No Birth Certificate for I-485

[Churchland 2]

I just applied for I-129F and I am trying to plan ahead for the I-485. My fiance is from China and was born in 1972 before birth certificates were common. How do I get around the birth certificate requirement?

TIA

[Nik+Heather 121]

See if anything on the DOS reciprocity table can help you:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/reciprocity/reciprocity_3537.html#docs

Are you worried about the birth certificate for the beneficiary or for the petitioner? The first time I read through I thought petitioner, but second time I understood beneficiary.

There is also a China regional forum where I'm sure people who go through this every day have a lot of experience on how to obtain these documents.

[Churchland 2]

See if anything on the DOS reciprocity table can help you:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/reciprocity/reciprocity_3537.html#docs

Are you worried about the birth certificate for the beneficiary or for the petitioner? The first time I read through I thought petitioner, but second time I understood beneficiary.

There is also a China regional forum where I'm sure people who go through this every day have a lot of experience on how to obtain these documents.

Thanks for the quick reply. The birth certificate is for the beneficiary.

I think I found my answer at the China regional forum as you suggested.

Edited March 23, 2010 by Churchland

[Darnell 8,478]

While she may not have a birth certificate - she certainly has a hukuo book.

She can go to the place where her hukuo is registered, and pay for a notarial birth certificate -

and then

take the certificate to a notarial translation office (usually in the same place )

and have it translated into english, all bound in a white book.

Suggest you get 3 to 4 sets made - she'll need at least 1 more in the USA.

GUZ IV unit knows EXACTLY what to do with the white books.

She'll need a white book for the police certificate, as well.

Good Luck !

Edited March 23, 2010 by Darnell

[Churchland 2]

While she may not have a birth certificate - she certainly has a hukuo book.

She can go to the place where her hukuo is registered, and pay for a notarial birth certificate -

and then

take the certificate to a notarial translation office (usually in the same place )

and have it translated into english, all bound in a white book.

Suggest you get 3 to 4 sets made - she'll need at least 1 more in the USA.

GUZ IV unit knows EXACTLY what to do with the white books.

She'll need a white book for the police certificate, as well.

Good Luck !

Thank you Darnell, very helpful.

[Darnell 8,478]

just one small note -

if she is a migrant worker - ie

not working in the city/district/province where her hukuo is registered -

then she'll need to go back to 'that city' and get it done there.

Which might be a PITA, rarely 'get time off' when a migrant worker.

One way around this 'additional travel problem' is to have any other family member , one listed in her hukuo book (or vice versa - a family member that has HER listed in that family member's hukuo book) , go into 'that' office and get it done.

It's weird/strange/euphoric - anyone else listed in a hukuo book can get the birth certificate paperwork done in the 'hukuo city'.

Good Luck !

Edited March 24, 2010 by Darnell