Hello Friends:
We recently became citizens and applied for US passport. Yesterday, I received a letter from Department of State regarding my child's passport. They are asking for the following document:
Your birth certificate does not have your given name listed. It is necessary to submit certified documents listing your given name. The document must include your name, parents name, your date and place of birth. You can submit school records and medical records.
The issue is, we hadn't finalized our child's name and as such her name is not listed on the birth certificate (BC), it is pretty common for India. When we applied for her GC, we submitted the BC, English translation and a notarized statement from both parents. In this statement, we mentioned that we didn't name her at birth, and later named her xxxxx. This was accepted by USCIS and she was issued a GC. But now DoS is not accepting the same document.
We moved to the US when she was only 2 years old and as such hadn't gone to school there. I talked with her medical doctor here yesterday, and they are willing to give a document that shows her date of birth and parents name, but they can't say where she was born. I understand their situation. I will contact school on Monday to see what kind of information I can get from them, but I will be surprised if they are willing to give a document saying that she was born in India. Anyone else faced this issue? How did you resolve it? What are my options here now??
Thanks in advance.
-L
We recently became citizens and applied for US passport. Yesterday, I received a letter from Department of State regarding my child's passport. They are asking for the following document:
Your birth certificate does not have your given name listed. It is necessary to submit certified documents listing your given name. The document must include your name, parents name, your date and place of birth. You can submit school records and medical records.
The issue is, we hadn't finalized our child's name and as such her name is not listed on the birth certificate (BC), it is pretty common for India. When we applied for her GC, we submitted the BC, English translation and a notarized statement from both parents. In this statement, we mentioned that we didn't name her at birth, and later named her xxxxx. This was accepted by USCIS and she was issued a GC. But now DoS is not accepting the same document.
We moved to the US when she was only 2 years old and as such hadn't gone to school there. I talked with her medical doctor here yesterday, and they are willing to give a document that shows her date of birth and parents name, but they can't say where she was born. I understand their situation. I will contact school on Monday to see what kind of information I can get from them, but I will be surprised if they are willing to give a document saying that she was born in India. Anyone else faced this issue? How did you resolve it? What are my options here now??
Thanks in advance.
-L