The Role of DNA Testing in an Appeal for Immigration

When a family is putting a petition of immigration, they have to submit the basic documents like birth certificate, school records etc which determine the authenticity of their family relations. In case where the above mentioned documents are not there, the US immigration authorities like the USCIS or US embassies abroad, can ask the applicant and his family to undergo a DNA test which would scientifically establish their biological relationship with each other.

The cost and arrangement of such DNA test has to born by the applicant. The US immigration authorities have mentioned that the test has to be done from a lab that is accredited by AABB (American Association of Blood Banks).

Generally such DNA tests are needed to ascertain the maternal, paternal and sibling relationship of the family. The cases where the immigrants may need DNA testing are mentioned below.

Most of those who select to take a DNA test are asked by the USCIS to do so after they have filed a petition or where their basic documents are not satisfactory to the immigration authorities to give approval. In such cases the test may be compulsory or optional. But since it is the most valid test for determining family relationships, it is considered as a major evidence for immigration.

For the DNA test, a person can get in touch with any AABB accredited laboratory for undertaking the test. These laboratories send a sample collection kit to the US immigration agency abroad or to its group of physicians who will make arrangements and be the witness of the specimen collection for the party. After the collection, the family which is tested will be clearly identified and then there will be ID verification to make sure that these results of testing can be used as valid evidence.

The specimens that are collected will be directly sent to the laboratory in USA for testing. The laboratory will send the results to the field office of the USCIS or to the overseas consulate according to the norms of immigration testing. However, the DNA reports cannot always ensure 100% approval of immigration.

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