Acquiring Notarial Birth Certificate without visiting China

[cookie8 0]

I am a US citizen and I have submitted a I-130 to bring my father from Singapore to live with me in the US.  I suspect I will be asked to provide my father's birth certificate as part of the I-130 process but we do not have one.

 

Will I need to get (or at least try to get) a Notarial Birth Certificate Notarial Birth Certificate for him?  If so, how can I go about getting this document without travelling to China?  

 

My father is a citizen of Singapore but was born in Shanghai. He has no family or friends in Shanghai or China because he moved away from China when he was only 2 years old.  He has no hukou because he was born prior to the hukou system being created in China. All he has is a very old identification document from the China Consulate in Singapore showing his photo, date of birth, city of birth, name of his father, etc.

 

I have read though various posts on this forum but our situation is a little bit different because there is no hukou due to his being born prior to the hukou system being created in China and he and I are not living in China so we can not go any of the government offices in person.

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

[Halley 6]

I would suggest first get a certificate copy of the old identification document from the china consulate in singapore. Then you can try to find a notory public in China and get a birth certificate notorized. Or you can use that document and explain the situation during the interview.