millers Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 (edited) Hi Peeps My hubby and I have just applied for Citizenship ( currently on a PR visa in Queensland) and have sent all the documents required but immigration are not happy with our birth certs we sent ( born in the 70's). They are saying we have provided a short/extract certificate. It doesn't have our parents names on there and its not apparently considered a full UK birth certificate!!!! but this is all we have and have ever had. Has anyone gone through this drama and can offer any advice please ? Thanks Millers:arghh: Edited December 8, 2016 by millers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT55 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 (edited) Hi. Yes I (and a lot of other people apparently) had the same issue. You need to order a long form birth certificate. I think I got mine here https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate. If you reschedule the test in 2 months time the new certificate should be here by then Edited December 8, 2016 by DT55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammygirl Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Surely you needed to supply full birth certificates for your visa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Agree with the above. You need a full birth certificate naming both parents in full. The short version won't cut it. They require this for visa applications also now. Its pretty easy to organise and doesn't cost much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT55 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Surely you needed to supply full birth certificates for your visa. We didn't at the time. May be different now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungo Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Surely you needed to supply full birth certificates for your visa. Yep. Long birth certificates were definitely a requirement for the visa application when we applied in 2009. I had the long certificate mine (born 1970) but we had to apply for OHs. Takes about a week to come through, if that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 We had to provide long Birth Certs for our visas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren&liz Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Yes, my DH had the same problem. We ordered a new full certificate online. Was here in less than 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millers Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 Thanks guys for your help- submitted normal birth cert when we applied for PR in 2014 and all was good( that's why I'm asking the question as we never needed it before) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungo Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Thanks guys for your help- submitted normal birth cert when we applied for PR in 2014 and all was good( that's why I'm asking the question as we never needed it before) I think most would consider the long version of the birth certificate to be the "normal" one. :wink: It was definitely, without a shadow of a doubt, a requirement to submit the full birth certificate in 2014. Are you 100pc certain that you didn't and don't already have this tucked away somewhere.? If you are certain, well in that case you just got lucky and your case officer simply made a mistake in accepting the short version back then. Anyway as mentioned, these are very easy to get hold of and you can apply online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millers Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 I think most would consider the long version of the birth certificate to be the "normal" one. :wink: It was definitely, without a shadow of a doubt, a requirement to submit the full birth certificate in 2014. Are you 100pc certain that you didn't and don't already have this tucked away somewhere.? If you are certain, well in that case you just got lucky and your case officer simply made a mistake in accepting the short version back then. Anyway as mentioned, these are very easy to get hold of and you can apply online. Yes all we have is the small one and nothing else- just applying online and it doesn't give an option to ask for a Long form ? birth cert???? not sure I'm going to get the right thing and not just a duplicate of what I already have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungo Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Yes all we have is the small one and nothing else- just applying online and it doesn't give an option to ask for a Long form ? birth cert???? not sure I'm going to get the right thing and not just a duplicate of what I already have I beleive the "standard" is the certificate with parent information. Also I just read the associated FAQ about what is included on the birth certificate and it states that you would see parent information on the birth certificate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 (edited) I think most would consider the long version of the birth certificate to be the "normal" one. :wink: When my son got his Birth Certificate in 2010 they issued the short form certificate for free. There was a fee for the long form one (which of course we paid - infact got two copies - because we knew we'd need it) but clearly the short form is normal in the UK now and the long form is the premium edition. Edited December 8, 2016 by Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millers Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Thanks everyone- I just applied on line for both our certs and its cost 63 pounds to have them fast tracked and delivery to Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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