request for initial evidence. non-existing birth certificate

[semramustafova]

hello.

I got married on 04/28/2016 and sent the paperwork on 10/13/2016. I received the notice and bio-metrics appointment for next Friday 11/25/2016. Yesterday I received a letter from USCIS requiring initial evidence. I was born in Turkey but I don't have a Turkish citizenship or any type of papers. After I was born my parents moved to Bulgaria. They are both Bulgarian citizens. They spent 9 months in Turkey during a political conflict in Bulgaria. After I was born in Turkey they moved back to Bulgaria and they never requested a birth certificate from Turkey.I sent a Bulgarian birth certificate but they are still asking for the turkish certificate. Do I need to get a lawyer to help me with that. In the letter it says I can sent a letter from a government authority stating that I dont have the birth certificate and the reason why I dont have it. Also school or medical records. What exactly do I have to send? If anybody can help it would be great. Thanks in advance.

[Turk]

If our parents know which hospital you were born at you could try to contact them and get a document. You could also call or go to Turkish Consulate and see if they can help you. If you cannot get a record of any sort you could look into "Non Availability of Birth Certificate".