Originally posted by walesrob@Jan 17 2006, 10:59 AM
Elsa had a similiar-ish problem when we came to apply for her spouse visa - her birth certificate showed her fathers name spelt wrong, her middle name something completly different, and worst of all, it had not been signed or validated. So you can imagine how this will cause problems when it came to applying the visa - the ECO will take one look at the certificate and say, "it doesn't add up".
What Elsa had to do, was to petition for amendments to be added to the certificate, showing the corrections. Now, I don't wanna scare you at this point, but it took Elsa the best part of 9 months to get this done, as you can imagine she had to go to this office and that office in Tacloban, then to this office and that office in Cebu, but then, no she was told she had to go to this office in Manila AAARRRRGHHHHHHHHHH![]()
I dunno, maybe Pete can add his 2 pence worth. I know the Embassy are very hot on correct paperwork being in order, and you may or may not be okay showing the existing birth certificate, and hoping they'll overlook it. But speaking from personal experience, I would get the amendments done, it may save a lot of hassle later.
Elsa and I did get married before the birth certificate was changed.
Post back if you need further info about getting amendments done for the birth certificate.
Guys thanks for the all the responses will come back when and if.
Lookinf forward to be ing part of this forum - the other forums are very americanises and its nice to have British outlook on it
Regards
SD