Birth Certificate from Civil Authority

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Albatross_Singh

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Greetings all

Our parents have a citizen child who applied an i130 for them (I am not a citizen)

We submitted i130 for them, and since they did not have birth certificates or marriage certificates, we got letters from the Indian Embassy in DC.

Now they have received an interview call after 2.5 years, and they are asking for birth and marriage certificates from a "civil authority in your country".

What does this mean? Can we simply use the letters from the Embassy?

The interview is in 8 days. Would a consultation with a lawyer help?

Thanks for any leads
 
So, I-130 was approved earlier without birth certificates, just with letter from the embassy? Was the birth certificate of US citizen child present?
And now you are talking about consular interview for his parents?
What is the reason the do not have BC?
 
Albatross_Singh said:
Greetings all

Our parents have a citizen child who applied an i130 for them (I am not a citizen)

We submitted i130 for them, and since they did not have birth certificates or marriage certificates, we got letters from the Indian Embassy in DC.

Now they have received an interview call after 2.5 years, and they are asking for birth and marriage certificates from a "civil authority in your country".

What does this mean? Can we simply use the letters from the Embassy?

The interview is in 8 days. Would a consultation with a lawyer help?

Thanks for any leads
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The parents have to follow the standard instruction on the State Department website's "Reciprocity Table" for their country of birth as to documentation of their own identity.

There may already be some information concerning their marriage on file with the I-130 evidence however, that evidence may be in the hands of USCIS rather than the State Department. The request for the marriage info may be a mistake OR State may be questioning the documentation already on file. Check the reciprocity table first.
 
raevsky said:
So, I-130 was approved earlier without birth certificates, just with letter from the embassy? Was the birth certificate of US citizen child present?
And now you are talking about consular interview for his parents?
What is the reason the do not have BC?
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1. i130 was approved with letter from the embassy
2. the birth certificate of us citizen child was not present, but a similar letter was sent
3. Now I am asking about interview in teh US for the parents, as parents are in US
4. The reason is simple, at that time, such certificates in their rural setting had no use/value

Hope this clarifies the issues, so my questions still need suggestions from members.

Thanks!
 
Usually when primery evidence (BC) is missing, you have to prove:
1. It is really missing.
2. Show secondary evidence.

If secondary evidence is missing as well, you have to:
1. Show it is really missing
2. Provide additional evidence

Secondary evidence could be a letter from elementary school or child care where he was in early years, or something like baptismal certificate from church.

Additional evidence could be affidavit from people who were present at the moment of bith, two affidavits required.

It is extremely strange no proof of parentage was needed to approve I-130 for parents. Parentage is a big deal, I am sure something else was needed except the letter from the ebmassy to prove they are his parents. Parentage is basis for I-130 being approved.
 
Birth certificate

Hi,
I had the same situation, Dont panic, Just go to the local municipal office and ask them -Non Availability- Of birth certificate. It is also called Form 10, They will give you the certificate. A long with it get 2 affidavits from 2 people who are older to your parents, stating that they know your parents and were there at the time of birth. It should be good. I am doing the same. Take it along to the interview.
Give some money to the people in india Rs.1500.00 i paied.
good luck
 
Same issue

I am currently in the exact same situation..or similar at least..we have been given interview date for december 8th 2011..my mother was born before 1969 in india when it was not required to register birth of a child with the state or municipal corporations. The issue we are facing may be state specific. My mother was born in Karnataka and since she only has a birth record which the NVC says does not count as an official birth certificate, we had to appeal to the high court in bangalore to issue as a true birth certificate. Additionally we also got two affidavits from my mother's aunt and my grandmother to count as additional evidence..We are still waiting on the true birth certificate to come through by end of this week. If that does not work out im not sure what to do because the banagalore municipal corporation has refused to give us a non-availability certificate with their nonsense reasoning that "we dont have record of her birth so we cant issue non-availability" its so frustrating but i hope this works out..this is the last bit of thing that needs to be worked on..hopefully it all works out way before december 8th. I happen to be a derivative under the CSPA so this would be good if its all smooth sailing..if anyone has any more suggestions or thoughts or things i can do to make sure the birth certificate counts please let me know..thanks..

(p.s birth record is different from birth certificate. I was confused about this for a very long time)
 
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