Apply By Mail

1. The applicant must contact the Registrar’s Office in Germany, the letter must be addressed to the Registrar of the place/town/village/city, the applicant was born.
2. Click on this link to find the nearest Registrar’s office Link.
3. As indicated on the “German Misson in Canada” website, the correct way to ask for a birth certificate in German is; “Ich bitte um Ausstellung einer Internationalen Geburtsurkunde für ... (first name/middle name/last name), geboren am ... (date of birth) in ... (place of birth). Eltern: ... (name of father) geboren am ... (date of birth) in ... (place of birth) und ... (maiden name of mother) geboren am ... (date of birth) in ... (place of birth).”
4. Write this in the letter.
5. Make sure to indicate the month of birth in letters. (December should be written as December, not 12).
6. The applicant must make sure to enter their postal address as the certificate will be mailed to this address.
7. Fee information will also be sent along with the certificate.

Obtaining a Certificate from a Former Eastern German Territory

1. Contact the office of the Standesamt I (Registrar’s Office) in Germany, here is the address: Standesamt 1 Schönstedtstraße 5 13357 Berlin (Mitte) Germany.
2. Full contacts can be found under the “Office Locations and Contacts” section of this page.
3. If the birth certificate is available, it will be sent to the applicant via post, if the record has been destroyed, the standesamt will register a letter saying that the certificate cannot be issued.

Letter addressed to the Standesamt including all information about the applicant.

Email: Post.Standesamt1@labo.berlin.de
Phone: +49 30 90 269-5000
Address: State Agency for Civil and Regulatory Affairs Registry office I in Berlin Schönstedtstrasse 5 13357 Berlin.
Website Link
Standesamt I contact: Standesamt 1 Schönstedtstraße 5 13357 Berlin (Mitte) Germany.
Email: urkundenstelle@labo.berlin.de. (Standesamt I)

The applicant must have been born in Germany.
The applicant’s parents must have registered their birth within one week of their birth.

Contact the authorities to get fee details.

A birth certificate is valid forever.

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

Please explain processing time taken in obtaining the document/certificate.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or Country of Birth.

A birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a person.

Birth Registration Link
Birth of a German child in Canada Link

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

German website Link.

More information which might help people.