Brth certificate? Help!
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kaplinghat
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here's what people from India have to do, I do not know if the same rules apply to people born in china.
1. Get 2 notarized affidavits from your parents or any other person who was atleast 10 years old when you were born
2. Submit secondary birth documents such as school certificate, religious birth documents etc.
3. Submit a birth not registered or birth certificate not available certificate from the county or town where you were born
I have also heard from our lawyer that in the event you are unable to get the document listed in 3 it might be sufficient to prove that you tried to get the said document so keep all the emails and all the letters you write to county/town officials in china. But I cannot vouch for the validity of this statement
Good luck
1. Get 2 notarized affidavits from your parents or any other person who was atleast 10 years old when you were born
2. Submit secondary birth documents such as school certificate, religious birth documents etc.
3. Submit a birth not registered or birth certificate not available certificate from the county or town where you were born
I have also heard from our lawyer that in the event you are unable to get the document listed in 3 it might be sufficient to prove that you tried to get the said document so keep all the emails and all the letters you write to county/town officials in china. But I cannot vouch for the validity of this statement
Good luck
Thank you yeaher and kaplinghat. I've asked around in China but have not been given definite and positive answers yet. I know that in China, people who are born in hospitals usually are issued birth certificates from the hospital immediately; but those born at home (like me) do not have any authority to testify the birth. The only similar official documents are house registry, but I'm not sure if immigration officers know what a house registry is and would consider it similar to a birth certificate, plus our house registry is changing with the change of one's marriage status.
HO KU is sufficient.
wanling,
My friends from China submitted a copy of HO KU (house registry) along with KONG JUNG SHU (a certifed document) both in Chinese and in English. The HO KU serves as an american equivalent of birth certificate. Good luck!
wanling,
My friends from China submitted a copy of HO KU (house registry) along with KONG JUNG SHU (a certifed document) both in Chinese and in English. The HO KU serves as an american equivalent of birth certificate. Good luck!
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wanling said:
Hi WANLING,
I am from CHN too. I submitted a notarized birth certificate from my hometown county where I was born, so far, INS did not require any RFE in this issue. I think it is very easy to get this document. I know the people born in 60's and 70's do not have birth certificate from hospital. I think only the original Hu-Kou record which was registered as you was born was counted as the primary evidence. (see I485 guidance) If you can not provide this one, you may need to get the so-called secdonary evidence. Use testmony from old person who witnessed your birth and/or school transcripts, hospital records etc as your substituted birth certificate.