Apply for a birth certificate
Source: BUS Rheinland-PfalzAfter birth, every child in Germany must be registered in the register of births. After this registration, you can also apply for a birth certificate to be issued. This proves the birth of the person and contains details of the place and time of birth as well as the first name and surname. As a rule, it also contains details of the person's gender and parents.
You will need a birth certificate in various contexts throughout your life. It can also be issued on a multilingual form for use abroad. You can use it in many countries without a translation.
You can have an (international) birth certificate issued at the registry office that recorded your birth. In federal states where there is a central register network, you can also obtain the birth certificate from any other registry office in the register network there.
Applying in person
- Go to the registry office where the birth was registered.
- Present your identity card or passport to prove your identity.
- You usually pay the fee in advance when applying at the registry office.
- A person you trust can order and collect the certificate on your behalf; your representative will present their own identity card or passport in addition to a written power of attorney.
Application by post or fax
- Send an informal letter to the relevant registry office asking them to issue you with a birth certificate from the register of births. Depending on the city or municipality, you may also find application forms on the Internet.
- Your letter must contain the following information:
- Surname, first name
- Date and place of birth
- Surname, first name of parents
- if known: Registry office and notarization number
- Please enclose a certified copy of your identity card or passport with the letter.
- You will receive a notification of fees when the certificate is sent to you, unless you have already paid the fees.
The personal data in the civil status register is subject to data protection. Birth certificates can therefore only be issued
- for persons to whom the entry relates
and their
- spouses,
- civil partners (within the meaning of the Civil Partnership Act),
- ancestors and descendants (such as parents or grandparents as well as children and grandchildren),
- Siblings, if they can prove a legitimate interest.
Other persons, including close relatives such as aunts and uncles, only receive a birth certificate if they can credibly demonstrate a legal interest (examples: Letter from the probate court, court judgment or enforceable title).
Applicants must be at least 16 years old.
You must submit the following when applying
- Your identity card, passport or eID (if applying in writing: certified copy)
- when applying or collecting by a representative:
- Written power of attorney from the authorized person,
- their identity card (original or certified copy or eID) or
- Passport (original or certified copy) and
- the identity card, passport or eID of the representative
- for other persons:
- proof of their legal interest, if applicable
Special information for Association-free Community Ingelheim am Rhein
- Issue of a birth certificate: €13, for all other copies requested at the same time and produced in the same process: €6.50
- Issue of a certified copy from the birth register: € 13.00, for all other copies requested at the same time and produced in the same process: € 6.50
- Issue of a multilingual (international) birth certificate: €13, for all other copies requested at the same time and produced in the same process: €6.50
- Entry in an international family register (§ 52 PStV): €12.90
- Certificate of the time of birth: €10.80
- Issuing a birth certificate for statutory pension insurance, unemployment insurance, accident insurance, long-term care insurance, health insurance in Germany: free of charge
Storage Period: 110 YearsThe birth certificate can be issued 110 years after the register is created.
- Application for a court decision at the local court responsible for the registry office
21.11.2022
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Your responsible office:
Stadt Ingelheim - 32/0 Personenstandswesen
Address
Fridtjof-Nansen-Platz 1
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
Building access
Lift available, wheelchair accessible
Visitor address
Bahnhofstraße 2
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
Building access
Lift available, wheelchair accessible
Contact
Website
Opening hours
Monday to Wednesday 08:30 - 12:30
Thursday 12:00 - 18:00
Friday 08:30 - 12:30
Contact person
Address
Fridtjof-Nansen-Platz 1
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
Visitor address
Bahnhofstraße 2
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
Telephone
06132 782-258
Fax
06132 782-163
Website
room
004
Responsible for:
- Ingelheim am Rhein:
- Application for the issue of a German death certificate in the event of a death abroad
- Apply for a birth certificate
- Apply for a certificate of no impediment
- Apply for a certificate of no impediment for foreigners
- Apply for a death certificate for a family member
- Apply for a mortuary passport
- Apply for subsequent certification of a marriage contracted by Germans abroad or with their participation
- Applying for a civil partnership certificate
- Applying for subsequent certification of a marriage concluded abroad
- Certificate of Descent
- Certify birth abroad
- Change first name
- Change of surname for an important reason
- Church tax
- Death Request certificate of notification
- Issue a marriage certificate
- Issuing a certificate of no impediment to marriage for foreign persons
- Leaving the church declaration
- Marriage consummation
- Maternity recognition
- Notarization of deaths abroad of Germans without domestic residence
- Notarizing a death abroad
- Notarizing deaths abroad for deaths on sea-going vessels
- Printout from the birth register
- Recognition of paternity
- Register marriage
- Request multilingual birth certificate
- Request multilingual form for death certificate
- Requesting a multilingual extract from the civil status register
- Show birth
- Show birth of a child through facilities
- Show home birth
- Submit additional information for the certification of a birth
Address
Fridtjof-Nansen-Platz 1
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
Visitor address
Bahnhofstraße 2
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
Telephone
06132 782-305
Fax
06132 782-163
Website
room
007
Responsible for:
- Ingelheim am Rhein:
- Application for the issue of a German death certificate in the event of a death abroad
- Apply for a birth certificate
- Apply for a certificate of no impediment
- Apply for a certificate of no impediment for foreigners
- Apply for a death certificate for a family member
- Apply for a mortuary passport
- Apply for subsequent certification of a marriage contracted by Germans abroad or with their participation
- Applying for a civil partnership certificate
- Applying for subsequent certification of a marriage concluded abroad
- Certificate of Descent
- Certify birth abroad
- Change first name
- Change of surname for an important reason
- Church tax
- Death Request certificate of notification
- Issue a marriage certificate
- Issuing a certificate of no impediment to marriage for foreign persons
- Leaving the church declaration
- Marriage consummation
- Maternity recognition
- Notarization of deaths abroad of Germans without domestic residence
- Notarizing a death abroad
- Notarizing deaths abroad for deaths on sea-going vessels
- Printout from the birth register
- Recognition of paternity
- Register marriage
- Request multilingual birth certificate
- Request multilingual form for death certificate
- Requesting a multilingual extract from the civil status register
- Show birth
- Show birth of a child through facilities
- Show home birth
- Submit additional information for the certification of a birth
Address
Fridtjof-Nansen-Platz 1
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
Visitor address
Bahnhofstraße 2
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
Telephone
06132 782-276
Fax
06132 782-163
Website
room
006
Responsible for:
- Ingelheim am Rhein:
- Application for the issue of a German death certificate in the event of a death abroad
- Apply for a birth certificate
- Apply for a certificate of no impediment
- Apply for a certificate of no impediment for foreigners
- Apply for a death certificate for a family member
- Apply for a mortuary passport
- Apply for subsequent certification of a marriage contracted by Germans abroad or with their participation
- Applying for a civil partnership certificate
- Applying for subsequent certification of a marriage concluded abroad
- Certificate of Descent
- Certify birth abroad
- Change first name
- Change of surname for an important reason
- Church tax
- Death Request certificate of notification
- Issue a marriage certificate
- Issuing a certificate of no impediment to marriage for foreign persons
- Leaving the church declaration
- Marriage consummation
- Maternity recognition
- Notarization of deaths abroad of Germans without domestic residence
- Notarizing a death abroad
- Notarizing deaths abroad for deaths on sea-going vessels
- Printout from the birth register
- Recognition of paternity
- Register marriage
- Request multilingual birth certificate
- Request multilingual form for death certificate
- Requesting a multilingual extract from the civil status register
- Show birth
- Show birth of a child through facilities
- Show home birth
- Submit additional information for the certification of a birth
Address
Fridtjof-Nansen-Platz 1
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
Visitor address
Bahnhofstraße 2
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
Telephone
06132 782-228
Fax
06132 782-163
Website
room
7
Responsible for:
- Ingelheim am Rhein:
- Application for the issue of a German death certificate in the event of a death abroad
- Apply for a birth certificate
- Apply for a certificate of no impediment
- Apply for a certificate of no impediment for foreigners
- Apply for a death certificate for a family member
- Apply for a mortuary passport
- Apply for subsequent certification of a marriage contracted by Germans abroad or with their participation
- Applying for a civil partnership certificate
- Applying for subsequent certification of a marriage concluded abroad
- Certificate of Descent
- Certify birth abroad
- Change first name
- Change of surname for an important reason
- Church tax
- Death Request certificate of notification
- Issue a marriage certificate
- Issuing a certificate of no impediment to marriage for foreign persons
- Leaving the church declaration
- Marriage consummation
- Maternity recognition
- Notarization of deaths abroad of Germans without domestic residence
- Notarizing a death abroad
- Notarizing deaths abroad for deaths on sea-going vessels
- Printout from the birth register
- Recognition of paternity
- Register marriage
- Request multilingual birth certificate
- Request multilingual form for death certificate
- Requesting a multilingual extract from the civil status register
- Show birth
- Show birth of a child through facilities
- Show home birth
- Submit additional information for the certification of a birth