Providing "family extract" in Lebanon for non-Lebanese applicant

[Rana&Eli 0]

Hi, we have our interview next week for the CR-1, and one of the required documents to bring to the interview listed on the checklist online is the "proof of family extract," which we were not asked to provide with neither our I-130 application nor our DS-260. From my understanding "family extract" is a document that is readily available to Lebanese citizens to be picked up from a government office, but my wife is a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon (non-citizen) and thus cannot access this paper freely. We think the closest thing is a similar document provided by UNRWA (the Palestinian-focused UN agency) that shows family history, but we're not certain that this document will meet the requirement. What should we do?

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1 hour ago, Rana&Eli said:

Hi, we have our interview next week for the CR-1, and one of the required documents to bring to the interview listed on the checklist online is the "proof of family extract," which we were not asked to provide with neither our I-130 application nor our DS-260. From my understanding "family extract" is a document that is readily available to Lebanese citizens to be picked up from a government office, but my wife is a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon (non-citizen) and thus cannot access this paper freely. We think the closest thing is a similar document provided by UNRWA (the Palestinian-focused UN agency) that shows family history, but we're not certain that this document will meet the requirement. What should we do?

Take what you can.  Unobtainable documents are not actually required.  For example there are some countries that will only provide a police report if you are currently in the country.  If you lived in that country in the past and would otherwise need the police report, it will not be required.  I would bring the UNRWA document if you can get it, and expect it will suffice or not even be asked for.