RFE on I 130

[RoyaleT 0]

Dear Friends,

I applied for I-130 for my parents in November, 2013 and got RFE for additional proof on 14th may, 2014 as my birth certificate and their marriage certificate were registered at later dates than the actual ones.

So they are asking for additional proof. The main issues is that all the documents and records have my mother's earlier (FIRST) name on them. She had changed her first name after wedding.

But she changed her FIRST name to her "before wedding first name" before applying for the passport. So my main query is if its ok to use all those documents or not. Kindly let me know if anyone can assist me on this. Thanks.

[bkghosh 121]

I applied for I-130 for my parents in November, 2013 and got RFE for additional proof on 14th may, 2014 as my birth certificate and their marriage certificate were registered at later dates than the actual ones.

So they are asking for additional proof. The main issues is that all the documents and records have my mother's earlier (FIRST) name on them. She had changed her first name after wedding.

But she changed her FIRST name to her "before wedding first name" before applying for the passport. So my main query is if its ok to use all those documents or not. Kindly let me know if anyone can assist me on this. Thanks

I am not sure I understand what you mean by, "...marriage certificate were registered at later dates than the actual ones" The date the marriage was registered is the date of marriage. The date or dates of religious ceremony before or after does not count. Maybe you meant something else, I am not sure.

When they are asking for more proof that could be affidavits by people (family, friends) who would certify that they were present during the marriage. In India this affidavit should be signed in front of a First Class Magistrate or a Notary Public certifying the signature of the person making the affidavit.

I am assuming she changed her name in some kind of legal way (in the court). Copies of court documents proving that should be submitted, too in my opinion.

[RoyaleT 0]

I am not sure I understand what you mean by, "...marriage certificate were registered at later dates than the actual ones" The date the marriage was registered is the date of marriage. The date or dates of religious ceremony before or after does not count. Maybe you meant something else, I am not sure.

When they are asking for more proof that could be affidavits by people (family, friends) who would certify that they were present during the marriage. In India this affidavit should be signed in front of a First Class Magistrate or a Notary Public certifying the signature of the person making the affidavit.

I am assuming she changed her name in some kind of legal way (in the court). Copies of court documents proving that should be submitted, too in my opinion.

I meant they were married in 1978 and since they did not have any official record from that point, they had marriage certificate prepared last year from public notary.

She changed her name by declaring and publishing in the local newspaper and has the clipping with the date.

[MissFoley 2]

Immigration is asking you to prove that the person named in the certificates is the same throughout and that any use of another name was legally authorized. So yes, submit a complete "paper trail." Submit all of the certificates with proof that the name change was legally acceptable (it will also help because it will say that she changed her name from x to y, proving that these two names refer to one and the same person). Make sense?