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Hi

I am in the process of getting my paperwork ready for Green Card Processing through my husband (USC). I do not have my birth certificate and I am unable to get the non availability certificate from my birth place.

Is it enough to provide affidavits from both parents, 1 relative and the letter from Indian embassy (stating birth date as per passport)?

Will this result in any kind of delay in green card processing?

Were you ever issued a birth certificate?

FROM US State Department website Reciprocity table for India:
(google for it)

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Birth Certificates

Available. Prior to l970, the reporting of births was voluntary. Birth certificates of Europeans, Anglo-Indians, Armenian Christians, Jews and Parsis born prior to l970 may be obtained from the State Registrar General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. No standard or uniform certificate is issued by the authorities. In addition, acceptable certificates may often be obtained from the municipal and rural registration records, which are maintained under the state laws. Europeans, Anglo-Indians, and Indian Christians are usually able to obtain church baptismal certificates.

Under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act of l969, births are required to be registered in almost all of the States and Union Territories of India. Birth certificates are available to any applicant born on or after April l, l970, upon payment of a nominal fee to the appropriate authority.

In cases where birth certificates from the authorities are unavailable or contain insufficient information regarding the birth or the parents, a sworn affidavit executed by either the parents, if living, or other close relatives older than the applicant, may be submitted. It should set forth the relationship between the deponent and the applicant, how well the deponent knows the applicant, date and place of the applicants birth, the names of both parents, and any other related facts. Such an affidavit, when a birth certificate is unavailable, should be accompanied by a document from a competent governmental authority confirming that the certificate does not exist, or no longer exists.

Very good BigJoe5, i was trying to find exactly where I read the above...Affidavits are acceptable in some countries in lieu of a birth certificate. Thats is why is so good to verify imformation on the Gov.s official website so as to obtain accuarate info. if the same is not clear forums.