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How Can NRIs Rectify Incorrect Date in Their Birth Certificate?

How Can NRIs Rectify Incorrect Date in Their Birth Certificate?

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The internet is flooded with the suggestions on how to change the date on your birth certificate. I was, also, looking for the same solution. Undoubtedly, forums and websites have certain defined steps. But, when it comes to viability, they seem not-so-concrete.  The discrepancies are laid somewhere in the steps. I wanted the NRI solution regarding the birth proof. This want pushed me to keep exploring over and over on the web because my cousin was unable to apply for the study visa due to that error.

Finally, I got the solution. Here is what I got to know and subsequently, executed these steps to rectify incorrect date on the certificate of birth.

How to Rectify Incorrect Date in Your Birth Certificate:

I got this answer in a forum wherein lawyers participate in the online discussion. This fact gave me a push to believe in what they suggest. However, it was tough to pick up the most suitable answer that can help me. But, I tried and emerged a winner at the end.

  1. Visit Municipal Corporation: This is the first step that directs you to visit the Municipal Corporation office nearby your house. In my case, my cousin was a resident of the south Delhi. So, he visited the MCD or Municipal Corporation of Delhi for the date of birth certificate correction legally. It’s the authority that administers this matter, along with many other documentation matters associated with the civilians of that state/union territory.
  2. Apply for correction: The registrar/sub-registrar of the Municipal Corporation holds the responsibility to look into this matter. You should request for the application form to place the request of changing the date of birth. Fill it duly.
  3. Supporting Documents: Now, you should have to prove that your authentic birth date is some other. If you don’t have its documented proof, as it was with my cousin, don’t let the worry put your soul down. Enclose the existing birth certificate with the application form and an affidavit. Besides, attach these documents:
  • Driving Licence
  • Passport/PAN Card
  • Voter ID/Ration Card
  • Educational Certificate, like School Leaving Certificate
  • Consent Letter from the hospital where you were born

Note: These documents won’t be necessary to show up because those who are born before 1986 don’t require any proof, except the affidavit. Even, you don’t need to submit the hospital discharge certificate. The sworn-statement would be enough to support on.

  1. Bring an Affidavit: The affidavit is a sworn-document. Take a stamp paper, which costs INR 20 or may vary. Pen down all the changes in that stamp paper that you want to make in the birth proof. The composition of that affidavit should have the incorrect and the correct date in the form of an application. Input the name of your parents (mother and father) together with the address where you took birth.  
  2. Notarization: Get it authorized by the notary officer of the court. This is what we call the ‘notarization’. The notary officer signs the affidavit while verifying the requested changes.
  3. Verify with Municipal Corporation: Show the notarized affidavit to the Registrar or Sub-Registrar of the Municipal Corporation.
  4. Issuance: The rectified birth proof will be issued on the very date when you visit the Municipal Corporation. However, you will have to pay certain fee for this service.

This process is more or less similar to the application of the Non-Availability of the Birth certificate or NABC. It’s an alternative document of the birth certificate that is issued in case you don’t have any birth proof.

Bear in the head that this document is vital to apply for the passport and visa. Any mistake in it is considered the discrepancy, which can lead to the rejection of your visa. Even, you will have to present it for the CENOMAR or bachelorhood certificate.

DS-160
How to Fill DS-160- Online Nonimmigrant Visa Application?

How to Fill DS-160- Online Nonimmigrant Visa Application?

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Are you really intended to visit the USA?

Do you think that getting visa to go there is an uphill climb?

It won’t be that much tougher, today. You don’t have to fill an array of forms, including DS-156, DS-156K, DS-156V, DS-157, DS-158 and DS-3032.

So! How can you get the US visa? It’s easy and, indeed, extremely convenient through a form, viz DS- 160. Let’s catch some more details about this valuable visa:

What is the form DS-160?

It’s a new non-immigrant visa, pertaining to the K visas. The USCIS has replaced all the aforementioned forms with it to let you heave a sigh of relief. Now, the DS-160 online non-immigrant visa application can be filled digitally. This facility enables you to travel temporarily to the United States.

Why is this form required?

The immigration authority in America, i.e. the USCIS, mandates the electronic submission of the visa-applicant’s details. It enables the NRI diaspora to submit the necessary information to that immigration authority. Thereby, it would have his/her prior information.

The visa procedure furthers with a personal interview trailing the application process. It explicitly determines the applicant’s eligibility for the nonimmigrant visa.

How should you fill DS-160 Form?

  • Download DS 160 form. Fill this form electronically prior to the interview with the US visa authority.
  • The embassy that you select for the visa interview might be different from the one you have been scheduled for. But, that embassy should be located in the country only, as in India.
  • Fill the entire form in English language, unless you are asked to feed a particular detail in your native language.
  • Be quick while filling the form online since its application won’t be active longer than 20 minutes. You can try a hack wherein you have to record your application ID number. Save it in your desktop memory to get off the DS-160 session timed out over and over.
  • Bear in your mind that the browser won’t be closed unless you provide with your application ID. Copy it from the top right-hand corner of the form. Whenever your form will be closed, paste it to re-start filling this form.
  • Once you’re done with the application form, an alphanumeric code will automatically be generated. Take its print out. Show it off to the consular officer whenever you walk-in for the visa interview.

Tips to Apply DS 160 Visa Application: 

  1. You should take into account the standards that have been fixed for the photographs, like its dimension, paper-quality, not so older, no eyeglasses and many more.
  2. You don’t need to fill multiple forms, which are DS-156, DS-156K, DS-156V, DS-157, DS-158 and DS-3032. Only DS-160 form is enough to apply for the nonimmigrant visa.
  3. For E-visa applicants also, this form is enough to fill in. However, your employer/manager/essential employees should feed your pan information into the Form DS-156E. Subsequently, the immigration authority will release a form DS-161. Once it’s released, the forms won’t be required. Previously, the candidates had to take along the aforementioned application forms at the time of face-to-face interview with the consul.
  4. This Form maintains security. The level privacy remains higher than ever because the candidates directly fill the form digitally. Thereby, the visa process goes on a fast track.
  5. The consular officer takes a look into your personal details prior to the formal interaction. Thereby, the visa processing progresses by leaps and bounds. And, delays never occur.
  6. The USCIS comes across flawless data of yours. This is how it compiles the required information accurately in its data repository.
  7. It’s seamless to download the DS-160 form. You can save on time and money that might be expended on if following the old methods, which were manual as well as electronic.
  8. The immigration authority immediately accesses the data by scanning the barcode on your form. This barcode scanning transmits your particular data into their database automatically. Thereby, it escapes the typo errors and hence, the time remains spare with them.

Attestation
Attestation of These Documents Is Must for NRI

Attestation of These Documents Is Must for NRI

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Sometimes, one really gets confused over which document he should attest with the competent authority. This confusion can end up in delaying the visa processing. So, you must have a checklist of those documents prior.

But first, you should know about the categorization of documents that you need to attest. Subsequently, I’ll share the checklist of the NRI’s documents and the competent authorities. Always drill it into your head that the attestation of NRI certificates is a mandatory process. You won’t be permitted to immigrate unless you have a visa. You get it only after verifying the requisite documents.

Let’s have a look over the categories of the documents required for visa processing. This list is complete, but it does not restrict to only these documents.  The list may have many other documents. I’ve mentioned the requisite documents under their specific categories.

  1. Educational Documents:
  • Degree Certificate
  • PG Degree Certificate
  • Pre Degree Certificate
  • BE Certificate
  • Diploma Certificate
  • Nursing Certificate
  • Mark Sheet
  • SSC Certificate
  • HSC Certificate
  • Inter Certificate
  • MBBS Certificate
  • Dentists Certificate
  • Engineering Certificate
  • Transcript Certificate
  • Transfer Certificate
  • Nursing Degree Certificate
  • Nursing Registration Certificate
  • Pharmacy Certificate
  • Ed. Certificate
  • MS Certificate
  • MD Certificate
  • Tech. Certificate
  1. Personal Documents:
  • Marriage Certificate
  • Birth Certificate
  • Leaving Certificate
  • Police Clearance Certificate
  • Registration Certificate
  • Power of Attorney Certificate
  • Marriage Affidavit Certificate
  • Bona-fide Certificate
  • Medical Certificate
  1. Commercial Documents:
  • Export invoice
  • Packaging list
  • Power of Attorney
  • Certificate of Origin
  • Certificate of Incorporation
  • Chemical Analysis Report
  • Physical Analysis Report

Various countries have specific competent authorities, as the USCIS in the USA. You have to apply for the certificate attestation service in India or the USA or UK, wherever you live. If you talk about India in particular, it requires you to through three levels of documents’ verification.

  1. HRD Attestation: You should be aware of the fact that the HRD or Human Resource Development department in India ideally requires your presence along with the original documents. Besides what I aforementioned, you should carry these documents also. Thereafter, you’ll receive a file number and a phone number. Dial that number, if you want to check the progress of your visa application.

The HRD sends these documents, like degree or mark sheet, to verify with the pertaining university. Once it confirms their authenticity you get a call from there. Afterwards, you receive these attested documents. It takes 3 to 5 weeks in attesting those documents.

  • Offer letter/Email
  • Passport and its copy
  • Supporting documents (aforementioned, which are précised according to the kind of visa)
  • Postal Stamp worth INR 50 (available in every post office)
  1. MEA Attestation: It’s a second level of attestation. You should know that this authority doesn’t scrutinize what you submit there for attestation. The authority conducts this process through agents. It offers a list of authentic agents. You can contact outsourcing agents, like Services2NRI, which is an experienced player.

If you ask about its processing time, you may have to wait till 5 days.

  1. Embassy Attestation: The embassy of the foreign countries, also, has to verify your documents. It, also, looks into your documents before putting its stamp of approval on your visa.

How much you should pay-it’s the point of contention. Yes, the NRI document attestation is not a free service. You have to pay on each and every level. The HRD requires you to pay INR 500/INR 1000 for the document verification with the university.

Although you need to pay little to the MEA, i.e. INR 18 (that can differ), yet it’s again not a free NRI service.

As far as the embassy’s fee is concerned, you may have to pay INR 3000 or more according to this link (https://mea.gov.in/Images/amb1/Attestation_documents_2015.pdf).

PCC
What to Do If NRIs PCC Verification Failed?

What to Do If NRIs PCC Verification Failed?

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If you’re willing to work or study abroad, your documentation work should be done completely. In order to avoid any friction, you should have a checklist of all papers that are necessary to immigrate. That checklist includes a birth certificate, school certificates, an asset evaluation report, a visa, a passport, an employment letter (if any), an admission letter (if any) and many more. They all should be attested and counter-attested also by the requisite competent authorities (including a magistrate/ the state government/ the MEA/ the Embassy).

One of these essential documents is a Police Clearance Certificate (PCC). It reads your whereabouts (address), parents name and passport number, its date & location of issuance together with the visa information. When you get through the police clearance certificate procedure in India, you should keep all these

Why do you need a Police Clearance Certificate (PCC)?

This certificate explicitly reveals the status of the visa or the passport seeker. If he/she was sentenced ever, that criminal background would be mentioned in it. On the basis of the facts mentioned on it, the foreign immigration authority approves your visa request.  It is also required to issue a passport in India.

How can you get the police verification certificate?

  • Fill online passport application form.
  • Set the schedule for the appointment at the Passport Sewa Kendra (PSK).
  • Once you get your documents verified from that center, you get a receipt.
  • The passport office intimates to the SP office, which is selected according to your address in the passport application form.
  • The police officer from the local police station visits your residence. The officer comes to examine what you have mentioned on your application form is authentic or not.
  • The police officer probes about your name, address and also, he looks into the voter ID or Aadhar card of the witnesses, mainly of two. Sometimes, he cross-examines about the residential details. If he finds inauthentic detail, he rejects the police clearance.
  • The same report (of rejected or approved verification) of the PCC is sent to the SP office nearby your location.
  • The SP office forwards that inquiry report to the PSK.
  • Once the verification is positively completed, you get a soft copy of your passport.

How many days does it take to complete the police authentication?

Generally, this time period may take 15 days to 30 days. But sometimes, the same duration can extend a bit. If you want to know about its processing time, you should pay for the SMS service, which is INR 35 & can be revised.

The SMS service will help you to know the date and time of the police visit for verification prior. Thereby, you can be prepared with the requisite documents that you have taken along with at the PSK center. Besides, the police require two witnesses who should provide support to your authentic residency.

When does your passport application get rejected?

Unfortunately, the passport police verification gets failed in some cases. The scenarios might be different. For example- a student applied for the passport. He filled the digital passport application form. That application form required the address where he currently lives in. The noteworthy thing is that one has to input the current address. If you live temporarily somewhere, you have to put the same address. Otherwise, it would be considered an invalid passport police verification document. Thereby, your police verification doesn’t clear.

How to get PCC, even if your application is rejected?

So! How can you apply for police re-verification for passport or visa?

It’s not a matter to fear about or afraid of. You should have patience. Your police verification can be rectified. Let’s have a look over the procedure to know how you can apply to re-issue your PCC:

  • Receive a cancellation report of your police clearance certificate. It is sent from the Passport Sewa Kendra (PSK) wherein you have verified your passport documents. The PSK sent that cancellation letter to the address that you have mentioned in the passport application form.
  • Visit the PSK within the stipulated time frame (as mentioned in the letter). If you fail to response within the requisite period, your next attempt to re-apply for the passport/visa will be rejected. You have to clear the matter with the competent authority.
  • Drill into your head that the authority usually offers just 30 days’ time period for responding against the failed police verification. But, that time frame may be revised any time by the passport authority.
  • Explain valid reasons of why your PCC application was rejected. If you’re able to convince the PSK authority, you’ll get the passport along with the approved police verification.
  • Visit the PSK together with the valid documents, including the original and the photocopy of your old passport (first two and last two pages) and current address proof.

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