No Taiwanese Birth Certificate for I-864

[dan_m 0]

I'm hoping someone can help me with this:

My wife is from Taiwan, and is currently here on J1 visa, and we are getting ready to submit an I-130 and I-864 for concurrent filing. However, we've run into one snag, apparently in Taiwan they don't have birth certificates like we do here in the US, and since one of the requirements for I-864 is a birth certificate, what should we do? Is there some alternate documentation we can provide or perhaps another form? We're trying to make sure we submit all the needed documents so we don't run into delays in the process. Any help from people who've been in this situation, especially with Taiwan would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

[johnny828 1]

I'm hoping someone can help me with this:

My wife is from Taiwan, and is currently here on J1 visa, and we are getting ready to submit an I-130 and I-864 for concurrent filing. However, we've run into one snag, apparently in Taiwan they don't have birth certificates like we do here in the US, and since one of the requirements for I-864 is a birth certificate, what should we do? Is there some alternate documentation we can provide or perhaps another form? We're trying to make sure we submit all the needed documents so we don't run into delays in the process. Any help from people who've been in this situation, especially with Taiwan would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

We do have birth cerificate, she can either go to her parents to ask if they kept the orginal, or go to her family hourse area's household registration office to get, or go to her birth hostipal to apply for the english version.

[didopage 337]

Yes Taiwan has birth certificates. My husband's dad went to ask one at his birth hospital no longer than last April. Inquire more about it.

[dan_m 0]

Thanks for the advice on the BC, I'm going to have my wife ask her Parents who are still in Taiwan if they have any of the documents you guys mentioned, I sure hope they can get them!

[ceadsearc 516]

Do you mean the I-485? You do need to submit the I-864 at the same time but the USC files that with their proof of citizenship/residency.

If she can't obtain a birth certificate, look at USCIS's website regarding what documents may be used instead.

[dan_m 0]

Thanks for the help, her awesome parents managed to dig up the records finally and get them translated, so we were able to submit a birth certificate, or whatever it is actually called in Taiwan,

Thanks all the help everyone!