Pramod was born in 1967 in India. His parents did not report his birth. Reporting birth before 1970 was not obligatory in India. Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriage Act of 1969 made such reporting a legal obligation.

He obtained a document from the local government agency stating that his birth certificate was not available. This situation did not create any problem for Pramod until he applied for Green Card in February 2009 after getting married a girl he met at India booth at the Ethnic festival in Virginia. Since his wife became a U.S. citizen about a year ago, they filed Petition for Alien Relative (I-130).

He found out from his attorney that ration card along with his government-supplied non-availability of birth certificate document could also be used for his permanent visa application. The other option was to get a sworn affidavit executed by either the parents, if living, or other close relatives older than the applicant. As his father and mother passed away five and two years ago and getting such affidavit from his relatives in India seemed to be quite difficult, upon his attorney’s advice, he asked us to provide certified translation for immigration of his two documents in Marathi language.

Last month, he received a letter from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for fingerprinting. It seems that things are going well for him.

Getting Your Green Card

You may apply for Green Card under the following categories: (a) marrying an American citizen; (b) engaging to marry your U.S. citizen fiancé; (c) asking your family relatives (your father, mother, husband, wife, brother, sister, children over 21) who are “citizens” of United States; (d) asking your close family members (your father, mother, husband, wife) of Albanian origin, who have Green Card; (e) receiving employment offer from an American employer; (f) winning Diversity Visa Lottery in your native country; (g) investing your money in United States; (h) qualifying as special immigrant (recognized religious workers, foreign medical graduates, etc.); (i) requesting humanitarian protection (asylum, refugee) from persecution or fearing based on your race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group in your native country.

ACR Language Translation Services, subsidiary of ACR Systems Inc., founded in 1982, provides certified translation for Green Card when you apply to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS, formerly Immigration and Naturalization Service – INS) for its clients applying for Green Card (permanent resident visa) and U.S. citizenship.