bagarow@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am a naturalized US citizen and now want to apply for my parents who
> live overseas to become US citizens.
>
> Looking at the I130 application instructions, it tells me to submit the
> following:
>
> - For mother application, submit birth certificate showing mother name.
> - For father application, submit birth certificate showing father &
> mother name and a marriage certificate.
>
> I have the following documents:
> - My birth certificate shows my father's name and not my mother's name.
> (do not why they did it that way).
> - My parents do not have a marriage certificate as such certificates
> were not norm in their place of residence at the time they got married.
> - However, my father's oversaeas passport on its last page shows the
> name of his spouse as being my mother and similarly, my mother's
> overseas passport on its last page shows the name of her spouse as
> being my father.
>
> I would like to find out:
> 1. For my father application, will the birth certificate showing my
> father's name only be sufficient for my father application and not
> require a parent's marriage certificate? If not, what documents should
> I try to get and submit.
> 2. For my mother application, if I am not able to get a parent's
> marriage certificate, will copies of my father's and mother's overseas
> passport pages do since they show the other's name as the spouse? If
> not what documents should I try to get and submit.
>
> I would appreciate any help.
Find a way to get those documents back home. That's the simplest way.
If you can't get them, make an affidavit of oath signed by close family
friends who are currently living US.
If I were you, I would include those passport pages showing spouse's
nameby xeroxing them, and notarized them, placing a post it note on
each pages explaining what you are trying to show on those pages.
>
> Thanks
> Bob
>
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