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Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative |
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A copy of your birth certificate or U.S. passport |
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If you were not born in the U.S., a copy of either |
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| Your Certificate of Naturalization or Citizenship or | | | | Your U.S. passport |  |
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A copy of the child’s birth certificate showing the child’s name and the names of both parents |
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| A copy of civil marriage certificate showing the names of both parents, or proof that a parent/child relationship exists or existed (if you are petitioning for a stepchild, your marriage to the child’s parent must take place before the stepchild’s 18th birthday) |
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| • | A copy of any divorce decrees, death certificates, or annulment decrees that establish the termination of any previous marriages
entered into by you or your spouse |
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of wedlock must provide evidence that a parent/child relationship exists or existed. For example, the child’s birth certificate displaying the father’s name, evidence showing that the father and child at some point lived together, or that the father held out the child as his own, or that he has made financial contributions in support of the child, or that in general his behavior evidenced genuine concern
for and interest in the child. A blood test proving paternity may also be necessary |
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