Question on Birth Certificate for Parents

[mohanlal2000]

Hello,

Trying this again!

I had a few questions for my parents application:

As is not uncommon for older Indian couples, my parents do not have a marriage certificate and the required birth certificate. The information posted in this forum indicates that 2 affidavits would work as an alternative. Questions here:

(1) Do they have to be immediate family members(brothers or sisters)?

(2) Is this required to be notarized? But who in India do I get it notarized by? In other words, what Indian official would recognized as a notary in the US? And how would they notarize this??

(3) Should this be on a plain piece of paper or stamp paper??

(4) Also, I read somewhere that a Non-Availability certificate needs to be submitted aas well. Is there aformat for this?? Who submits this? The petiotioner or the parents?

Thank you in advance for your help

 

[mohanlal2000]

Hi,

Trying this again!

Thanks in advance..

 

[sassonyc]

I recently had to get a birth affidavit for my wife. They accepted it at the consulate on stamp paper and notarized by an indian attorney. Hope that helps. As far as who the birth affidavit comes from, the way I understand it reads that it should come from someone who was alive when they were born. Not necessarily an immediate relative. This is basically what I gathered from studying the same issue and what they accepted. But that was at the consulate in mumbai, the local consulates are much more familiar with these matters than immigration officials in the US. Lastly, you do have to get a letter of "no record on file" from the local government, village authority, etc.