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Have birth abroad retroactively certified
Service Description
If you or a close family member in an ascending or descending line of descent was born abroad, you can apply for subsequent certification of the birth in the birth register at the registry office in Germany.
You apply for the certification at the registry office that is responsible for your German place of residence or the German place of residence of the person entitled to apply. If neither a current nor a former German place of residence can be determined, you can apply for certification at your competent German mission abroad or at the Berlin I registry office.
You are not obliged to have the birth subsequently certified. Birth certificates from abroad are often recognized in Germany as long as their authenticity is beyond question.
However, the subsequent entry in the birth register can be advantageous because the local registry office can then issue you a German birth certificate. This means that you no longer have to have the foreign certificate translated and certified for future requests.
Who should I contact?
To the registry office of the (last) German residence of the person born abroad or of the person entitled to file an application.
Registry office at the German place of residence or stay of the person born abroad or of the person entitled to file the application
Competent authority
Registry office of the (last) German residence
Registry office
Requirements
- You have German citizenship, are stateless or a recognized refugee whose habitual residence is in Germany.
- You are applying for certification for
- yourself,
- your child
- one of your parents or
- your spouse or partner.
Which documents are required?
- Application form for certification of a foreign birth in the birth register
- foreign birth certificate with translation; legalization or apostille if necessary
- valid identity card, passport or travel document
- marriage and birth certificates of the parents of the person to whom the entry refers
- naturalization certificate or citizenship certificate, if applicable
- If applicable, other documents with proof of authenticity and, if applicable, translation, depending on the individual case.
You must submit all documents in the original.
What are the fees?
The subsequent certification of a birth abroad is subject to a fee. In Thuringia, the fee for subsequent certification is € 90.00. A birth certificate created from the birth register costs € 10.00.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
There is no deadline.
Legal basis
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs
Professionally released on
06.06.2023
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
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