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AlexFord
Joined 2017
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Foreign Births Registry - Documents

7 years ago

Thanks for maintaining this blog.

I applied for entry in the registry of foreign births back in January this year. Now, re-reading the documentary requirements, I'm wondering whether my application may be rejected due to inadequate documentation.

My concern is about the requirement for ORIGINAL documents. I submitted my original long form birth certificate (I was born in 1952). But the rest of the docs were all new certified copies from the original issuing authorities. For instance, I obtained a new copy of my grandfather's Irish birth certificate (1891) from the records office in Dublin, and certified copies of marriage and death certificates for my parents and grandparents from the State of Connecticut in the US.

Will those be acceptable documents? If not, I'm screwed, because the originals are long gone.

In parallel I'm applying for a UK passport through my father (born in England). THEY have already rejected my application because it contains a certified copy of my US birth certificate - the original right now is included with my RFB application in Dublin.

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