2aurcitizen
Registered Users (C)
Hello.
Recently me and my wife we were naturalized. The interesting thing is that we were not asked for any extra documents in our interview letter. Just the usual: Selective Service, Copy of the Green Card. The interview letter did not even ask for any tax returns.
But being prudent readers of Immigration Portal we took along all the papers. Anyway, the interesting thing is that my Birth Certificate did not have my name on it. It just said Male.
When I sat down with IO for the interview she had already read my file and marked on my Birth Certificate ... Name??
Luckily for me I had read an obscure post about getting an Affidavit made from ones parents or close relatives just 2 days before the interview. Lets say intuition worked big time for me!
I would recommend that if any of you did not do this at the time of applying for your GC ( I did not... USCIS did not raise any objections at that time) please do the following:
1. Get your birth certificate translated. I believe you can get it done from anybody. Though I would recommend a company who does this.
2. If your BC does not have a name, please get an affidavit made from your parents / relatives.
Sample language:
AFFIDAVIT BY [Father's First Name] [Father's Last Name] and [Mother's First Name] [Mother's Last Name] (Mothers Maiden Name: Mother's Maiden Name)
Re: [Child's First Name] [Child's Last Name] (If child is married, list the following: (Child's Maiden Name: Child's Maiden Name))
We, [Father's First Name] [Father's Last Name] and [Mother's First Name] [Mother's Last Name], hereby depose and say:
1. Our full and complete address is [street address with apartment or house number, town/city, state, postal zip code].
2. That I, [Father's First Name] [Father's Last Name] was born on [date] in the town/city of [city], [country].
3. That I, [Mother's First Name] [Mother's Last Name] (Mother's Maiden Name: Mother's Maiden Name), was born on [date] in the town/city of [name of city], [country].
4. We married on [date of marriage] in the city of [name of city], [country].
5. We [Father's First Name] [Father's Last Name] and [Mother's First Name] [Mother's Last Name] had the following children:
a. [Child’s First Name] [Child's Last Name] (If child is married list the following: (Child's Maiden Name: Child's Maiden Name) born on [date]; and
b. [list all of the other children, if applicable].
6. [Child's First Name] [Child's Last Name] was born in [name of city], [country].
7.
This affidavit is being submitted because [CHOOSE ONE] there is no official record of birth [OR} the official record of birth is incomplete concerning [Child's First Name] [Child's Last Name].
We declare under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is a true and correct statement.
_________________________
[Father's First Name] [Father's Last Name] and signature
_________________________
[Mother's First Name] [Mother's Last Name] and signature
Subscribed and Sworn to before
Me, this ____ day of __________,
[YEAR] at ______________________.
If the moderators like could you please make this a sticky or make this part of the documents sticky?
Best of luck and wishes to all.
God Bless America!
Recently me and my wife we were naturalized. The interesting thing is that we were not asked for any extra documents in our interview letter. Just the usual: Selective Service, Copy of the Green Card. The interview letter did not even ask for any tax returns.
But being prudent readers of Immigration Portal we took along all the papers. Anyway, the interesting thing is that my Birth Certificate did not have my name on it. It just said Male.
When I sat down with IO for the interview she had already read my file and marked on my Birth Certificate ... Name??
Luckily for me I had read an obscure post about getting an Affidavit made from ones parents or close relatives just 2 days before the interview. Lets say intuition worked big time for me!
I would recommend that if any of you did not do this at the time of applying for your GC ( I did not... USCIS did not raise any objections at that time) please do the following:
1. Get your birth certificate translated. I believe you can get it done from anybody. Though I would recommend a company who does this.
2. If your BC does not have a name, please get an affidavit made from your parents / relatives.
Sample language:
AFFIDAVIT BY [Father's First Name] [Father's Last Name] and [Mother's First Name] [Mother's Last Name] (Mothers Maiden Name: Mother's Maiden Name)
Re: [Child's First Name] [Child's Last Name] (If child is married, list the following: (Child's Maiden Name: Child's Maiden Name))
We, [Father's First Name] [Father's Last Name] and [Mother's First Name] [Mother's Last Name], hereby depose and say:
1. Our full and complete address is [street address with apartment or house number, town/city, state, postal zip code].
2. That I, [Father's First Name] [Father's Last Name] was born on [date] in the town/city of [city], [country].
3. That I, [Mother's First Name] [Mother's Last Name] (Mother's Maiden Name: Mother's Maiden Name), was born on [date] in the town/city of [name of city], [country].
4. We married on [date of marriage] in the city of [name of city], [country].
5. We [Father's First Name] [Father's Last Name] and [Mother's First Name] [Mother's Last Name] had the following children:
a. [Child’s First Name] [Child's Last Name] (If child is married list the following: (Child's Maiden Name: Child's Maiden Name) born on [date]; and
b. [list all of the other children, if applicable].
6. [Child's First Name] [Child's Last Name] was born in [name of city], [country].
7.
This affidavit is being submitted because [CHOOSE ONE] there is no official record of birth [OR} the official record of birth is incomplete concerning [Child's First Name] [Child's Last Name].
We declare under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is a true and correct statement.
_________________________
[Father's First Name] [Father's Last Name] and signature
_________________________
[Mother's First Name] [Mother's Last Name] and signature
Subscribed and Sworn to before
Me, this ____ day of __________,
[YEAR] at ______________________.
If the moderators like could you please make this a sticky or make this part of the documents sticky?
Best of luck and wishes to all.
God Bless America!