No father in her birth certificate

[Pedro&Fatima 0]

Hi! Quick question. My fiancee was born out of wedlock and her father is not in her birth certificate. Her last name is her mom’s last name. Do we just leave “parent 2” blank on form I-129f?  Or put N/A or none? Thanks!

[JFH 12,190]

I wouldn't leave it blank as they may think you have missed a question and send an RFE. N/A is the wrong answer as this would suggest she was conceived without a father. So the best way to answer this is "unknown". I am assuming she doesn't know her father? 

[Going through 5,671]

If she does not know who her father is, then put Unknown in all of the boxes.

 

If she does know who he is, then she must fill in his details as best as she can--at the very least his name (not being on the birth certificate doesn't automatically mean the information on the other parent is not required).  Her mother can probably best assist her with the father's information, if known.

Edited January 27, 2018 by Going through

[Pedro&Fatima 0]

9 minutes ago, Going through said:

If she does not know who her father is, then put Unknown in all of the boxes.

 

If she does know who he is, then she must fill in his details as best as she can--at the very least his name (not being on the birth certificate doesn't automatically mean the information on the other parent is not required).  Her mother can probably best assist her with the father's information, if known.

Thank you!

[Pedro&Fatima 0]

18 minutes ago, JFH said:

I wouldn't leave it blank as they may think you have missed a question and send an RFE. N/A is the wrong answer as this would suggest she was conceived without a father. So the best way to answer this is "unknown". I am assuming she doesn't know her father? 

She knows her father just by name..so are we just going to put her father’s name? Or is it safer to just put unknown since her father is not in the birth certificate..

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2 minutes ago, Pedro&Fatima said:

She knows her father just by name..so are we just going to put her father’s name? Or is it safer to just put unknown since her father is not in the birth certificate..

If she knows her father's name....would be untruthful/misrepresentation to list "unknown" as the name.....since she knows it  

 

For the info she does NOT know, she can put "Unknown" in those boxes.  It's always better to be truthful and fill out the answers as much as you can.  Again, perhaps her mother can assist her with the other information needed about the birth father.  

Edited January 27, 2018 by Going through

[Pedro&Fatima 0]

19 minutes ago, Going through said:

If she knows her father's name....would be untruthful/misrepresentation to list "unknown" as the name.....since she knows it  

 

For the info she does NOT know, she can put "Unknown" in those boxes.  It's always better to be truthful and fill out the answers as much as you can.  Again, perhaps her mother can assist her with the other information needed about the birth father.  

Thank you!

[JFH 12,190]

38 minutes ago, Pedro&Fatima said:

She knows her father just by name..so are we just going to put her father’s name? Or is it safer to just put unknown since her father is not in the birth certificate..

Definitely give the name if the name is known. I assumed (wrongly) that she had no knowledge of her father's identity.