Name of dad not on Birth Certificate

[Maria Chiquinha 0]

I am the sponsor and my Husband is the applicant. We are trying to get together the documents the NVC requires for his immigrant visa application. He has a copy of his birth certificate but it does not have his father's name on it. His birth certificate is not incomplete, his father is simply unknown and only his mother's name appears in the "parents" section of the document. What is needed (if anything) for secondary evidence? Would a sworn statement from his mother saying she doesn't know who the father is be enough or do we need something else as well?

[d434qte 1]

I am the sponsor and my Husband is the applicant. We are trying to get together the documents the NVC requires for his immigrant visa application. He has a copy of his birth certificate but it does not have his father's name on it. His birth certificate is not incomplete, his father is simply unknown and only his mother's name appears in the "parents" section of the document. What is needed (if anything) for secondary evidence? Would a sworn statement from his mother saying she doesn't know who the father is be enough or do we need something else as well?

I had the same concern my husband's father's name is not on the birth certificate. I put a post on the site and many ppl said that they had the same situation and it didnt affect anything. My husbands parents are married but for some reason his name is not on the birth certificate and they keep dening to put it on there. They just keep taking our money. I also called the DOS and was told it doesnt matter unless its a visa for a child.

[Maria Chiquinha 0]

but in a case like this are they still going to require some "secondary evidence" or is just the birth certificate enough?

[beejay 123]

The father isn't seeking an immigration benefit based on the son and the son (your husband) is not seeking an immigration benefit based on relationship to father so it is a non issue. Don't worry about it. We had a similar situation.

[Tricia599 2]

The birth certificate is enough. My husband had the same situation kind of - his mom would never say who his father was for various reasons. So all his documents (birth cert, ID card, etc) have only his mom's name - they have "em branco" or something like that (I can't remember the exact term right now) in the spot for father's name. It never came up at all during any of our process (we just lifted conditions this past January). I just put "n/a" on all the US documents that asked for father's name.

Hope this helps alleviate some stress!