Birth Certificate Requirement

[Londo]

Hi Guys,

Please your help is urgently needed.

I am filling out a spouse application for my wife after receiving PR via EE FSW. There is a part of the form that requires her parents name. The problem we having is her parents have changed their names since her birth so the name on the birth certificate will be different from the name we will put down on the form. Both her parents are now deceased by the way.

Also as we have already included their new names in my EE application we can’t just put their names down as it appears on the birth certificate. As they are both dead we have no access to any prove of change of name. Bearing all this in mind what do you reckon we should do?

1. Get a sworn affidavit and explain in a letter of explanation
2. Only explain in a letter of explanation and don’t get an affidavit
3. Anything else you can think of?

Regards,

 

[Londo]

Please help guys

 

[jomz]

Hi Guys,

Please your help is urgently needed.

I am filling out a spouse application for my wife after receiving PR via EE FSW. There is a part of the form that requires her parents name. The problem we having is her parents have changed their names since her birth so the name on the birth certificate will be different from the name we will put down on the form. Both her parents are now deceased by the way.

Also as we have already included their new names in my EE application we can’t just put their names down as it appears on the birth certificate. As they are both dead we have no access to any prove of change of name. Bearing all this in mind what do you reckon we should do?

1. Get a sworn affidavit and explain in a letter of explanation
2. Only explain in a letter of explanation and don’t get an affidavit
3. Anything else you can think of?

Regards,

I would suggest you find out if you can obtain the name change record from the registry office. They do keep records and likely your wife will be able to obtain it. I think you have to get something from the government. Now also if her parents changed their name, would they not have changed her name at some point?

Logically one has to wonder if the people who raised her were really her parents, is there a possibility she was adopted but doesn't know that? Just seems more likely if there is no record of her "parents" legally changing their name.

 

[Londo]

Thank you very much but we are 100% sure they were her biological parents. its just the part of the world they lived in records are not well kept.

Here is the instruction. Will I be right in thinking I could get away without sending her birth certificate?

PROOF OF RELATIONSHIP TO SPONSOR
If you are being sponsored by your parent, you must provide proof of the relationship such as birth certificates, baptismal certificates or other official document naming your parents.
If you are being sponsored by your spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner, you must send evidence of the relationship between you and your sponsor such as wedding photos or proof that you are partners, letters between you and your sponsor, and telephone bills showing contact between you and your sponsor.

 

[cheng9999]

Thank you very much but we are 100% sure they were her biological parents. its just the part of the world they lived in records are not well kept.

Here is the instruction. Will I be right in thinking I could get away without sending her birth certificate?

PROOF OF RELATIONSHIP TO SPONSOR
If you are being sponsored by your parent, you must provide proof of the relationship such as birth certificates, baptismal certificates or other official document naming your parents.
If you are being sponsored by your spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner, you must send evidence of the relationship between you and your sponsor such as wedding photos or proof that you are partners, letters between you and your sponsor, and telephone bills showing contact between you and your sponsor.

This is for your wife, correct?

Well, you do as much as possible, as much documentation as you can provide. For example, does her parents still have old passports or other documents showing the old name? Then write a detailed explanation of the situation, what you did to try to get whatever you can.

If your wife's name, on the other hand, is the same, then my belief is that it'll not be as much a problem. The birth cert is to show that she is born where she is, that the name matches to her passport which is a secondary document (birth cert is typically considered the primary identity document if it is issued by the government).

Where I come from, my mom did not even have birth cert although it is normal to have it (right after world war 2, so she did not). She managed to go to Canada with other identity documents.

 

[Londo]

This is for your wife, correct?

Well, you do as much as possible, as much documentation as you can provide. For example, does her parents still have old passports or other documents showing the old name? Then write a detailed explanation of the situation, what you did to try to get whatever you can.

If your wife's name, on the other hand, is the same, then my belief is that it'll not be as much a problem. The birth cert is to show that she is born where she is, that the name matches to her passport which is a secondary document (birth cert is typically considered the primary identity document if it is issued by the government).

Where I come from, my mom did not even have birth cert although it is normal to have it (right after world war 2, so she did not). She managed to go to Canada with other identity documents.

Yes it is my wife and thank u very much for advice