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risha2408

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Hi,

I am a Portuguese citizen. I have my Portuguese birth certificate.
According to the Portuguese citizenship act, I am Portuguese by birth since I am born to a Portuguese parent.
but the issue is, my country of birth on my Portuguese birth certificate is India.
can I file for green card as a Portuguese national since I have my birth certificate from them??

Risha
 
risha2408 said:
but the issue is, my country of birth on my Portuguese birth certificate is India. can I file for green card as a Portuguese national since I have my birth certificate from them??
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No. Your country of birth is India. While you can obtain multiple citizenships at birth, you can only be born in one place.

The only way around this is to claim your spouse's country of birth, or that your parents did not reside in India when you were born.
 
Place of birth and not nationality determines priority dates. TRC has given you the only choice, sans India, that you may have. If you spouse was also born in India, then you are out of luck. I assume you were born in Goa?

risha2408 said:
can I file for green card as a Portuguese national since I have my birth certificate from them??
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Really? I am an Indian citizen, but was born in Indonesia, and I have done EVERYTHING as an Indian, and not Indonesian.
 
cafeconleche said:
Really? I am an Indian citizen, but was born in Indonesia, and I have done EVERYTHING as an Indian, and not Indonesian.
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You're doing exactly as you should. It's USCIS who operates based on country of birth, when you apply for a green card in a quota-limited category. Surely you wrote Indonesia for your country of birth when you applied for a green card?
 
I was informed last week by the company that it will sponsor me for H1B visa.
As I have a 3 years TN visa that will expire end 2012, I am thinking to start the Green card process, so what r the steps to follow. I know that I will need a lawyer for that, but I prefer first to have an idea where I am heading to..
 
Do not hijack someone else's thread. Open your own thread in the corrrect sub-forum.

kartinkent said:
I was informed last week by the company that it will sponsor me for H1B visa.
As I have a 3 years TN visa that will expire end 2012, I am thinking to start the Green card process, so what r the steps to follow. I know that I will need a lawyer for that, but I prefer first to have an idea where I am heading to..
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Well, I have ALWAYS written country of birth as Indonesia, but when country of citizenship is asked for, it's India. I do know the distinction, but with regards to the GC, my parents took care of it, so I don't know what they wrote. My GC has Indonesia on it, so I'm sure CIS has correct information.
 
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