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How important is a non-availability of birth certificate?

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MrsNotBonJovi   18

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Hi all,

I do not have an original birth certificate, but am getting two affidavits from older relatives.

Question is, does one have to attach a non-availability of birth certificate with it? This is normally issued only by the local government body where your birth occured. I am from India.

I am currently in the US and will not be able to go to India to have the certificate issued. The Indian consulate in NY will not give me one either.

What are my options?

Please help.

The Journey

Arrived on F1 visa on 25 Dec 2008. Graduated June 2011. Started OPT Sep 2011.

AOS applied March 21, 2012. GC approved June 11, 2012 & received June 18, 2012.

Exactly three months from start to finish,no RFEs.

AOS Timeline:

Day 01,March 21, 2012: Concurrent filing of I-130/AOS/EAD/AP to Chicago Lockbox

Day 02,March 22, 2012: Package delivered to Chicago Lockbox

Day 04,March 24, 2012: USCIS Acceptance Confirmation received through e-mail

Day 07,March 27, 2012: Checks cashed.

Day 13,April 02, 2012 : NOAs received for I-130,I-485,EAD/AP & Biometrics

Day 36,April 25, 2012 : Biometrics Completed at Elizabeth, NJ.

Day 45,May 04, 2012 : E-mail notification for interview received for June 11

Day 46,May 05, 2012 : Received hard copy of interview notice

Day 56,May 16, 2012 : EAD/AP Production e-mail

Day 64,May 24, 2012 : EAD/AP Card in hand

Day 83,June 11,2012 : Interview. Approved same day. Card production email.

Day 84,June 12,2012 : E-mail Notification registering PR status.

Day 87,June 15,2012 : USPS picks up GC from USCIS.

Day 88,June 16,2012 : Received two hard copy mails, approving I-130 & I-485

Day 90,June 18,2012 : 10-year GC in hand. End of GC journey, for now.

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Hi all,

I do not have an original birth certificate, but am getting two affidavits from older relatives.

Question is, does one have to attach a non-availability of birth certificate with it? This is normally issued only by the local government body where your birth occured. I am from India.

I am currently in the US and will not be able to go to India to have the certificate issued. The Indian consulate in NY will not give me one either.

What are my options?

Please help.

I am not sure what you are applying for, but in general when a birth certificate is not available USCIS requires "a statement from the appropriate civil authority certifying that the document or documents are not available." In that case, you have to submit "secondary evidence". Which may be "Church record, school record, census record, affidavits". What you seem to be referring to is affidavits. There is a certain requirement for that too http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-130instr.pdf Look at Page 4 of this instruction page. If you are applying for something other than I-130, than look for the instruction page for that particular application. This information would probably be the same on that too.

Good luck!

K1 Visa

Service Center: Vermont Service Center

Consulate : Islamabad, Pakistan

I-129F Sent : 2011-09-23

I-129F NOA1 : 2011-09-27

I-129F NOA2 : 2012-01-18

NVC Received : 2012-02-02

NVC Left : 2012-02-06

Consulate Received: 2012-02-07

Packet 3 Received : 2012-02-21

Packet 3 Sent : 2012-02-27

Packet 4 Received : 2012-03-02

Interview Date : 2012-03-27

Interview Result : Approved

Visa Received : 2012-04-06

US Entry : 2012-04-29

Marriage : 2012-05-24

Comments : Happily married! :)

I-129f was approved in 113 days from your NOA1 date.

Interview took 182 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

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