u/Advanced-Tomato-1889

I live in Northern Nevada, and I assumed San Francisco was my state's assigned consulate. I was wrong. it is Los Angeles. When filling out my application it ask which consulate is assigned to me. Los Angeles is a 9 hour drive from were I live, where as San Francisco is 41/2 hours. I am sending my application to the BVA myslef and have all my documents certified from their respective archives, etc. I do not need to go to consulate to send in my application. But, If I get approved and need to go to the consulate for passport or to receive my certificate, I do not want to go to Los Angeles!! Can I put San Francisco as my consulate, and/or will they send me certificate by mail and will I be able to apply for passport by mail. I have family circumstances that make it very hard to travel at this time.

Well, its taken almost a year to collect all documents and I finally received the last one. Started my draft application and then will fill out final App in German.

I have received several documents from Germany in clear vinyl covers and thought that was a great way to keep my documents in good condition whilst doing the process of handling them and transposing information on a regular basis without staining them, or warping them etc... SOOOO I bought vinyl covers for everything and Now I'm thinking I want to keep them in the covers and label each one according to what it is... " so and so's birth cert" "So and so's" marriage cert". Is this a bad idea that will annoy the BVA or will they be impressed with my organizational skills?? LOL It just seems so clean and tidy to have the certificate in protective covers. What do you guys think? Seems like a dumb question now that I've written it, but I'd really like to know your thoughts.

Hello! I have filled out the 1st page of appendix_Av with the info about my great grandmother. She was born in 1898. I have her BC and her marriage record to her 2nd husband who was my grandmother's adopted father. I do not have the birth certificate for the adoptive father, since lineage is carried through my great grandmother. Is this correct? Also, do I need to fill out anything on page 2, since I have gone back to 1898 already. My great grandmother's parents obviously are listed on her birth certificate, so it seems like this would not be necessary. Thank You!