The birth of a child is one of the most memorable events that occurs in the life of every person. New parents get used to the role and learn to take care of their baby. In addition to the pleasant moments, there are a lot of troubles and worries. One of these is the registration of a newborn. Based on this, a birth certificate will be issued.
This is the main document that verifies the identity of a particular child. It also shows Russian citizenship. Based on it, in the future you can obtain an internal and international passport, a military ID, etc. It is issued by the territorial registry office. Is there a state fee to pay for a child’s birth certificate?
Legal basis for obtaining a child’s birth certificate
Since the issuance of such a document is approved at the state level, it has a certain type and form, which are determined by the laws of the Russian Federation, and standards for the registration procedure of newborn children have also been introduced at the legislative level.
The Federal Law of November 15, 1997 “On Acts of Civil Status” establishes a list of information that must be included in the certificate, namely full name. the newborn and his parents, the date and place of birth, as well as the registration of the document, the name of the authorities that issued it.
Sample birth certificate
Article 22 of the same legislative act provides detailed rules for entering data into a standard form.
The new editions of the laws of the Russian Federation No. 183-FZ and No. 317 approve the mandatory registration of a child born in the country or among Russian citizens in the territory of other states. This procedure is carried out until the child reaches the age of 1 year on a voluntary basis at the initiative of the parents, but in the event of its absence within the above period, the court makes a decision to confirm the fact of birth. The law recommends issuing a certificate within one month from the date of birth.
Samples of certificates in Russian and English
Below is a sample certificate on a standard Russian form and an example of a document in English.
Sample certificate in English
How to choose a convenient MFC
Today, residents of the capital can obtain a birth certificate (COR) of a child in Moscow at the MFC, the number of which has already exceeded 120. In any of these centers, you can quickly issue birth certificates without being tied to the place of permanent registration. Although the procedure at the registry office also does not take much time, visitors often complain about long lines. At the MFC, the waiting time is reduced, since several specialists are simultaneously accepting documents.
Another advantage of contacting the MFC is that, unlike registry offices, which work 5 days a week from 8.00 to 17.00, multifunctional centers provide services seven days a week, from 8 to 20.
Find out more about contact details and.
Ways to obtain a child's birth certificate
The first important document in a child’s life can be issued in several government agencies that are authorized to issue it and have a fixed registration procedure.
Through State Services
The certificate can be obtained through the State Services website, which makes it possible to simplify the registration procedure for young parents. To do this you need to follow these steps:
- register on the site by entering your personal data requested by the resource. Please note that you will need to confirm your identity to gain full access to sections of the site;
Birth registration through State Services - go to the required services section;
- fill out an application according to the sample;
- attach scanned copies of documents, a list of which is provided on the website;
- send the papers, and the system will respond with information about the date and time of visiting the registry office to receive the document in question.
One of the parents can pick up the completed document at the appointed time in person, having their passport with them.
At the MFC
The state law also provides for the opportunity to obtain a certificate for a newborn baby in a structure such as the MFC. The registration procedure is not very different from the registry office, but the work schedule and the number of responsible employees of this government agency allows you to save time.
To receive a certificate, one of the parents whose marriage is officially registered must come to the MFC with their and their spouse’s passports, a marriage certificate and a certificate from the maternity hospital. You will need to fill out a sample form on the spot, or download it at home from the official website and bring it already completed. In the case of a civil marriage, the presence of both parents is required.
After the MFC employee accepts the papers, he will set a time when you can pick up this document; on average, it takes about a week to produce it. It is recommended to clarify the possibility of providing this service in the regional offices of the authority.
Features of obtaining a certificate in Moscow and St. Petersburg through the MFC
The algorithm for issuing a birth certificate for a child in Moscow and St. Petersburg provides for the provision of services to residents registered in these cities, but they can also submit documents at regional branches.
A prerequisite for applying for registration in these cities is the presence of local registration of one of the parents, as well as the birth of the baby in a maternity hospital in this region. Otherwise, young parents will be refused.
At the registry office
This government agency is present in almost all populated areas, starting with regional cities, as well as at Russian consulates in other countries. Accordingly, to obtain a certificate, parents need to contact the nearest branch. The registry office employee will accept a package of papers including:
- application for a certificate;
- a certificate from a medical institution confirming the birth of the child;
- passports of parents/parent/guardian; in some cases, additional documents will also be needed, which should be found out in advance.
Statement of birth
The employee of the authority in question will set a date for the readiness of this document if it is not possible to issue it immediately. This service is free for parents who apply within 30 days of the birth of the child.
Amount of state duty
The amount of the state duty is determined by the purpose of sending the application. When applying to the registry office, the following fees may apply:
- There is no charge for the initial registration of a newborn;
- when restoring a certificate - 350 rubles;
- establishing paternity in the absence of marriage between parents – 350 rubles;
- certificate of relationship – 200 rubles.
A government agency such as the Civil Registry Office does not have its own website where information regarding details would be provided, online payments would be accepted, or it would be possible to print out a payment slip. Similar opportunities are provided by government services or Sberbank online, where you can pay a lot of government fees to almost all government departments of the Russian Federation. But many people have difficulty paying such a fee.
Obtaining a certificate for a child born in a maternity hospital
Upon discharge from the hospital, the young mother receives a certificate confirming the birth of her baby, which contains the following information:
- Mother's name and date of birth;
- mother's marital status and education;
- number of newborns;
- date of birth of the child and his gender.
Child's birth certificate
You should double-check the correctness of this information at the discharge stage, since parents will then apply for a birth certificate with this paper. The legislation provides for free receipt of the first official document for each child if his parents applied to the authorities in a timely manner, and payment of a fee if the filing period exceeds 1 month from the date of birth.
The algorithm for processing documents is quite simple and not labor-intensive; depending on the official status of the mother, it is provided for the provision of a package of papers to any of the government bodies that have the legal right to issue certificates.
The main papers required for issuing a certificate are an adult passport and a certificate from the maternity hospital; if you need to provide additional papers, you can always check their list with the appropriate authority.
Can extradition be refused?
In some cases, a duplicate may not be issued:
- If the applicant is deprived or limited in parental rights, such citizens can only be given a certificate regarding the existence of a record.
- The registration record was not saved. You need to contact the archives of the city where the certificate was first issued.
- No ID.
- There is no valid reason to restore the paper.
- If the person for whom the document is issued is officially listed as deceased.
Also, a certificate will not be issued if there is no supporting information regarding the birth of the child or the application form is filled out incorrectly.
conclusions
As a conclusion, it is worth recalling that:
- the state duty is collected only from those citizens who repeatedly apply for the production of birth papers;
- If the document is drawn up for the first time, then you do not need to pay for it.
If parents do not have a record of the presence of a child in their passport, they do not have the right to refuse to issue a repeat birth certificate. The main thing is that the parent has an identification card with him. If you have all the documents (passport, check for payment of the state duty), the restored paper with birth data is issued within half an hour after contacting the registry office and accepting the application.
Registration procedure in non-standard cases
Life often makes its own adjustments to the established order of things and not all children are born in a maternity hospital, but this does not mean that the occurrence of various kinds of circumstances affects the ability to register your child.
At birth in emergency circumstances
It is important to know that when children are born outside of medical institutions, the mother should be taken to the nearest hospital as soon as possible to ensure proper care, and then deal with formalities. Doctors at this institution will also subsequently be able to confirm the fact of birth by issuing an appropriate certificate.
Application for birth outside a medical organization
If it so happens that your baby was born during an air flight or a trip by rail or road, then any written evidence of this fact will be required. Protocols or acts, for example, drawn up in free form by employees of the carrier company, are suitable.
The testimony of drivers who were on the road with you at that moment is also taken into account. If such a witness can come with you to the baby registration department, then written testimony is not needed; he will be able to fill out the document on the spot. If the witness lives in another city or even country, take his contact information and use it to draw up a written statement.
The timing and procedure for issuing a certificate in such cases are no different from the standard scheme, except for the presence of eyewitness testimony attached to the package of papers.
If the child was born at home
If the birth began at home, then usually a medical team will arrive in time and the emergency doctor will be able to give an opinion on the birth of the baby in the appropriate form. Such cases are not isolated, and the law does not prohibit the use of such a document when obtaining a certificate.
If there is no doctor at the time of birth, this fact can be confirmed by neighbors, acquaintances and relatives who need to come to the registry office together with one of the parents and describe this situation on a special form. After this, the government agency employee will accept the package of papers and launch the mechanism for issuing the certificate within the established time frame.
Child registration process
If the child's parents are not married
When mom and dad are not a family from a legal point of view, the registration procedure is as follows:
- An application to any of the government agencies issuing the document is submitted by the child’s mother, indicating the necessary information about the father to be included in the papers.
- If it is necessary to recognize paternity, both parents submit the application, and a state fee is paid for this procedure.
- In the situation described in paragraph 2, the passports of both parents are submitted, and the process of obtaining a certificate is then standard.
In cases where the father does not recognize the child or the mother does not want to recognize his paternity, the legislation provides for a different procedure.
The father has the right to be recognized and included in the form by the court, accordingly filing a claim there. The mother has the right to include her ex-husband in the child’s documents if he was born no later than 300 days from the date of divorce. Also, information about the father can be entered from the mother’s words without supporting certificates or the presence of a man, but in this case the child will receive the mother’s surname and the father’s patronymic, and the information of the alleged father will also be included in the certificate.
How to obtain a certificate if a child was born in another country
If a young family has planned to have a child abroad, or it happened by chance, then to register the baby you need to take a number of actions that do not require a mandatory return to your homeland immediately after the birth of the baby:
- Obtaining a certificate of the appropriate type from a medical institution in the host country; it usually contains all the data about the baby and parents.
- Placing an apostille on such a document in local authorities similar to the Russian registry office.
Foreign birth certificate - Translation of papers into Russian from an accredited translator or translation agency.
- Contact the Russian consulate located in that country and submit an application for a certificate for the child.
- After processing the data, you can pick up the finished document at the consulate, and only with it will the parents be able to leave the country in which the baby was born.
Depending on the legislative framework, foreign countries may give their citizenship to a baby born on their territory and have additional conditions for the removal of such children from the country; you should clarify this information before planning a trip back to Russia.
Birth by a surrogate mother
Surrogacy involves a special procedure for registering a newborn, consisting of the following stages:
- a woman writes a refusal to give up her child in a maternity hospital immediately after his birth;
Sample application for abandonment of a child in the maternity hospital - the medical institution issues a standard certificate, indicating the name of the mother in labor, to the genetic parents of the baby;
- genetic mom and dad provide a package of papers to the registry office or other document issuing authority: an application, their passports, a notarized surrogacy agreement and a certificate from the maternity hospital. The personal presence of both is required.
A government agency employee checks the authenticity and correctness of the papers and, within the specified time frame, issues a certificate to the parents, which indicates exclusively their personal data.
Registration of a child over 1 year of age
In rare cases, children remain unregistered for more than 12 months of their life, but the state provides that such babies can also be registered in the standard manner by submitting documents to the relevant authorities. In this case, a state fee of 200 rubles is paid for late paperwork.
Even an adult can submit his documents for the issuance of a birth certificate, if such a procedure has not been carried out previously.
How to obtain a certificate for a foreign citizen
Foreigners wishing to obtain the child's first legal document must contact the registry office at the place of migration registration and residence, if they have a residence permit. The following documents are provided there:
- passports of both parents;
- standard medical certificate from the maternity hospital;
- marriage document;
- migration cards.
Migration card
If the above papers are available only in the original language, then their translation into Russian, certified by a notary, is needed.
A standard application form is filled out and a certificate is issued in the prescribed manner. Within three months after receiving this document, it is necessary to register the baby with migration authorities.
In order to obtain the necessary document both in Moscow and St. Petersburg, you need to register for migration in these cities, and not in other regional offices.
How to pay the fee
When re-issuing a certificate, payment of the state duty is required. The payment procedure is simple:
- First you need to find out the exact details. Typically, such information is provided at the registry office, issuing a receipt for payment.
- You need to go to the bank office with the receipt form.
- Make payment of the required amount.
- Provide the registry office with a paid receipt or payment receipt.
Payment terms are not particularly important. If you have a check on hand for payment of the state fee, then the application will be accepted immediately upon application. The main thing is that all details are specified correctly. Payment can be made not only through a bank cash desk. Knowing the details, you can pay the state duty:
- at the post office - to pay, you only need to fill out a receipt, indicating the necessary details;
- through terminals in Sberbank or in the registry office departments - these devices usually already store information regarding payment details, but if they are not available, the necessary information can be entered manually;
- via the Internet (online banking, electronic payment systems, wallets, government services portal, etc.) – in the required service you need to enter the data necessary for payment and make the payment.
By the way, using a confirmed account on government services, you can apply for a certificate. When the application is processed, the applicant will be informed of the date to come for the completed paper.
How to get a duplicate birth certificate
A copy may be needed due to the loss of the original or its inappropriate appearance, where letters and numbers have been erased. Getting a duplicate is not difficult, especially if you live in the place where the original was received. Then it is enough to contact the local registry office and write the necessary statement, indicating the reason for requesting a copy. An employee of the institution will issue a receipt for payment for such a service and upon receipt of funds a duplicate will be issued, quite possibly on the same day.
For those who live in a locality remote from the registration authority, there are three options:
- go on your own and repeat the procedure described above;
- send a request by mail, attaching a copy of your passport to confirm your identity;
- notarize a power of attorney for a person living in the desired city and ask him to get a copy.
It is allowed to accept an application and transfer a duplicate to the following categories of citizens:
- guardians;
- parents of a minor;
- relatives of a person who is no longer alive;
- representatives of state-authorized structures.
Today, when receiving a copy of the certificate, you must pay 350 rubles for one copy at the place of request.
Where in Moscow to apply for COP apostille
An apostille is a special stamp certifying the authenticity of a document that is presented in foreign institutions. This is a requirement of European countries that signed the 1961 Hague Convention.
An applicant who is abroad applies for an apostille to the Russian Consulate. At home, he sends an application to the civil registry office that issued the certificate. Where to put an apostille on a birth certificate in Moscow?
Apostille of such documents is carried out in the Archive and Information Department of the Civil Registry Office (101000, Moscow, Maly Kharitonyevsky Lane, 10). The application is accompanied by the original document and a receipt for payment of the state duty (2500 rubles).
To provide a certificate in a country not participating in the convention, applicants apply to the Department of Legalization and Request of Documents of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (Moscow, 1st Neopalimovsky Lane, 12).
Notarized copies and translations of the metrics are “stamped” in the Ministries and (the application can be sent), state archives and accredited translation agencies.
If you have an urgent trip to another country, find out in more detail what it is.
Lawyers' recommendations
Belyakov Anatoly, lawyer: “To correct errors in the birth certificate of children, you should file a claim in court, this procedure is paid.”
Yurius LLC, law office: “If the father refuses to recognize the child without being officially married to his mother, she has the right to go to court to establish the fact of paternity, and then indicate the man in the certificate in the “father” column and demand from him payment of the due amount of alimony.
Olga Pavlovna, lawyer: “The fact that data about the father is recorded in the certificate cannot be canceled or changed at the request of the mother or a court decision.”
In order to avoid problems in the future with paperwork, payments and the possibility of traveling with the baby outside the country, you should not delay the preparation of his first document; it is necessary to register the child in the first month of his life. Moreover, the procedure for obtaining a certificate is extremely simple and free, subject to deadlines.
Registration online on the official website of Moscow
For Muscovites who have become parents, it is possible to submit an online application for. The applicant must select one of the conditions listed in the list and, based on personal circumstances (single mother, surrogate mother, two-parent family, etc.), provide a package of documents. You need to be a registered user.
Those who do not yet know how to issue a birth certificate for a newborn through government services can follow the brief instructions published on the portal. First you need to fill out an electronic form in which you should indicate:
- In which registry office will the baby be registered?
- Child details.
- Parent/parent details.
- Information for contacting the applicant.
After entering the data, the system will automatically send a request to government authorities to verify the information provided. If, as a result of data verification, no errors are identified, the status of the service will change, and the applicant will receive an invitation to appear at the registry office indicated in the application to receive the finished document.
Important requirement: to use the services of the portal, you need to go through the registration procedure. To do this, you need to enter your and , as well as indicate your mobile phone number and email address. After successful completion of the data verification, the system will send instructions for further actions.
