Hello,
I was issued a US L1B visa last week valid for 3 years. I have dependent L2 visa for my spouse and kid as well. My passport was taken last year and is valid for next 9 years.
I have a problem with my date of birth. My date of birth in my birth certificate (original) does not match with other documents such as passport, PAN card, 10th Markscard, and other ID proofs.
It is like birth certificate date is 06 oct 1982, but the one in passport and all other documents is 22 feb 1983. This is a problem since schooldays as in my native when joining school, teachers forcefully made my parents change my DOB date to 22 feb 1983 in school records for some reason. When my parents applied passport for me, they used the same in my school certificate. So now, all my ID proofs has wrong date of birth and birth certificate has correct one.
I never had to use my birth certificate in India till date, so it was never a problem for me till date.
Now the questions are
1. I will have to travel to US in next 1.5 months. Do i need birth certificate to apply for SSN, green card etc there?
2. If birth certificate (BC) is needed, since there is a discrepancy in my BC and passport, do i need to reapply for a passport to get DOB corrected in the same?
3. If reapplying for passport , current passport will get canceled and new one will be issues. But in that case what will happen to my visa?
4. Can i carry new passport with corrected DOB and the old passport which has visa or should visa also be reapplied?
5. What about DOB correction in marriage certificate, DL, 10th certificate, other ID proofs etc?
I am worried, as I do not have much time to fix all these.
Please advise. Really appreciate your response.
I was issued a US L1B visa last week valid for 3 years. I have dependent L2 visa for my spouse and kid as well. My passport was taken last year and is valid for next 9 years.
I have a problem with my date of birth. My date of birth in my birth certificate (original) does not match with other documents such as passport, PAN card, 10th Markscard, and other ID proofs.
It is like birth certificate date is 06 oct 1982, but the one in passport and all other documents is 22 feb 1983. This is a problem since schooldays as in my native when joining school, teachers forcefully made my parents change my DOB date to 22 feb 1983 in school records for some reason. When my parents applied passport for me, they used the same in my school certificate. So now, all my ID proofs has wrong date of birth and birth certificate has correct one.
I never had to use my birth certificate in India till date, so it was never a problem for me till date.
Now the questions are
1. I will have to travel to US in next 1.5 months. Do i need birth certificate to apply for SSN, green card etc there?
2. If birth certificate (BC) is needed, since there is a discrepancy in my BC and passport, do i need to reapply for a passport to get DOB corrected in the same?
3. If reapplying for passport , current passport will get canceled and new one will be issues. But in that case what will happen to my visa?
4. Can i carry new passport with corrected DOB and the old passport which has visa or should visa also be reapplied?
5. What about DOB correction in marriage certificate, DL, 10th certificate, other ID proofs etc?
I am worried, as I do not have much time to fix all these.
Please advise. Really appreciate your response.
Comment