Required Evidence for CRBA

[Basheer24 0]

Hello. I am a born US citizen and married my wife abroad and filed for her I130 which is 2.5 months in the process. My guess is our baby will be born before her visa will be approved.

One of the required documents to file for the CRBA is a birth certificate for the baby with both our names on it. The problem is that the baby will be born in Afghanistan (where my wife lives and where we got married) and they don't issue birth certificates there. So what to do?

Edited February 20, 2014 by Basheer24

[Mark88 184]

I'm no expert on Afghanistan, but according to the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan does issue some sort of goverment birth certificate. http://kabul.usembassy.gov/crba.html

If you can't provide any link to the child and you, you will have to do DNA testing.

[ChicagoSarah 127]

I agree with Mark88....I also am no expert on Afghanistan, but found the link to how to request a copy of a birth certificate in Afghanistan: http://www.embassyofafghanistan.org/page/birth-certificate

Edited February 20, 2014 by ChicagoSarah

[Basheer24 0]

Thanks very much

[Mark88 184]

Thanks very much

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[No name 88 48]

Hello. I am a born US citizen and married my wife abroad and filed for her I130 which is 2.5 months in the process. My guess is our baby will be born before her visa will be approved.

One of the required documents to file for the CRBA is a birth certificate for the baby with both our names on it. The problem is that the baby will be born in Afghanistan (where my wife lives and where we got married) and they don't issue birth certificates there. So what to do?

Some embassy are country specific for what they require from local documents. I know some embassy's will accept the hospital's certificate of live birth; others want a government birth certificate.

I suggest you e-mail the consulate in Kabul and ask what document they want. If it is a birth certificate maybe they can tell you where to get one.

Don't worry about a DNA test. If it's required the consulate will order it during the interview to be done by one of their labs.

Edited February 21, 2014 by Todd&Hanh