If you need a new birth certificate, you can apply for one at the registry office. Please contact the registry office in whose jurisdiction you were born. The birth certificate confirms the birth of a person.
The birth certificate contains the following information:
- First names, maiden name and gender of the child
- Date, time and place of birth
- First names and surnames of the parents
The following information will not be included at your request:
- Gender
- Parents' first names and surnames
You can obtain the birth certificate in various forms:
- As a birth certificate, possibly with translation assistance for use in European Union countries.
- As a multilingual birth certificate, which is valid in all countries that have signed the Convention of September 8, 1976 on the issue of multilingual extracts from civil status records. You can find further information on this under Civil Status Law - Convention - No. 16: Convention on the issue of multilingual extracts from civil status records.
- As a certified printout from the register of births. This printout contains all the data entered by the registry office at the time of birth.
If there are any changes after the birth has been certified, for example due to a change of name, the entry in the register will be supplemented by a subsequent certification. On request, the registry office can then issue you with a new birth certificate.
