Just_married
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Hey Ari4u,
I submitted the copy of my birth certificate that my father faxed me from India. He just had the photocopy (not notorized) of the original one, since in India ( In some states) you have to submit the original birth certificate to the school in order to get the admission and in this country the leaving certificate/transfer certificate from school is a very strong document that is considered equivalent to the birth certificate.
Well I was surprised to get the interview call from boston last month, after seeing the forums, and how the people are in trouble for not having their original birth certificate, I decided to call my father and asked him to get the original from the first school I attended. I called the school and they were really kind and helpful to get the file out and keep aside my original birth certificate to hand it over to my father.
One more problem I noticed was that my birth certificate do not have my last name and my mother's name. Well as for the last name, some states(cultures) in India put father's name as the last name. For this to be rectified, my school principal wrote a letter stating the complete name entered in their database when I was admitted, that is my full name with the original last name, father's full name and my mother's full name.
Another thing which is very important in United States is the requirement of having your mother's name on the birth certificate, which is opposite to that of India, where father's name is extremely important in the birth certificate while mother's is optional. So now to rectify this, my mother prepared a legal affidavit stating that she is my mother and that the father's name on the birth certificate is her husband. Additionally they have attached the photocopies of the biodata pages of their passport where each others name are there as husband-wife.
In addition to all above, my father also got the original from municipal corporation of my birth city, they denied doing any changes in the birth certificate i.e adding the last name...which is understandable, they wouldnt want to mess with the original data entered, but were more than willing to write an affidavit, if needed.
All this was done in a week and speed post to me.
I havent received any RFE till date, but I am making sure I dont get stuck during interview for not having these documents.
I hope this helps you.
I also appreciate your efforts in making this and the interview dates forum. My best wishes to you for all the paper works.
I submitted the copy of my birth certificate that my father faxed me from India. He just had the photocopy (not notorized) of the original one, since in India ( In some states) you have to submit the original birth certificate to the school in order to get the admission and in this country the leaving certificate/transfer certificate from school is a very strong document that is considered equivalent to the birth certificate.
Well I was surprised to get the interview call from boston last month, after seeing the forums, and how the people are in trouble for not having their original birth certificate, I decided to call my father and asked him to get the original from the first school I attended. I called the school and they were really kind and helpful to get the file out and keep aside my original birth certificate to hand it over to my father.
One more problem I noticed was that my birth certificate do not have my last name and my mother's name. Well as for the last name, some states(cultures) in India put father's name as the last name. For this to be rectified, my school principal wrote a letter stating the complete name entered in their database when I was admitted, that is my full name with the original last name, father's full name and my mother's full name.
Another thing which is very important in United States is the requirement of having your mother's name on the birth certificate, which is opposite to that of India, where father's name is extremely important in the birth certificate while mother's is optional. So now to rectify this, my mother prepared a legal affidavit stating that she is my mother and that the father's name on the birth certificate is her husband. Additionally they have attached the photocopies of the biodata pages of their passport where each others name are there as husband-wife.
In addition to all above, my father also got the original from municipal corporation of my birth city, they denied doing any changes in the birth certificate i.e adding the last name...which is understandable, they wouldnt want to mess with the original data entered, but were more than willing to write an affidavit, if needed.
All this was done in a week and speed post to me.
I havent received any RFE till date, but I am making sure I dont get stuck during interview for not having these documents.
I hope this helps you.
I also appreciate your efforts in making this and the interview dates forum. My best wishes to you for all the paper works.
I have to now go through the whole hoopla of correcting my birth certificate so i can respond to the RFE. Got 80 days left...