Can i lose my citizenship for changing my DOB??

[bluemosque 0]

I am a naturalized US citizen since 2006. We are 5 siblings, and my oldest brother sponsored all of us. I been living in USA since 1990. I was born on May 18, 1978. My father had a terrible memory and registered my DOB wrong of Dec 21, 1980 (way off). All my paperwork has always had wrong DOB, ever. Few years back, i visited my country and most of my cousins were tell me that they DOB is wrong cause we born closer to each other. I went to the hospital and got hold of my real birth papers, and they were right. I was born in 1978 not 1980.

Is it possible to change my DOB? or would i be stripped of my citizenship for not proving the rightful papers. Not only will have to correct my info in USA, i would also have to correct my info in Pakistan legally. can it be looked upon as fraud? can i get in trouble? can my brother also get in trouble? since he sponsored us. My wife just emigrated here as well, and i dont want to jeopardize our life by filing this and be stripped of our citizenship.

What are chances of going thru' N-565 form with all documentations including a letter and see if they change it? or should i just leave it alone? it just bothers me that my DOB is completely wrong. what is the proper procedure to proceed with this?

[MayLiana72 2]

First, ask yourself: do you need to change it? Why? Is anybody will hurt if you will not change it?

I knew several people who were born in time of WWII or soon after, and their papers are not correct because their parents weren't able to file their births in time, and they had forgotten right dates later - it was terrible time in the USSR. Even if some of them somehow found out correct information, they left their official information as it is. They can tell their relatives a right stories, but they don't change papers.

You can decide what to do in your case. I think I prefer do not touch the bureaucratic machine if I can live without it.

[Penguin_ie 5,997]

So you had a greencard since you were 12 years old? If so, a change in date should not affect you- the only reason it would affect you/ potentially be considered fraud is if you were only able to get a greencard because you were declared a year and a half younger than you really are. But the previous poster has a good point- why change everything now? I also wonder how your dad could not remember whether you were 10 or 12, and how you got a greencard and citizenship without a birth cert.

[bluemosque 0]

First, ask yourself: do you need to change it? Why? Is anybody will hurt if you will not change it?

I knew several people who were born in time of WWII or soon after, and their papers are not correct because their parents weren't able to file their births in time, and they had forgotten right dates later - it was terrible time in the USSR. Even if some of them somehow found out correct information, they left their official information as it is. They can tell their relatives a right stories, but they don't change papers.

You can decide what to do in your case. I think I prefer do not touch the bureaucratic machine if I can live without it.

The reason i want to change it cause it annoys the hell out of me cause one someone ask for your age? i always get confused try to work that in my head, cause i have 2 DOB going. plus he didnt even get the month or day right. if it was only the year, then it probably wouldnt bug me as much i guess..

i had one comment from attorney to change the records in my origin country first through the court system them hire an attorney to do it here. but i still have that thought what if they deny and i can get in trouble.. so i wanted to hear from other, if someone has done it before..

[bluemosque 0]

So you had a greencard since you were 12 years old? If so, a change in date should not affect you- the only reason it would affect you/ potentially be considered fraud is if you were only able to get a greencard because you were declared a year and a half younger than you really are. But the previous poster has a good point- why change everything now? I also wonder how your dad could not remember whether you were 10 or 12, and how you got a greencard and citizenship without a birth cert.

well some of our siblings had green card but my sister, me & my parents case was in process since my brother filed for us late, so we used to just overstay on our visitor visa and not go back which is not legal im sure.. i was pretty young. i had my greencard i think in 98. i wish to change it so i can get everything corrected and sorted out so atleast all my "real" records is up to date. since it confuses me to answer question about my age..

see in pakistan, you an get any date and they make the certificate according to what you give them, they werent that organized at that time. now its getting better since we are in computer age n all. since my father registered later, he didnt go by the hospital records and completely made the date4 up and i was stuck with it. i always kidna knew cause my cousins always told me about my real DOB but now i know for sure. so basically the birth certificate in my records is inaccurate. ill probably have to travel back, get it corrected through courts, and im thinking present the same evidence here as well.. but what i wanted to know what my risk level would be of losing everything. since i lived here most of my life, that can possibly cause me extreme hardship

[aaron2020 11,651]

I have two birthdays. My father wrote my birthday as 8/3/1973. That's March 8, 1973, to most people outside the US. The US government interpreted this as August 3, 1973.

I've used my August birthday on all legal forms. It is the only one that I use.

I would strongly advise against trying to legally change it. It will only create confusion when you have two sets of records with different dates.

Credit reporting agencies my not recognize your records as yours when they get records with two different birthdays.

You will create a headache for yourself because people will not be familiar with these types of mistake.

In fact, some may even accuse of identity fraud because they don't know about your situation.

Age is a number. Maybe, it's because I am a guy.

[aaron2020 11,651]

The reason i want to change it cause it annoys the hell out of me cause one someone ask for your age? i always get confused try to work that in my head, cause i have 2 DOB going. plus he didnt even get the month or day right. if it was only the year, then it probably wouldnt bug me as much i guess..

i had one comment from attorney to change the records in my origin country first through the court system them hire an attorney to do it here. but i still have that thought what if they deny and i can get in trouble.. so i wanted to hear from other, if someone has done it before..

Is it bugging you worth the expense of hiring lawyers to fix it?

What about all the records with your 1980 birthday? Are you going to change them? What if you need one of them for something and you end up with documents with two birthdays?

Not worth it to change.

[bluemosque 0]

Is it bugging you worth the expense of hiring lawyers to fix it?

What about all the records with your 1980 birthday? Are you going to change them? What if you need one of them for something and you end up with documents with two birthdays?

Not worth it to change.

also my wife is of irish decent. if we apply for legal status there, i wouldnt want to use my wrong DOB, but for me the use the right one, id probably would have to correct the one here.

like i said, if they deny my DOB change, thats fine but i dont want to completely get deported, i guess thats one of the risk. i dont mind going and trying to fix other records with corrected DOB, but that is if USCIS even allow such a thing to take place. i wouldnt to jeopordize my status.

Edited September 15, 2012 by bluemosque

[NickD 203]

Recall needing a birth certificate to bring my stepdaughter here, had my wife to be scan all those documents and email them to me. Quite a bit different in the USA than in Venezuela, her ex went to an attorney a year after she was born with two witnesses as to her birth. Her certificate was loaded with errors, we got all that corrected before she came here. Also needed permission from her ex to bring her here, that was another problem.

Didn't you have some kind of birth certificate when you came here? USCIS sure wanted to see my stepdaughters. Further confused that you were able to find the correct birth certificate, why wasn't that done when you came here?

Wife also petitioned for her son, same thing, here we go again to get a correct birth certificate before petitioning.

We also needed her birth certificate with a certified translation to get her enrolled in our school along with her grade transcripts, then again for her driver's learning permit. For her I-693, her complete medical records. Was quite a stack of papers. Reminded me of Nazi Germany, let me see your papers.

Really can't advise you what to do, you must have had some kind of birth certificate, apparently the wrong one from what you say. Would think a good immigration attorney, if you can find one, would have to sort all this out for you. But apparently the USCIS accepted what you had.

[luvsammy4life 0]

Hi bluemosque

I read your posting in this forum and somewhere else, I have someone in similar situation and I will like to know if you had any luck in fixing the problem or you just decide to leave it alone for now.

I will appreciate your response

Thanks

[DestinyChild 0]

Hi, bluemosque

Do you mind dropping me your personals emails? I think we have similar issues. I would like keep in touch by speaking to you in personal. Please get back to me ASAP. Thank you.

Edited December 19, 2018 by DestinyChild

[TBoneTX 46,302]

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