need help on proof of US citizen

[akilo 0]

My cosponser is old and above 75years old,he was born in south carolina and presently he is living in florida,as my cosponsor on i864,we need his proof of US citizenship but we could not find his birth certificate and when we approach the court ,we were told that he can only get it in south carolina which is impossible for him to go right now,we called nvc and we ask if we can submit his driving license and social security and they said yes,we are mailing the document for a first checklist,we dont want another checklist,we dont know if nvc customers services are lying to us in order to get another checklist.can someone help us on what to do?thanks as i expect your answers

[canadian_wife 1,831]

Since I got a driver's license and SSN without being a citizen I doubt that will be proof of citizenship.

Good luck

[teeak 224]

Yeah, I agree with the above poster. I know some undocumented persons here in NY who have both a SSN and a driver's license. It doesn't necessarily indicate that he's of legal status or a US Citizen.

He doesn't have a US passport?

Also this site says you can order them online: http://www.scdhec.gov/VitalRecords/BirthCertificates/

Edited January 29, 2016 by teeak

[carolynhotstuff 252]

Did you call the county in South Carolina where he was born to see if it could be ordered online. I was born in Chicago and live in Michigan. I ordered mine online.

[aaron2020 11,652]

My cosponser is old and above 75years old,he was born in south carolina and presently he is living in florida,as my cosponsor on i864,we need his proof of US citizenship but we could not find his birth certificate and when we approach the court ,we were told that he can only get it in south carolina which is impossible for him to go right now,we called nvc and we ask if we can submit his driving license and social security and they said yes,we are mailing the document for a first checklist,we dont want another checklist,we dont know if nvc customers services are lying to us in order to get another checklist.can someone help us on what to do?thanks as i expect your answers

Hi,

Do not send his driver's license and SSN. Those things does not prove that he's a US citizen. Lots of non-US citizens have driver's licenses and SSN. If you send this in, you will only delay things further.

The South Carolina is not impossible to get unless it doesn't exist. While it might be inconvenient to get, it is possible to get. You have to get it unless the Joint Sponsor has a US passport.

Best of luck

[mallafri76 1,012]

I googled it and his birth cert can either be ordered online or through sending a letter with a check and a copy of his ID to the South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control. They have birth records saved since 1915.

Don't trust what NVC says, SSN and a driver's license doesn't prove that he's a USC.

[akilo 0]

I googled it and his birth cert can either be ordered online or through sending a letter with a check and a copy of his ID to the South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control. They have birth records saved since 1915.

Don't trust what NVC says, SSN and a driver's license doesn't prove that he's a USC.

thank u so much.i appreciate your assistance,i will google it and try to order it

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

You can usually order it online

[akilo 0]

I googled it and his birth cert can either be ordered online or through sending a letter with a check and a copy of his ID to the South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control. They have birth records saved since 1915.

Don't trust what NVC says, SSN and a driver's license doesn't prove that he's a USC.

thank u very much,i am searching for it now

I googled it and his birth cert can either be ordered online or through sending a letter with a check and a copy of his ID to the South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control. They have birth records saved since 1915.

Don't trust what NVC says, SSN and a driver's license doesn't prove that he's a USC.

thank u very much,i am searching for it now

[akilo 0]

Since I got a driver's license and SSN without being a citizen I doubt that will be proof of citizenship.

Good luck

ok thank u for your time,we are going to order it online as directed by expert on here

[akilo 0]

Did you call the county in South Carolina where he was born to see if it could be ordered online. I was born in Chicago and live in Michigan. I ordered mine online.

ok thanks and how long it take u to get it in this process?

You can usually order it online

ok thank u for your time.i appreciate your effort

[akilo 0]

Yeah, I agree with the above poster. I know some undocumented persons here in NY who have both a SSN and a driver's license. It doesn't necessarily indicate that he's of legal status or a US Citizen.

He doesn't have a US passport?

Also this site says you can order them online: http://www.scdhec.gov/VitalRecords/BirthCertificates/

thank u for your time and this useful information,i so much appreciate.thanks

[Ortolan 381]

Does he have a voter registration card, that shows he can vote?

[tomyka81 95]

While a DL and SSN don't directly show that a person is a citizen, there are other databases that are availiable to agencies to check, otherwise no illegal immigrants with fake id would ever get deported. But some older people do not have birth certificates and can't get them. My mom doesn't have one. She has a birth card. It is literally that a paper card, the size of a credit card.

If he is that elderly, one would easily find him registered in selective service from the draft if he was born here.

Is he, by chance, Gullah?

Edited January 30, 2016 by tomyka81

[Cathi 5,849]

you can call the city all where he was born and have one sent, I did it with my kids