As most of us, my parents did not have their official birth certificate document. I obtained a validation type document from Ward Office (of Municipality). I am in the process of filing their GC. They don't have any other secondary suggested documents like Land Deeds, SLC Certificates etc. The only other option I see is an Signed Affidavit from their even older relatives.
But my parents are getting old and do not know how to get such document Notarized & Stamped. Anyone here knows, how I can reach out (from here in the US) to a Notary Public to get an Affidavit of Birth signed by my parents relatives?

BTW, this request is for outside Kathmandu Valley.

To add to my original quandary - what are the documents some of you experienced folks have submitted in absence of a dated birth certificate. For my parents, I only had 1 letter from Ward Office validating birth date, a translated copy of Citizenship Certificate and a translated copy of Voters ID.

you can ask the ward office to make the birth certificate now. Embassy will accept that if you explain them the scenario.

Well I’m going through right now. We need a certificate of birth details and May be a a letter from ward office ‘ how registration of birth was not legally enforced 50-60 years ago’ since out government heavily used citizenship for that purpose! This is what I thinking of doing. They threw me RFE every time I work them and it’s been going on every stage of my immigration process. Let me know if anyone done things differently

I had the ward office create the birth certificates in English.

Are you guys filing I-130 and I485 concurrently? What happens if I485 is filed only after approval of I-130?

Well,

@Damar,

USCIS approved birth certificate from Kathmandu Metropolitan City office for both my mum and dad.

Benedict, parents have immediate visa numbers available, don’t they?

I copied this from USCIS
@ Chicagoan yes IR- no visa quota
FYI
A person born before 1973 can present his/her citizenship card in order to obtain a birth certificate from the ward office or municipality, sub-metropolitan city office, or metropolitan city office of each district. They will only receive a “recommendation of birth”.

Thank you. I read through the 18 pages and the application is fairly straightforward. The regular name address, declaring I am not a bad guy to a ton of questions. Unlike I-130 nothing to attach as proof etc. Is my understanding correct?

Also can I be the petitioner (immediate child) and the interpreter on the form at the same time?

@Rockb and Bhai Raja

@Bennedict! You are correct. If anyone is born after 1970 and don’t have a birth certificate or registration whatever., they will literally make you do it. Delayed registration could still hit with RFE. He is right they ain’t playing. My cases got hold up for 3 months. Just recheck everything and do it right to begin with

My parents are already here

They are in a visa right? Like B2? You still apply birth registration with the citizenship card. You know you can have some one go to the ward office and make a certification of birth. In my case, I noticed my mom’s DOB on passport and birth certificate were different. So I have to wait until Tihar to apply passport and will have to fix it. During my parents’s I-130 they sent RFE because my birth certificate was issued 7-9 years after the birth. So wanted to see my high school certificates, letter from primary school, vaccinations.

Where was ur parents born? In US or nepal?

Rockb, thank you for the info. They are in B2 yes. They already had the birth/marriage documents from several years back so I am not worried about those. I was just hesitant to apply I-485 before there I-130 got approved. But then this hesitation will make the process go longer. So I am now wondering if I should just go ahead and apply I-485.

@Logbendick: I am not sure how it is lazmardo. We are following legal processes. There is a provision in the constitution and laws of the United States for this.

@chicagoan I would not think it take any longer than NVC. It will be faster than embassy process
@log…dick what’s your problem man. Stop being judgmental let people do whatever right for them. You Know Nepal would be coming out of dual citizenship in a near future and it does affect any Nepalese trying to immigrate here! Don’t F talk about nationalism nonsense. They would have jobs, careers, better life, better healthcare. Also can contribute in Nepal’s economic growth and other. No one forced relatives to stay here, they can go back when they feel like

@chicagoan I-130 is pretty straightforward. If you don’t have any issues in your immigration history and have all civil documents in order it should be approved. Can they legally stay here with approved I-130? Probably not. Mine took almost 1.5 year with a RFE to get approval. They are doing witch hunting so the process looks like in process and they are doing work. You would have to keep extending the visa. You know always consult an immigration lawyer and it’s like 500-800 bucks most time