1. Notify the Guatemalan Consulate in the country where the birth occured.
2. The consulate will forward your file to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Guatemala.
3. The Bureau of Consular Affairs will notify the registry office to finalize the child's registration.

Consular Birth Registration via Attorney

• Letter of Request
• Legal Form of the application
• Sworn Translation
• Present documents at Renap Notarial Offices
• Documents must be filed in legal sized folder

Note: Documents must be notarized.

RENAP (Registro Nacional de las Personas)

Republica de Guatemala

Calzada Roosevelt 13-46 Zone 7

Phone: 2416 - 1900

Call Centre: 1516

Email Contact Form:

http://www.renap.gob.gt/contactenos

Search for Office Locations:

http://www.renap.gob.gt/busqueda-de-sedes-y-horarios

• Parents of a child born abroad (one or both parents are Guatemalan) may initiate the registration process.

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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Registration of birth is a legal act to be formalized before the National Registry- RENAP -within sixty (60) days after the child's birth and may be registered in the place where the birth occurred or the place where the parents or persons exercising parental authority have established their residence.

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1. Date of Birth.
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A Birth Certificate states the name and sex of a person, it also indicate the time and place of birth, it is issued after you have registered the birth of a child and may be obtained from the civil registry office.

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• Registration of Birth

http://www.renap.gob.gt/inscripcion-de-nacimiento

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