Hi
I have couple of question regarding the application (various forms)
1) Background / Declaration Form -
asks for principal applicant and spouse (parent's) - about there parent's date and place of birth (which is essential date of birth for sponsor's grand parents .. potentially early 1900s). For place of birth - Can we put Indian sub-continent? since than it's divided into 3 countries. Geography of the world has changed in 100 years? or does it have to be current country?
2) Additional family information
if the date for birth are unknown can it be left blank?.
Ah, finally a question on place of birth for people from the Indian sub-continent pre-1947
My mother, now living in India, was born in Lahore in 1940....
I put "Lahore, India" when there is a pull down,
OR
"Lahore, Undivided India" when there is a write-in field.
My logic is that you can't have been born in a country that didn't exist at the time.
I guess this applies to a bunch of people, e.g. former Yugoslavia, former Soviet Republics etc.
BTW, her current passport, issued just a couple of months ago, says "Lahore, Undivided India".
Hope this helps.