Affidavit of Birth - Place of Notary and Stamp Paper

[Ramsug]

Hi,

I want to apply GC for my mom who is living in Bangalore, India. Her place of birth is a village in TamilNadu and the persons who can give the affidavit are in Chennai. Can someone please answer the following questions:

1. Can I get signatures from the affidavits on a stamp paper and get it notarized in Bangalore? Or does the notary have to be in Chennai or the place of birth?
2. Does the location where the stamp paper was bought matter? A stamp paper bought in Bangalore has kannada words where as the affidats and the place of birth is in Tamilnadu.


Thanks,
Ram

[OceansNwaves]

Affidavit of Birth - Place of Notary and Stamp Paper

Hi The place doesnt matter you need 2 people saying they know ur mom. Also U can Apply for 'Non Availability of Birth Certificate" , Since she was born before 1969. As per Indian Law.

[Harrypotter82]

Disclaimer: I'm not an attorney. Below comments is for information only. Please consult a lawyer.

1) Generally, lawyer won't notarized the stamp paper if the witnesses are not in front of them. In other words you will need to take the people who are signing along with you to the lawyer.
2) It will be in your best interest to have the stamp paper, lawyer and your witnesser's in same city or town and also they should know your mom personally.

I hope this helps.

[alwayswin]

Hi,

I have the same problem. I'm a US citizen and want to apply for green card for both my parents in India. But they have no birth certificates. They have passports, and have been to the US twice on visitor's visa. Currently their visitor's visa is expired.

I had no birth certificate either, and when I applied for my green card 10 years back, both my parents sent a notarized affidavit saying that I'm their son and was born on xyz date/place. By reading this thread it appears that the affidavit method still works, but my question is who will provide the affidavit since all my grandparents are not alive anymore.

My parents have no marriage certificate either. Will an affidavit suffice for that too?

Final question, if they renew their visitor's visa before filing for green card, can they visit me in US while the green card is in process?

Thanks in advance.