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Almost exactly 10 years ago I registered on this site to ask a question about my wife's green card application process. Now we're planning to bring her parents over to the US, but we're having some trouble collecting all the documents. My FIL was born at home prior to 1945, so there's essentially no record of his birth. To the best of his knowledge, he had already moved out of his parents' house before the hukou system was even introduced, and neither of his parents are still living. At the gongzheng chu, they said "bring us some documents and we'll notarize them," but he doesn't have any official documents saying he's the son of his parents. Has anyone run into this issue before? If so, what documents did you use instead of the "white book" birth certificate? Can he just get his shenfen zheng or hukou ben translated and notarized?

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He has a hukou ben  and a Chinese ID, no? He is a fully documented Chinese citizen. Yes, he can get a notarial birth certificate.

Go to the gongzheng chu, where they said "bring us some documents and we'll notarize them," and have them notarize the documents in the form of a white book, or 出生公证书. The notation on the notarial birth certificate is 出生公证书, or chu sheng gong zheng shu, which is what you need to ask for at the Gong Zheng Chu, or 公证处֤֤֤. 

 

Chinese documentation for use overseas is issued to Chinese standards. The consulate is WELL AWARE of this.

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玉林，桂 resident
Feb 23, 2005 ........ Mailed I-129F to TSC . . . . . . . . .March 8th ............. P1 from CSC
April 11 ................. P2 from CSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April 25 ................ NVC sends packet to GUZ
June 22 ................ P3 received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov 22 ................. PASSED Interview
Dec 2 ................... Made it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec 16 .................. Married
May 23, 2006 ..... TDL, EAD, AP received. . . . . . . . . June 16, 2006 ........ AOS interview - wait for FBI bkgrnd check
Apr 19, 2007 .... EAD # 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct 7, 2008 ......... 10-year green card
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - K2 (son) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 2 ..................... AOS/EAD filed . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec 17 ................... 21st birthday
Jan 4, 2007 .......... transferred to CSC . . . . . . . . . . . Feb 6, 2007 ............ transferred to MSC
Feb 23 .................... EAD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Apr 16 .................... AOS denied (over 21)
Jul 26 .................... Master Calendar hearing . . . . . . Nov 15 ...................... Removal hearing
Jan 29, 2008 ........ Voluntary departure

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35 minutes ago, RandyW said:

He has a hukou ben  and a Chinese ID, no? He is a fully documented Chinese citizen. Yes, he can get a notarial birth certificate.

Go to the gongzheng chu, where they said "bring us some documents and we'll notarize them," and have them notarize the documents in the form of a white book, or 出生公证书. The notation on the notarial birth certificate is 出生公证书, or chu sheng gong zheng shu, which is what you need to ask for at the Gong Zheng Chu, or 公证处֤֤֤. 

 

Chinese documentation for use overseas is issued to Chinese standards. The consulate is WELL AWARE of this.

Thanks - I'll pass that along. For some reason, he thinks he needs proof of his parents' names, and was reluctant to make another trip out to the gongzheng chu, as travel in Shanghai is extremely difficult right now.

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