electronic forms online, multi-page forms were all double sided. I won't make a WAG as to why they did it that way, but I do observe that as a practical matter it meant that less paper was consumed and the files would be thinner than if everything was single-sided.

Regards, JEff

Purple Viper

Thanks Rene and Jeff. I have another question regarding the translation of her birth certificate. If her mom were to do it for her (her French is much better) could she simply scan the signed and dated translation and send it to us by email? It'd save us on time since it takes a while to mail letters and her mom is on vacation right now. Thank you.

Noorah101

Mom's French might be better, but is her English also at that level? Is the 100% fluent in both languages?

That said, I forgot now what the birth certificate is for. If it's to accompany an I-129F or I-130, then a scanned copy is probably OK for now. The original will be required later. If this is for the NVC stage of an Immigrant Visa process where NVC is asking for original civil documents, they will want the original birth certificate and original translation.

Rene

Purple Viper

Hi. I have another question regarding my wife's Birth Certificate (translation). My wife's mom is unsure if it's legal to reproduce logos (i.e. flags) Is this true? Or can she copy and paste a flag from Google onto a Word Document? If it's not allowed, would it be okay to just type "logo" where it should be on the Birth Certificate? What is best to do? Thank you.

Noorah101

I suggest getting it done professionally instead...they will know how to handle it.

Rene

Noorah101

I suggest getting it done professionally instead...they will know how to handle it.

Rene

ian-mstm

It is perfectly legal to do so, as long as the information is for an official purpose... such as in this case. Her mom's concern is unnecessary. It is a non-issue.

Ian

jeffreyhy

See my post #10 in this very thread.

If the "logo" is a flag, I'd suggest using the word 'FLAG'. And I'd be inclined to specify what flag.

Regards, JEff

Purple Viper

Thanks guys.

And yeah, I remember Jeff ... But my wife thinks using the actual logo would look better :P As long as it's fine to reproduce the flag I'll go with what the Mrs want. hehe.