Should I submit DNA testing before it is requested?

[Cristina84 0]

Hello,

My husband lives in Ohio, is a naturalized US citizen and has filed a an I-130 for his daughter, a minor, who lives in Honduras to immigrate to the United States. The case is currently with the NVC and we have all of the documents required for submission of the DS-230 (birth certificate--literal form, police record, photocopy of passport and two passport sized photos, translations of all documents and certificate of translation).

Here's the problem: my husband is NOT the original father listed on his daughter's birth certificate and he and the mother were never married. In 2005 he challenged the paternity, had his daughter's last name changed so it is now the same and his and had her birth certificate amended. The literal form birth certificate documents all of this. He has never had DNA testing done to prove paternity, but he knows that it's his daughter.

Given these circumstances I am almost CERTAIN that the embassy will require DNA testing to prove paternity. It is better to wait until they ask for DNA testing, or can we speed up the process by contacting an AABB certified lab and paying the fees, etc, now?

He doesn't want to complicate the process of have to pay for DNA testing twice, but we are trying to do everything we can to get her here before her 18th birthday (July 2014) so she becomes a citizen automatically.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Cristina

[aaron2020 11,651]

Do not do the DNA test on your own.

The US Embassy has their procedures that you must follow for them to accept the results. The US Embassy will not accept DNA tests done outside of their procedures.

[Cristina84 0]

Actually, I contacted the embassy in Teguc, and they said it was okay if we started the process now. The post important thing is to use an AABB Accredited lab and make sure that the Immigration Case number (starting with TGG in our case) was associated with the sample my husband submitted. This way, when she goes for the interview they will already have her DNA results at the embassy and hopefully she will be granted a visa the same day.