Birth certificate translation error

[sheel]

This is a case of total stupidity and negligence. We submitted a translation of my birth certificate during the mad rush in July 07. We failed to see that wrong town was specified as place of birth in the translation. Now an RFE has come asking us to submit a copy of the foreign BC document showing parentage which is registered with the civil authorities. What can I do to solve this problem. I need to submit in 25 days. Please Help!

[chi_shark]

Originally Posted by sheel

This is a case of total stupidity and negligence. We submitted a translation of my birth certificate during the mad rush in July 07. We failed to see that wrong town was specified as place of birth in the translation. Now an RFE has come asking us to submit a copy of the foreign BC document showing parentage which is registered with the civil authorities. What can I do to solve this problem. I need to submit in 25 days. Please Help!

i dont know for a fact what can be done... neither am i aware of any guidelines or past cases... however, in my opinion, you should be able to get a professor or languages from some school re-translate your bc. Secondly, you could possibly get a recently dated letter from the local government of your birthplace re-affirming your birth place (via perhaps a duplicate bc or some document like that).

does that help?

[eb2_mumbai]

I can recommend two things. Ask the person / agency that prepared your earlier translation to re-do the document and add a cover page saying that the mistake was a genune oversight and there was no attempt to hide/ mislead on any information. You can get another set of translated document from some other agency / expert as a backup.

Second is try to dig any other document that has info on your birth place like example your old school leaving certificate, caste certificate, baptism certificate, voter ID, PAN card, nationality certificate, domicile certificate etc Add these (translate to english if necessary) as additional documents that support the BC.

Lastly get affidavit from two people who have direct knowledge of your birth to state the place, date and time of your birth along with full names of your parents.

Another longshot might be to try to go to hospital and ask them to provide a document.

[Guillo]

You may not be in as much trouble as you think. First thing I'd do is try to get a hold of the RFE and explain that they will see a different town in the original birth certificate, that it was a mistake, and maybe they can tell you how to fix it.
If this is not possible, then I think the suggestion of sending a new translation attached to the original language copy and a letter explaining what happened is rather good.

You should REALLY go yell at someone at the translation agency though. And ALWAYS check for everything.