Birth Certificate for Indian born in PakistanI had applied for a green card for my father, and got an RFE concerning his birth certificate. Since he is an Indian who was born in what is now Pakistan, we have no access to government records (which in all probability do not exist). So, we provided an affidavit from his older brother along with secondary evidence of birth date/parentage. We have now got a second RFE saying we must procure birth certificate or non-availability certificate. Any idea of what we can do? If anyone has had a similar issue that got resolved, let me know.
One suggestion may be to get a BC from Indian Consulate/Embassy. Also try to get a letter from Indian consulate/Indian Embassy stating the place of ur dads birth was part of India before partition and now not a part of india.
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I had the same problem in a reverse scenario. My father was born in Purani Dilli (Old Delhi) in 1939 and my grandfather migrated to Pakistan (with his kids) in 1947. When I sponsored my father for Canadian immigration, the same problem surfaced. We supplied a notarised statement from my elder aunt (who was 12 when my father was born) in which she stated that she was witness to my fathers birth and can vouch for the date and place of his birth. That did the trick with CIC.
Ive same situation. My mom was born in undivided India which is now Pak. Ive birth affidavits but USCIS is asking for non-availability. What do I do? Can the Indian consulate issue these? Any experience with such cases?