Thursday, November 19, 2009

How do I get a birth certificate from another country?

My mother in law was born in Scotland in 1920. She came to the U.S. in 1921 with her mother and father. My problem is, she never got a birth certificate because she was on her parents naturalization papers, and that was good enough for the U.S. government to be proper identification. Now, however, her naturalization papers no longer work and I need to obtain a legal birth certificate! I have e-mailed vital statistics in Scotland, and they have no record of her, so how am I supposed to get a copy if theres not an original and none of her papers can be used? Is she now considered a Illegal Alien? Does anyone know what I can do? Alls I need is to get her a state I.D. and the U.S. is making that almost impossible. Thanks for any info.!

How do I get a birth certificate from another country?
Yes much has changed with the post 9-11 world.





UK (which Scotland is part of) certificates or even copies of them are not just obtained through paperwork or such. You have to hire a certified researcher to get them. So I can see why the email thing did not work out.





They kept really good records back in the day in the UK. I bet you could easily get her parents certificates or a marriage certificate. But all in all this should not be necessary. She has been in the US since 1921?





Has she owned property here? Had a job? And she has naturalization papers? A judge would easily take care of this. But it is not her status it is just DMV.





If it was my Mom I would take her to a post office and apply for a passport. They will sort this out much faster than a DMV as they have more experience with all of this. She has her or her parents naturalization papers? Even if not they will deal with it.
Reply:No record? That's very odd. I've been able to get birth certificates, death certificates, baptismal certificates and marriage certificates for my family members that came from Lincolnshire (north central England) dating back to the 1790's. The UK even has a free birth/death/marriage registry on-line that has everything dating from the 1830's forward.
Reply:Try this link:





http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/conten...





Just curious that the government is making it hard for a citizen to get a state ID. She does have her naturalization papers doesn't she? No exception for an 87 year old woman?**
Reply:I dont know, i just know you have to get it translated.


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