Discovered incorrect info on I29F with Beneficiary Parents Info

[CassieJo 7]

My fiance and I have ran into a small snag with our K1 post filing. Just last week our I29F was received and shortly after we found out some new information from his mother. It seems, his biological father was not listed on his birth certificate (which we still don't have due to a backlog at home affairs in SA). Instead, she thinks she may have listed her former spouse as his father or simply listed the father unknown and registered him under her married name which matched hers at the time. We only found this out when requesting the official copy of his birth certificate and being told a the surname must match either the father or the mothers last name. Given that his biological fathers surname is different he could not have been listed as the father. 

 

My question is do we wait until we have the official birth certificate to make an update or go ahead and do an amendment now with an explanation and then make the final correction once we receive the official certificate. Based on the NOA1 phase one my initial thought is we should be ok to wait out the 4 to 6 weeks to get the certificate. Any thoughts? Has anyone else needed to make any amendments?

[powerpuff 6,705]

Moved from K1 Case Filing and Progress to K1 P&P 

[Chancy 6,241]

6 hours ago, CassieJo said:

My question is do we wait until we have the official birth certificate to make an update or go ahead and do an amendment now with an explanation and then make the final correction once we receive the official certificate.

 

Provide the correct information on the DS-160 form when your case gets to the embassy stage.  Explain to the consul officer at the interview if necessary.  Mistakes with the beneficiary's parents' information are not significant enough for adjudicating the petition to bother with sending a correction to USCIS.