thanks for all your advise ,the position now is i have got new birth certifacte and i posted today its going to take at least a week to get to my fiancee,but she has already booked appointment at the embassy for 29/4/08 and i dont think the origonal certificate will reach her in time so i'm going to email copy for her to include .Do you think it will be ok if she forwards the origanal to the embassy as soon as she gets it ,im just afraid everything is going to go wrong,please i need your advise.phillip