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I had an interview this morning. Baltimore INS told me that affidavits are not sufficient as birthdate evidence.
They wanted a non-availability certificate or some equivalent from my birthplace in India. The rest of the interview
was okay. Some routine yes/no questions mostly. The officer took a paystub each from 1998, 1999, 2000
and 2001. He also took tax returns of 98 and 2000. Employment letter of course. He also took my index finger
print but I am not sure why. He appeared satisfied with everything except for the lack of birth certificate.
I have three months time to provide further evidence of my date of birth. He clearly told me that I will not
need to appear for another interview. "Just submit us something typed up by your local authorities
and you will be approved right away". The officer was very polite and the interview lasted about 15 minutes.
My company thinks that the affidavits are sufficient and they are about to do some arm-twisting. I am
trying to produce a non-availability certificate from India. If anyone has a format of non-availability certificate,
please please send it to me at
avallab@yahoo.com.
The end is near, I hope.