DNA testing and immigration

In most cases, DNA tests for immigration reasons are parental (paternity or maternity), but in some cases, a large parentage or avuncular test is used to prove an alleged relationship. Verification of paternity through DNA testing may be the key to establishing legal residency and citizenship. DNA Laboratory tests have helped thousands of people do. Providers of immigration DNA testing, also provide government agencies, local embassies and immigration clients with results of DNA test interpretation.

The Immigration and Nationality Act requires that the blood and the legal relations are established. In addition to the documentation, a genetic test may be required by a laboratory for DNA analysis. The laboratory must be accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks for Parentage Testing. About 50 laboratories around the world hold this accreditation. Immigration cases may be simply to determine paternity or maternity. In addition, family relationships may also be determined using DNA, with the participation of grandparents, uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters. In the case of a husband and wife, the petitioner may be required to demonstrate that there is no relationship.

The Immigration Act dealing with a case where a child is bound to only one parent differently. The treatment depends on the child is related to the mother or the father. When the child is revealed to the child's biological father, but not the mother, the Home Office usually seeks an explanation of the family on the following items:

1. If the child has been established and lives with the birth mother or natural father.
2. If the child's mother is also seeking entry or whether it meets the conditions for admission.
3. If the father had exercised solely responsible for the child's education.
4. If the father had a previous marriage or undisclosed is in a polygamous marriage.

When a child is bound only to the mother, the situation is different. It is a very delicate matter and it is generally treated with great sensitivity that the child may be illegitimate, and the father may not be aware. The impact of a disclosure of adultery could be disastrous for women. If the child was raised as a child in the family it is generally accepted. If the results of DNA tests indicate that the child was unrelated to the complainant, there could be grounds for the Home Office to grant the request. If it is proved that the child was put in place as a family member, he or she can be categorized as a de facto admission adopted child. In cases where the child is not a biological child of his parents, but it is related to them, the child may qualify as a dependent of a relative other than a parent.