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How to Obtain Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Records
One important step in the preparation of applications for immigration
benefits is obtaining certified birth, marriage, divorce and death
certificates.
Let's suppose that a native-born male U.S. citizen marries a woman, present in the United States as a student, who was formerly married. They have a child born in the U.S.
In order for the wife to adjust her status, she will need certified copies
of her husband's birth certificate, their marriage certificate, the divorce
decree from her first marriage and their child's birth certificate.
If her husband was born in Maine, they were married in Arizona, she was divorced in Nevada and their child was born in California, she will have the unenviable task of obtaining records from four different states.
Where should she write to obtain certified copies of these records?What is the fee for each? Can she pay by check? What a nightmare! Furthermore, she is in a rush to get her work card (EAD) and her travel permit (advance parole).
Fortunately, by clicking here through laws411 this will simplify the task of obtaining these documents, for our example the wife would click on "Maine" to obtain a certified copy of her husband's birth certificate. The database gives her the address to request this document and the fee ($10) which she can pay by check or money order to "Treasurer, State of Maine" (Other states available). There is even a link to a page which allows her to complete this transaction via the internet.
She would then click on "Arizona", "Nevada" and "California" to obtain the other three required documents.
What about her own birth certificate? Since she was born abroad, the above web site will not assist her in obtaining her birth certificate.
Suppose she was born in the Philippines in 1974. She clicks on the letter "P" and again on the word "Philippines". She scrolls down the page until she reaches a section entitled "Documents".
Under the subtitle "Birth Certificates", she learns that persons born in
the Philippines after 1946 may obtain their birth certificates by writing
to the National Census and Statistics Office (NCSO), Office of the Civil
Registrar-General, Magsaysay Blvd., Santa Mesa, Metro Manila, Philippines.
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