Birth abroad Notarization of Germans without domestic residence
Source: BUS Rheinland-PfalzIf you or your child were born abroad, you can apply for the birth to be certified retrospectively. There is no legal obligation for subsequent certification. A proper foreign birth certificate (with translation, legalization or apostille if necessary) also proves the fact of the birth. Subsequent certification can be useful if the name or parentage is to be bindingly proven in Germany. Furthermore, the registry office can issue new certificates (also multilingual) at any time after notarization.
If the German parent was born abroad after 31.12.1999, the child only acquires German citizenship with habitual residence abroad if an application is made within one year of the child's birth for the birth to be certified in the German register of births, unless the child would otherwise become stateless.
In principle, the application can be submitted via the German diplomatic mission if you live abroad.
- All documents and IDs must be submitted there in the original.
- If necessary, certified copies can be made at the diplomatic mission abroad, for which additional fees will be charged.
- The diplomatic mission or consular post can usually also determine whether a name declaration is required. In this case, a corresponding declaration can be made on the spot.
If you have never had a place of residence in Germany, the registry office I in Berlin is responsible for processing your application for subsequent certification of your birth abroad.
If you had a place of residence in Germany before your stay abroad, the registry office of your former German place of residence is responsible for processing your application.
- The child has acquired German citizenship by descent from a German parent or by naturalization.
- Eligible applicants are
- the person to be registered themselves,
- their parents,
- their children,
- the spouse or partner.
- The applicant or the child is not resident in Germany.
- Complete foreign birth register excerpt or, if not available, birth certificate of the child, if necessary with translation, legalization or apostille,
- Parents' birth certificates, with translation, legalization or apostille if applicable,
- Parents' identity documents and
- naturalization certificate, if applicable
- or certificate of citizenship.
- If the mother is or was married:
- Marriage certificate, if applicable with translation, legalization or apostille
- and in the case of termination of marriage: Proof of dissolution.
- If the parents are not married to each other:
- If applicable, proof of acknowledgment of paternity and the mother's declaration of consent,
- If applicable, proof of joint parental custody
The submission of further documents may be required. This depends on the foreign document system and can only be assessed after the application has been examined.
Fee: 64,00 - 127,00 EURPayment in advance: noNotarization in the register of births is subject to a fee. The notarization of a birth abroad costs between EUR 64.00 and EUR 127.00 in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Fee: 6,50 - 13,00 EURPayment in advance: noThere are additional fees for issuing a birth certificate. Currently in Rhineland-Palatinate, the issuing of a certificate costs EUR 13.00 for each additional certificate ordered at the same time and produced in the same work process costs EUR 6.50.
Application Deadline: 1 YearNone, but in certain cases there may be consequences under nationality law if the subsequent certification of the birth is not applied for within one year.
The respective processing status will be communicated with the confirmation of receipt. A longer processing time is to be expected.
If an official act is refused, an application for an order can (only) be submitted to the competent local court. If the registry office I in Berlin refuses to carry out an official act, the district court Schöneberg in Berlin would be responsible for the application for instructions:
Forms: yes
Online service available: no
Written form required: no
Personal appearance required: no
17.03.2023
The nearest responsible office to you:
Stadt Speyer - 240 - Standesamt
Address
67346 Speyer
Remark:
Registry office
Contact
Opening hours
Appointments must be made in advance during our opening hours:
Monday - Thursday: 08.00 - 12.00
Tuesday: 14.00 - 16.00
Thursday: 14.00 - 18.00
Closed on Monday and Wednesday afternoons and Fridays
- As a rule, please apply fordocuments of all kinds contactlessly by e-mail to urkunden@stadt-speyer.de.
In very urgent cases, a personal pick-up appointment can also be arranged. - For notarizations, please make an appointment in advance by telephone.
Remark:
Telephone numbers:
- 06232 - 14-2501 - Register of births (certification of newborns)
- 06232 - 14-2502 - Marriage register
- 06232 - 14-2503 - Registry of deeds (civil status certificates/church resignations)
- 06232 - 14-2504 - Register of deaths
Contact person
Address
67346 Speyer
Telephone
room
Responsible for:
- Speyer:
- Adoption of placement files Inspection
- Apply for a birth certificate
- Applying for a civil partnership certificate
- Birth abroad Notarization of Germans without domestic residence
- Certificate of Descent
- Family name change based on the declaration of displaced persons, ethnic German repatriates, their spouses and descendants
- Family name change child - by single parent
- Family name change child - declaration of connection
- Name change
- Notarizing birth on seagoing vessels
- Printout from the birth register
- Recognition of paternity
- Show birth
- Submit additional information for the certification of a birth
- Surname change child - redetermination of the birth name
- Surname change child - renaming
- resume one's birth name
Address
67346 Speyer
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Responsible for:
- Speyer:
- Apply for a birth certificate
- Applying for a civil partnership certificate
- Birth abroad Notarization of Germans without domestic residence
- Certificate of Descent
- Family name change child - by single parent
- Family name change child - declaration of connection
- Name change
- Notarizing birth on seagoing vessels
- Printout from the birth register
- Recognition of paternity
- Show birth
- Submit additional information for the certification of a birth
- Surname change child - redetermination of the birth name
- Surname change child - renaming
- resume one's birth name
Standesamt I in Berlin
Address
13357 Berlin, Stadt