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INTRODUCTION
Here is a Step by Step guide on how to have a sponsor's DNA sample collected in the United States and the beneficiary's DNA sample collected in the country of origin in order to complete the United States Customs and Immigration (USCIS), the National Visa Center or the U.S. Embassy's process to establish a biological relationship to conclude immigration to the United States.
Many consular services - visas, travel documents, consular reports of birth abroad - require the applicant to establish a biological relationship to a petition or American citizen parent. If you are unable to establish this required relationship at the time of your interview, the consular officer may suggest DNA testing. DNA testing is a useful tool for verifying an alleged biological relationship and is most commonly used to verify a parent/child relationship in conjunction with a citizenship case or an immigrant visa application. Due to the expense, complexity and logistical delay, so be sure you are using a DNA Collections Expert in the United States who will be available for follow up and questions during the process.
You must pay all of the costs for testing and related expenses directly to the U.S. laboratory, panel physician and express mailing services.
TESTING PROCESS
Step One: Select a DNA Collections Expert in the local area. The laboratory must be accredited by the AABB. You will be asked to provide legal proof of your identity, ie, current passport, driver's license. The DNA Collections Expert will photocopy your paperwork as well as photograph you and ask you to sign the photograph. The DNA Collections Expert will take the required DNA samples from you, pass the samples and supporting documents onto the lab who will hold your sample until your beneficiary is collected and sent to the U.S. lab.
Step Two: Select a Panel Physician or U.S. Embassy approved lab in your country. The DNA Collections Expert in the United States may offer you a list of approved labs in your country of origin. As a matter of convenience, you should chose the laboratory nearest to your relatives in the country of origin - one that they can easily phone and set up an appointment - once you are told to have your relatives make the call.
Step Three: The DNA Collections Expert in the United States will forward all relevant material and a DNA collection kit to a Panel Physician or U.S. Embassy approved lab in your country of origin with reference to your Applicant Petitioner Number, Government Case Number, EAC Number. Once you are notified that the country of origin DNA collector has received all the relevant paperwork and DNA kit, you should have your family member schedule an appointment directly with the panel physician. The panel physicians charge a local collections fee for the sample collection and administrative process. Majority of DNA samples collected today (and it is recommended due to convenience of shipping) via non-invasive Buccal Swab (scrape of some of the cells lining the inside of the cheek).
Please be sure that your family members bring the following items with them to the appointment with the Panel Physician or U.S. Embassy approved laboratory:
Step Four: Following the sample collection of the beneficiary(s) in your country of origin, the Panel Physician will return the DNA samples and supporting documents to the laboratory in the United States who collected the sponsor's sample.
Step Five: The laboratory in the United States must mail results directly to the U.S. Embassy consular section, the U.S. Customs and Immigration Office or the National Visa Center office. You can receive a copy of the results from your DNA Collections expert. Under no circumstances is any other party, including those being test, permitted to carry or transport blood or tissue samples or test results. The laboratory will include a copy of the photo identification and the supporting documents provided during the sample collection process. If the U.S. Embassy consular section, the U.S. Customs and Immigration Office or the National Visa Center offices does not receive the test results, photographs and copies of the supporting documents directly from the laboratory, we cannot proceed with your requested service.
Step Six: Once the proper U.S. authorities receives and processes your test results, you will be contacted via mail. It can take several weeks to process your results, so please do not contact the U.S. authorities until 30 days after you are notified by your DNA collections expert in the United States that you tests results have been mailed.
Here is a Step by Step guide on how to have a sponsor's DNA sample collected in the United States and the beneficiary's DNA sample collected in the country of origin in order to complete the United States Customs and Immigration (USCIS), the National Visa Center or the U.S. Embassy's process to establish a biological relationship to conclude immigration to the United States.
Many consular services - visas, travel documents, consular reports of birth abroad - require the applicant to establish a biological relationship to a petition or American citizen parent. If you are unable to establish this required relationship at the time of your interview, the consular officer may suggest DNA testing. DNA testing is a useful tool for verifying an alleged biological relationship and is most commonly used to verify a parent/child relationship in conjunction with a citizenship case or an immigrant visa application. Due to the expense, complexity and logistical delay, so be sure you are using a DNA Collections Expert in the United States who will be available for follow up and questions during the process.
You must pay all of the costs for testing and related expenses directly to the U.S. laboratory, panel physician and express mailing services.
TESTING PROCESS
Step One: Select a DNA Collections Expert in the local area. The laboratory must be accredited by the AABB. You will be asked to provide legal proof of your identity, ie, current passport, driver's license. The DNA Collections Expert will photocopy your paperwork as well as photograph you and ask you to sign the photograph. The DNA Collections Expert will take the required DNA samples from you, pass the samples and supporting documents onto the lab who will hold your sample until your beneficiary is collected and sent to the U.S. lab.
Step Two: Select a Panel Physician or U.S. Embassy approved lab in your country. The DNA Collections Expert in the United States may offer you a list of approved labs in your country of origin. As a matter of convenience, you should chose the laboratory nearest to your relatives in the country of origin - one that they can easily phone and set up an appointment - once you are told to have your relatives make the call.
Step Three: The DNA Collections Expert in the United States will forward all relevant material and a DNA collection kit to a Panel Physician or U.S. Embassy approved lab in your country of origin with reference to your Applicant Petitioner Number, Government Case Number, EAC Number. Once you are notified that the country of origin DNA collector has received all the relevant paperwork and DNA kit, you should have your family member schedule an appointment directly with the panel physician. The panel physicians charge a local collections fee for the sample collection and administrative process. Majority of DNA samples collected today (and it is recommended due to convenience of shipping) via non-invasive Buccal Swab (scrape of some of the cells lining the inside of the cheek).
Please be sure that your family members bring the following items with them to the appointment with the Panel Physician or U.S. Embassy approved laboratory:
- Your passport and two copies of the passport. If you are an asylee or refugee family member, or applying for a consular report of birth abroad and you do not have a passport, you should bring another form of a photo identification and two copies.
- Two passport photographs
- The letter provided by the consular office suggesting DNA Testing
- A-paid express mailing envelope with the address of the laboratory, which the panel physician will use to mail your sample to the laboratory. (Your DNA Collection Expert in the United States, may do this as part of their service to you)
- A person over the age of 18 who can witness that the proper procedures have been followed. This can be any person including someone you do not know, except it cannot be the panel physician or one of his employees.
Step Four: Following the sample collection of the beneficiary(s) in your country of origin, the Panel Physician will return the DNA samples and supporting documents to the laboratory in the United States who collected the sponsor's sample.
Step Five: The laboratory in the United States must mail results directly to the U.S. Embassy consular section, the U.S. Customs and Immigration Office or the National Visa Center office. You can receive a copy of the results from your DNA Collections expert. Under no circumstances is any other party, including those being test, permitted to carry or transport blood or tissue samples or test results. The laboratory will include a copy of the photo identification and the supporting documents provided during the sample collection process. If the U.S. Embassy consular section, the U.S. Customs and Immigration Office or the National Visa Center offices does not receive the test results, photographs and copies of the supporting documents directly from the laboratory, we cannot proceed with your requested service.
Step Six: Once the proper U.S. authorities receives and processes your test results, you will be contacted via mail. It can take several weeks to process your results, so please do not contact the U.S. authorities until 30 days after you are notified by your DNA collections expert in the United States that you tests results have been mailed.
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