Got the Birth Certificate!!!
I am very impressed with the speed. 15 days turnaround. I got in touch with an IAS officer whose email I found on a website. She is a Deputy Commisioner of East Singhbhum. She provided me information as to who to contact. Once I provided that information to my Dad, he was able to procure the Birth Certificates both in Hindi and English.
The issuing authority is Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee, Government of Jharkhand, Directorate of Statistics & Evaluation, Jharkhand. It is signed by the Registrar, Births & Deaths, Jamshedpur.
From all the research I did on the subject the following is very important on the birth certificate:
1) Your name correctly spelt
2) Date and place of birth
3) Date when birth was registered
4) Both the parents' names correctly spelt.
Here are the relevant portions from an INS manual I found on a website:
Evidence of Birth/ Birth Certificate
The applicant must submit evidence of their place of birth for purposes of chargeability, identity and derivative relationship. The most common evidence is the birth certificate. The birth certificate must:
• be issued by a recognized civil authority from the applicant's country of birth,
• be timely registered,
• show date and place of birth, and
• show the names of both parents.
*Note: If the document is written in another language, the applicant must include a certified English translation.
Verify the data on the I-485 with information from the birth certificate. If the name or date of birth is not complete or correct, you must make corrections to the I-485 with red ink and update CLAIMS with the correct data.
There is other acceptable evidence of the place of birth for an applicant. If you do not have, or cannot get, the applicant's birth certificate, the following documents may be acceptable as secondary evidence:
• the biographical data pages of the applicant's passport;
• baptismal certificates; or
• affidavits (these may be substituted for certain countries, see FAM when in question).
This evidence can establish chargeability, identity and derivative relationships for dependent spouse and children.
-retroactive birth certificate-possible fraud
-rectification of birth certificate-possible fraud
-date added later to birth certificate-possible fraud