PinkPanther
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I received an RFE on "Birth Certificate" from VSC. The RFE says that the birth certificate, which I submitted, is secondary evidence. (I had submitted a certificate from the "hospital"...that\'s the best I was able to get). The INS now needs a primary evidence of my birth and is looking in for a certificate issued from a local civil authority (or a certificate saying that the birth was not registered).
The RFE also indicated that if none of the above documents are available then in that case, I should submit the following:
Copy of personal pages from the passport,
Copy of last visa issued to enter US,
Copy of stamp received from the immigration folks on my last entry.
My company lawyer indicated that since the request related to "copies from passport" is so clear, we are OK in sending these documents. (Personally, I fail to see the connection between the two). My question to you all is "Do I need to start the process of organizing this certificate from local civil authority of my birth place in India" or should I work with the assumption that the documents, which I have sent, are good enough. (I do not want to loose any more time for GC and need some expert opinion before organizing the required documents from civil authorities proactively for a potential second RFE on the same issue.)
Any input based on past experience/ common knowledge will be highly appreciated.
For reference, my 485 application details are as follows:
Country: India
Category: EB 1
PD: 10/99
RD: 8/00
ND: 9/00
FP: 11/00
RFE Issued: 7/27/01
Response FedEx to INS: 8/6/01 (with "passport\' related information as indicated above)
Thanks in advance for all your help
The RFE also indicated that if none of the above documents are available then in that case, I should submit the following:
Copy of personal pages from the passport,
Copy of last visa issued to enter US,
Copy of stamp received from the immigration folks on my last entry.
My company lawyer indicated that since the request related to "copies from passport" is so clear, we are OK in sending these documents. (Personally, I fail to see the connection between the two). My question to you all is "Do I need to start the process of organizing this certificate from local civil authority of my birth place in India" or should I work with the assumption that the documents, which I have sent, are good enough. (I do not want to loose any more time for GC and need some expert opinion before organizing the required documents from civil authorities proactively for a potential second RFE on the same issue.)
Any input based on past experience/ common knowledge will be highly appreciated.
For reference, my 485 application details are as follows:
Country: India
Category: EB 1
PD: 10/99
RD: 8/00
ND: 9/00
FP: 11/00
RFE Issued: 7/27/01
Response FedEx to INS: 8/6/01 (with "passport\' related information as indicated above)
Thanks in advance for all your help