Looking for Dominican Biological father

[pinedo]

I am looking for my biological father (from Santiago, Dominican Republic).
I live in The Netherlands and have tried every possible resorce on the internet without success. My father (Hector Santos) immigrated to New York? in the late 70's early 80's. Is there anyone who can help me find the right resources in my search.
Joel Santana

[Nyeden]

He has a very common name. If he is living in the U.S. now, there are internet search companys that will charge you. it will help if you at least know his date of birth or aproximate age and what state in the U.S he is living in.

[pinedo]

Thank you for your reply. I have also tried these search engines which provides you with phonenumbers of that person. Unfortunately almost all the numbers (in New York) were not in service.

Joel Santana

[cuas]

Sent me his date of birth. Maybe I can find an address and you can write him to see if he is your father.

[pinedo]

Thank you for your reply. This is all the information I have concerning my father Hector Santos.
I believe he is from Santiago (Dom. Rep.) and met my mother (Maria or Jenny Santana) between 1979-1982 in Santo Domingo. My mother told me that at the time he was approximately 26 years old. Now he could be between 47-57 years old (I do not know whether the age he told my mother was correct). At that time (in Dom. Rep.) he was already a college graduate. My mother told me that he was in the profession of building or inventing background images for perfomance stages. He then immigrated to the United States (New York?) in the early 80's. He might have a sister named Kathlyn?
This is all the information I have. Could anyone let me know if this Hector Santos sounds familiar.

Thanks in advance.

Joel Santana

[deelt]

If he immigrated legally you might be able to gain access to his files by submitting a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request to the USCIS, formerly known as the INS.

Start by going to a good library that can provide you with information to the contact folks under USCIS. Find some one with access to the 1980-1990 data. Approximately, 20,000-40,000 dominicans entered the US at that time. Filter out how many Hector Santo's were there. Go from there...

To help in your search you need to narrow down his date of birth. This will help you immensely in your search.

Also try other individuals that resided in the same neighborhood as he did in DR that might be able to provide you with more specific information.

Good Luck!

[carlos]

do you know what part of NY he came to?

where are you located?

thanks

[pinedo]

Thanks for your reply. No I do not know what part of NY he immigrated to. I live in the Netherlands so I have to conduct my research through the internet.

[deelt]

I do not think that non-US citizens are eligible to obtain FOIA's documents.

[vickat20]

Were you born in DR or in the US?