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You may be able to use a birth affidavit. When filing Form I-485, you may submit a photocopy of an original or certified copy of your birth certificate. However, we highly recommend that you take an original or certified copy of the birth certificate to the adjustment of status interview.

USCIS Acceptance of Late Registered Birth Certificates If you only have a birth certificate that was registered many years after the birth, USCIS will generally accept the document. However, you may have to provide additional evidence that the birth happened as recorded.

You cannot use a birth certificate issued by the Indian embassy for a Green card application in the USA. As a matter of fact, nobody can use their Embassy issued birth certificate to file their i-485 or i-130 green card applications.

You may only accept an original or certified copy of a birth certificate issued by a state, county, municipal authority, or outlying possession of the United States that bears an official seal.

You are not required to file an original birth certificate, but USCIS officers sometimes request to see the original at the time of your USCIS interview. If you have only one original, certified copy of your birth certificate it is generally a good idea not to file it.

Provide Alternative Evidence of Birth When your birth certificate is not available or does not exist, you must submit other acceptable evidence relating to the facts of your birth, such as religious or school records, hospital or medical records, affidavits of birth, or similar evidence.

If your birth certificate does not meet the application requirements, you should submit a notarized personal affidavit. This is a written statement describing facts about your birth and explaining why you can't get a certified copy of your birth certificate.

Make a request: The person should make a request to the Health Officer or Registrar at the registration office. The registrar may provide a prescribed printed application form to fill. Alternatively, he/she may issue an affidavit on his/her letterhead.

All Form I-485 applicants, except refugees and asylees, must submit a photocopy of their birth certificate issued by the appropriate civil authority from the country of birth.

USCIS wants the chance to inspect your original documents, at your interview. Unless you remember to bring your original passport, birth certificate, marriage and divorce certificates (as applicable), and any criminal records, the USCIS officer not be able to approve your case that day.