Nope, there was no exception. We discussed this question already, and I read the thread about Leningrad-Nikolaev which you kindly pointed at. You posted the link to the Russian Law of 1969. It was still valid when I was born. So what are the problems? "Registration is done either at the place of birth or at the place of residence of the parents or one of the parents."
That is exactly what the exception means. Regularly BC states the
real place of birth.
Because that is outside of jurisdiction of Russia to state somebody was born in Ukraine. What is within jurisdiction of Russia, however, is to register the birth in Russia, wherever else the birth occurred. However, this type of birth certificate is not a proof of place of birth (if it states the birth is outside of Russia), it is only a proof of place of registration.
No, it is not the same. Russia and US are two sovereign states, whereas Russia and Ukraine were parts (republics) of the same state. In addition, US vital records procedures also differ: I am not sure, but it seems that most of the states (if not all of them) require that the certificate must be filed with the clerk of the municipality in which the birth occurred. In the USSR it was not required at the time of my birth.
That is exactly the case. Russia and Ukraine were parts of the same country, but did not have jurisdiction one over another. Family codes of Russia and Ukraine were separate during the Soviet Union times. And the family code defined the procedure for issuing birth certificate. It is like if you were born in New York state, but have a birth certificate issued in Massachusetts stating you were born in New York (states of Massachusetts and New York also have independent family codes). The certificate is void because of lack of jurisdiction.
Anyway, that is up to you whether you want to immigrate to US or not based on DV-2008 program. Russia will be included during DV-2010
Yes, in a certain sense it is my case. The place of my birth and the place of my registration belonged to the same country , but now these places belong to different countries.
That is the only thing different. What, however, does matter, is not that that was the same country, but that was a wrong jurisdiction. What makes a country different from another country - also is a jurisdiction, on the federal level. Here those questions were governed on state level, below federal level. That makes it separate jurisdiction, no different from different countries.
That kind of certificate worked within USSR only. I am not even sure it really was a proof of place of birth in the Soviet Union. US is a separate jurisdiction, and will consider this BC void.
And do not think the officer does not realize what the situation is. Just because USSR also had two levels of jurisdiction, the same as US have, he will assume the situation similar to US as if, as I said, you had a Massachusetts-issued birth certificate stating you were born in New York. Clearly Massachusetts lacks jurisdiction to state that.
No, it is not the same. Russia and US are two sovereign states, whereas Russia and Ukraine were parts (republics) of the same state.
It is the same. The article you are referring to
Регистрация рождения производится в органах записи актов гражданского состояния по месту рождения детей либо по месту жительства родителей или одного из них
does not distinguish between whether you were born in the same country, or in a different one. Even if you were born in the US, you could still register your birth in Russia at the place of your parent's residence. That way, as I said, Russia could easily produce 130 mln. US citizens, if accepted by US, by stating they all were born in US, but their birth was registered in Russia. That is clearly unacceptable by US.
