20th December 2009
Most people simply file their petition for a relative who resides in a country outside of the United States and its holdings. They complete the necessary forms required by Immigration / Homeland Security and they pay the required fees. Immigration / Homeland Security acknowledges their petition by sending them a receipt which contains the “case number” which must be referred to every time one has to correspond with the consulate or Homeland Security, every time you contact them whether in writing or by the telephone. It is most important to always have this case number as it is in your best interest. Immigration / Homeland Security deals with millions of cases each year and that is the only way they will know who you are and to which case you refer every time you contact them. Homeland Security / Immigration then asks you to provide several pieces of documentation which establishes that the petitioner (the person making the request or asking permission to bring another person into the country) has the right to make this request.
The petitioner is then asked to prove one of several things 1) they are a legal resident of the United States [a green card holder]; 2) they are a citizen of the United States, either by birth or by naturalization; or 3) their petition meets with the refugee guidelines or some other guidelines whereby the sponsor themselves were granted refugee or some other permanent status and has the documents they were given then to prove it. Quite often if those documents do not satisfy the consulate, then the consulate may ask for several additional items, including but not limited to DNA Testing. The sort of DNA testing requested will depend upon the case itself and can range from a Maternity DNA Test; a Paternity DNA Test; or some other relationship testing which they will specify in their correspondence with the beneficiary.
The requesting Consulate / Homeland Security will make their request in writing, setting forth additional guidelines one of which is that only an AABB-Certified laboratory in the United States should perform the testing. They will further stipulate that, the resulting DNA Report must be sent back to the requesting entity directly from the AABB Certified Lab. The results of the DNA testing is used to establish a biological relationship with the sponsor who is the person who is asking them to grant residency to the person who wants to come into the country [also referred to as the beneficiary]. Our lab knows how critical this request is and testing is done immediately upon receipt of the samples. A report is then sent directly back to the requesting agency and the participants will be sent a file copy of what was sent to the Consulate or Homeland Security. The file copy sent to petitioner and beneficiary is simply for their personal use, and must never be presented to immigration. This copy, however, may be used in any other court proceedings as it is a legal document and will be recognized as such by a court of law.
16th January 2009
There are many reasons for one to seek a paternity test; the most popular reason being to find out whether particular man (an alleged father) is the biological father of a certain child. With that in mind, you’ll want the results to be as accurate as possible and while there are a variety of ways that you can get the results that include a home paternity test and a legal paternity test (or legal maternity test) which both employs the same procedures, only the legal (third party chain of custody) variety can is admissible in a court of law. The reason this is so, is that a trained specimen collection technician (doctor, clinic, or technician) collects the samples, reviews and gather the identification and a fingerprint of the donor, and attests to the general custody of the collected samples. In other words, the legal paternity test samples were never in the care or custody of any participating donor. Whereas, the home paternity test may be self collected therefore the chain of custody was in the donor’s possession and therefore, not admissible in court.
What It Entails
First of all you’ll need to look for a place that has all the proper credentials that will ensure you can be satisfied with the results. That is, the procedure was conducted and performed meeting the standards set forth by the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB). It’s important to remember that while a paternity test that you do in the comfort of your own home can be just as accurate as a third-party collected test, only the ones that are carried out by a trained collection technician in AABB-accredited facilities will give you the results that you can use legally (in a court of law; social security, immigration or other governmental agency). In either case, you’ll need to provide a sample of your DNA that will be able to establish your relationship to the other person(s) who is (are) being tested.
Facilities
Remember that you need to look for a place that you can trust and your search should stop at paternityexpress.com. Now here’s the place that can offer you all the best in a variety of different methods that includes everything from a paternity test while pregnant to all other versions of the early paternity test (at birth or umbilical chord blood). It’s critical that you take a good look at what the place you’re considering offers and that way you’ll see how good paternityexpress.com really is.
These are the labs that run each test two times so that you can be assured of accurate results. As well the experts here are able to guarantee your paternity test results in two to three days normally, or in five to seven days in the case of the prenatal test, and if you needed your results in very short time periods, for an additional cost, could even provide 24-hour results. One of the most impressive things about the way that the paternity test is carried out here is this company’s commitment to privacy. As well as being able to schedule your appointments close to your home or office, this is the company that has the strictest protocols in the business to ensure that your paternity test is carried out in the strictest confidence.
A paternity test could very well be a life altering event. It’s important to make sure that you trust the people who carry it out for you.
