g-325a biographical information (birthdate of parents unkown)

[rahill 28]

I am filing an I-29 for K-1 fiance visa on behalf of my fiance who lives in Ethiopia. The g-325a form asks for the birthdates of his parents who are from a rural area where it is not uncommon to not have birth certificates. Their birth dates are unknown which is also uncommon as birthdays in traditional culture are not really celebrated and many people living in rural areas do not know the exact date of their birth. How do we handle this? Estimate?

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

Put 'Unknown'.

[rahill 28]

Actually the form will not allow you to put "unknown" in that field. I can put it in the "birthplace" section but the birth date field only allows for numerical (date) entries.

Thanks

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

Leave it blank and hand-write Unknown after printing.

[Kastrs 723]

I had a similar situation, I knew the birth years and not the date I left it blank and attached a sheet of paper to explain the information was unknown.

[rahill 28]

Thanks. That's what I'll do...

[Aleks&Hajji 1]

I had the same issue...

I hand-wrote "unknown" for his father and typed in only the year for his mother (which she was able to estimate).

Also, DO attach a note with an explanation. One thing I've learned through this process is to explain EVERYTHING that may not be obvious. I could have avoided an RFE at USCIS if I'd attached an explanation about a death certificate....