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Per US Dept. of State what you have should be sufficient provided it has your mother’s name on it as well (not only your father).

Your lawyer may not be informed on Nigeria circumstances and the 1992 Law Act #69 which only made compulsory registration of births and deaths via National Population Commission a requirement and could be using other countries situation for reference.

Most Nigerians use only what you have for legal proof of age, parents relationship, and immigration petitions. If you have other physical evidence (childhood pics, parent’s marriage cert, school records showing her name as your parents, etc) you can include them too as supporting doc.

If the US needs a DNA proof of relationship for I-130, they will certainly send you RFE but it won’t be because of your NPC document. See the link below: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Nigeria.html

6 hours ago, DayDayDay said:

 

This morning I got an SMS from USCIS telling me my case was updated and to go online and check the new status. I thought my case was finally moving forward and that it will be news about my Greencard! But no, it was just that they FINALLY updated my case to "EAD/AP card sent on December 22" blah blah   

 

I had this same experience yesterday. I got a text in the afternoon to check status for 765 and email of "card in production" last night for my 765 case that was completed in January. 130 and 485 has been stuck on "case was received" and "biometric fee received", respectively, since last year. Dead silence since last year on 130 and 485. Its either the notification system has gone 'completely mental' or its a sign they have started working on our files again. What is your PD? Mine is Oct 20.