YetundeAY

I am a US citizen and I used what I currently have as proof of birth and it was accepted then. Looks like things have changed.

Hello all, I filed for my parent December 2021 and finally got a response this week. The response was that the birth documents I sent was not reliable. My birth certificate didn't have my first name on it because it was issued before I was officially named 7 days after being born. I had also sent a document from my local government but that was deemed unreliable - the letter said "USCIS does not consider a birth document issued by the Oyo State of Nigeria Local Government Registrar as sufficient primary proof of the claimed family relationship". Other evidence was suggested to be sent including a DNA test but when I called to have DNA done, they said it can't be done since the embassy at Lagos stopped getting DNA samples since COVID. My parent would have had to have her sample sent to Lagos embassy while I do mine here. Would it be OK if I can get a birth certificate amendment from the hospital I was born? Church records were also suggested. Will the baby dedication record be OK? Please advice on documents that will be considered reliable.