It looks that the boy and his family have been taken for a ride by some unscrupulous agency! The certificate/admit card/membership card, whatever it is supposed to be, does look fake: 1. No logo anywhere suggesting it is from NASA 2. US generally follows calendar year, not financial year. One would expect it to be 2005 instead of 2005-06. 3. Father's name is almost never mentioned in the US in any document except in some very specific legal documents. 4. Certificates never mention permanent address 5. "Sign Stu" is a typical Indian usage. You don't see such expressions in the US. 6. Why would a student sign a certificate? This looks like an admit card or a membership card. 7. What is a member of NASA? 8. How do you know you topped the exam if you are given letter grades (A,B,C,..)? In fact, the system of ranking almost does not exist in the US the way it does in India.