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India. Is it a must to get the non-availability certificate from municipal authorities? She was born in 1956 in a small village, and it's painful (if possible at all) to get the certificate. Will high school diploma with birth date and/or 2 affidavits from close relatives without the...

Just got mail from USCIS asking us to "Submit a copy of applicant's foreign birth certificate issued by the appropriate civil authority". Well - my mom does not really have a birth certificate - in 1950s, nobody really bothered about birth certificates. My question is - what document can i...

Hi all, I've filled out the I-130, I495 and other forms. I want to get them reviewed by a good lawyer or paralegal. Does anyone have recommendations for the above service. Any responses are much appreciated. Thanks.

I live in nj and am filing PR for my mom. I'll be sending i130 and i485 together. My question is where do i send it to? The Chicago lockbox or the Dallas/Lewisville lockbox. Thanks in advance.

I too have interview on 10/04 Hey akayal 1973 - my interview is also in newark on 10/04. What time is yours? Mine is 8 am.

No updates for quite some time Myself and my wife did fingerprinting on 7/20 and 7/17 respectively. ND is 6/14. GC date is 9/1/2007. From reading the other threads in forums here, it seems they send the 'in line for interview' just a month before the 5 anniversary. Well we're there, but...

I'm in process of getting citizenship (filed N-400 about 1.5 months ago). I see couple of thread with traffic tickets and am getting concerned because i do not have any records of the traffic tickets i had. I didnt have any major tickets to begin with - couple of parking violations, a speeding...

Actually after reading the last line again - it seems that the requirement to get unavailability certificate from govt. agency is only if the birth certificate does not exist. In my case it does exist - it's only that it has insufficient info on it. So do I just need two sworn affidavits from...

follow up question Hi - Thanks for the link. For my home country (India) - requirement for affidavit says following on that site: "In cases where birth certificates from the authorities are unavailable or contain insufficient information regarding the birth or the parents, a sworn affidavit...

Hi all, I'm preparing to file for I-130 for my brother back in my home country and had 2 questions regarding it: 1) I have N400 pending currently. Do I need to get the US passport before filing for my brother's I-130 or the copy of Naturalization certificate is enough? 2) Both mine and...

From my limited knowledge - it seems the child can acquire US citizenship (assuming his father was a US citizen). His dad has to be a little co-operative and your cousin will need to get citizenship certificate from the US embassy there. Checkout these links from US govt. site...

Can I do early FP done in a different office than the one mentioned in FP appt. letter Hi all, I live in NJ and work in NYC. The FP appt. shows that it is for service center in Elizabeth,NJ. I'm planning to go for early FP walkin. Will they entertain my early walkin-request if I go to one in...

I'm planning to call my mother who has a 10 year multiple entry visa from Sept 2010 to January 2011. My question is whether I can call my mom again by end of May next year (planning on having a baby around that time)? Will that create any issue at the port of entry about entry or length of her...

My mom has a 10 year visitor visa since 2008, but never visited US. I am thinking of buying air-ticket for her. My concern is names in her passport/visa. Let's say her name in old passport was 'Sudesh Kumari', but all her other docs (ration card, election card etc) have her name as 'Sudesh...

I am thinking of applying for GC for my brother (based on my US citizenship). But I read USCIS guide in this regard (http://www.uscis.gov/USCIS/New%20Structure/3rd%20Level%20%28Left%20Nav%20Children%29/Resources-3rd%20level/How%20Do%20I%20Guides/A1en.pdf) which says that I cannot apply for GC...