United States · Family Visa Documents
US Family Visa Document Legalisation
USCIS and US Embassy Islamabad immigrant visa petitions require certified vital statistics. NADRA computerised certificates for marriage, birth, and divorce must be verified through Pakistan MOFA.
What the United States family visa file needs
Route
MOFA apostille
Timeline
5 to 10 days after records
First stamp
Civil registration and NADRA
Final stamp
Apostille
Documents for a US family visa
Use each record page to check its issuing body, correction process, and legalisation stage. Keep space for further sponsorship evidence if the visa office requests it.
From attestation to the US family visa acceptance
Civil registration and NADRA
Civil registration and NADRA
The civil registry and NADRA supply the marriage, birth, and FRC records if you do not hold the originals.
Apostille
Apostille
The US accepts the MOFA apostille directly for civil documents, so the file finishes at the MOFA counter.
How the US embassy processes the family file
The US-based petitioner submits the attested certificates with the family petition.
Names must match across the certificates and the petition, and we check before filing.
Certificates not in English are translated by a certified translator for the petition file.
Sources: USCIS family immigration · Travel.State.Gov family immigration visas · HCCH Apostille Convention status table (route facts)
Visa rules and fees change. Verify the current requirements on the destination authority's site before applying.
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United States family visa questions
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