France - Obtain a Birth Certificate

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Procedure

To obtain a complete copy of your birth certificate, you can:

• if you were born in France: contact the town of your place of birth, the request can be made on-line,
• if you were born abroad: contact the central service of the Registry Office: Service Central de lEtat Civil, 11 rue de la Maison Blanche, 44941 NANTES CEDEX 09, or at the consulate of your place of birth
• if you were born in the Overseas Communities, contact the Ministre de lOutre-mer, or the town hall of your place of birth or apply here for birth certificate pakistan

Write a letter to the Office of the Mayor (La Mairie) if you are a French citizen seeking a French birth certificate. Include your birth date, full name at birth, birth place and your parents' full names, including your mother's maiden name. Send your letter plus a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:

Monsieur le Maire, Bureau de l'Etat-Civil,
Mairie de Boulogne sur Mer,
62200 Boulogne sur Mer, France

The request for the birth certificate (demande dacte de naissance) can be made online at Acte de Naissance en Ligne(in French).

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Required Documents

It is essential to provide a medical certificate of birth which will be given by the hospital or clinic where the birth took place. It is also recommended to provide:

• family book if there
• the birth of the father and the mother or the identification of both parents in the absence of the family book
• the birth of siblings of the newborn if necessary
• form joint statement of name choices if necessary. You can download online by clicking here (PDF format).
• the act of prenatal recognition if applicable

Office Locations & Contacts

Monsieur le Maire

Bureau de l'Etat-Civil
Mairie de Boulogne sur Mer
62200 Boulogne sur Mer, France

Ministre des Affaires Etrangres

Direction des Franais l'Etranger
Service Central de l'Etat-Civil
11, rue Maison Blanche, 44000 Nantes
Tel: 0826 080 604 (from the U.S. tel: 00 33 1 41 86 42 47)
Fax: 02.51.77.36.99

This service allows you to know how you should contact the municipality.

Eligibility

There are three different forms of french birth certificates:

• Birth Certificate without the parents' names of the child (Extrait d'acte de naissance sans filiation)
• Birth Certificate mentioning the parents of the child (Extrait d'acte de naissance avec filiation)
• Full and legalized copy of the birth register (Copie intgrale de l'acte de naissance)

Fees

There is no fee charged.

Validity

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Documents to Use

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

The average time taken into account your approach will be 5 working days. In addition, we invite you to go directly to the municipality concerned by your request.

Instructions

A birth certificate may be obtained from the Office of the Mayor (La Mairie) at the place of birth. The request should be in French.

The request must be accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope. There is no charge for a copy of a birth certificate.

Required Information

• The applicant's full name at the time of birth;
• The date and place of birth;
• Father's full name;
• Mother's full name at the time of the applicant's birth, including maiden name.

Need for the Document

According to French laws, everybody is entitled to order a birth certificate without the names of the parents. A birth certificate with mention of the parents or a copy of the birth register may be ordered only by the concerned person himself or herself, the ancestors (parents, grand parents etc.), the descendants (children, grand children etc.) and the spouse (wife or husband).

French birth certificates inform also about further events occurred later on in the life of the concerned person, as marriage, divorce, separation, acquisition or loss of French nationality and death ("mentions marginales").

Information which might help

A request for a birth certificate must include: (a) the applicant's full name at the time of birth; (b) the date and place of birth; (c) father's full name; (d) mother's full name at the time of the applicant's birth, including maiden name. The request must be accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope. There is no charge.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

A birth certificate is required when applying for various documents e.g. passport, national ID

External Links

https://www.acte-etat-civil.fr/DemandeActe/Accueil.do

https://mdel.mon.service-public.fr/acte-etat-civil.html

http://www.renaca.ch/docu-france-en.html

http://www.paris.fr/english/presentation-of-the-city/civil-records-how-to-make-an-online-request-duplique/rub_8125_stand_109291_port_18748

Others

• The complete copy of the birth certificate is the exact copy of your birth certificate as it was written on the birth register of the town where you were born.
• This copy shows all the changes that happened to you in your civil status (marriage, divorce, naturalisation, change or name, PACS, etc). This copy also allows you, in most cases, to prove your nationality.
• Please note that the complete copy means the original document and not its photocopy.
• You must bring this document with any request for ID card or passport.