Mali - Obtain Birth Certificate

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Procedure

1. Hospitals, clinics, or maternity hospitals register the birth of a child in a civil registry, and then send a declaration of birth (called volet II) to the city hall or to the Centre d'tat civil (Civil Status Centre) that they belong to.
2. Hospitals, clinics or maternity hospitals give the applicant (herein called the user) the birth declaration number who, in turn, submits it to the civil status centre where the declaration of birth was originally sent.
3. The civil status centre's officer records the information included in the declaration of birth. This step is called transcription.
4. The user confirms the accuracy of the information that has been transcribed.
5. The birth certificate excerpt, (called volet III) is then sent to the mayor for signature and given to the user who can make copies.
6. Parents are given a maximum period of one (1) month (30 clear days) to register the birth of their child. If that period of time is expired, a ruling ordering that a substitute birth certificate be issued takes place.
7. The birth certificate excerpt is done in writing. Copies are typed.

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Required Documents

• The declaration of birth from the hospital, clinic, or maternity hospital must be provided in order to obtain the birth certificate excerpt.
• The birth certificate excerpt (volet III) must be provided in order to obtain copies of the birth certificate excerpt.

Office Locations & Contacts

Mali Government
Call us at 20 29 94
Office Portal of the Malian Administration

Eligibility

• The declaration of birth may be done by the father or the mother of the child, or in absence thereof, by any other relative of the child, or in absence thereof, by the doctor, the midwife or by any other person at whose place the birth took place, or in absence thereof, by the village or faction chief.
• Malian birth certificates are issued only to those Malians born in maternity centers or to those whose birth is declared within thirty days after birth. However, according to the official from the Embassy of Mali, a substitute certificate (jugement suppltif) may be issued by Malian tribunals to any adult who has lost his original birth certificate, and the substitute certificate has the force of an original birth certificate.

Fees

• The birth certificate (volet III) excerpt is free of charge.
• A fee of 100 CFA francs must be paid to obtain a copy of the birth certificate excerpt throughout the country. Copies can be issued in any of the civil status centres (centre d'tat civil).

Validity

A Malian birth certificate is valid at all times.

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Processing Time

Birth certificate and birth certificate excerpt are usually delivered within 24 hours from the day the application is received at the civil status centre.

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Instructions

• Any live birth of a child taking place on the territory of the Republic of Mali must be declared at the civil registration office of the place of birth, whereas the foreign parents of a newly-born child must declare the birth of their child to the consular authorities of their country.
• The birth of any child taking place during a trip by car, train, boat or airplane must be declared at the civil registration office of the first stop.
• The birth declaration must be made within 30 clear days from the date of the birth.
• The identity of the parents of a child born outside marriage is declared only if they acknowledge the child. If the child is acknowledged by either parent, the identity of only that one parent will be declared.
• The birth certificate must bear no mention of the illegitimacy of the birth.

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1. Date of Birth.
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Need for the Document

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

According to the official from the Embassy of Mali in Ottawa, "extrait d'acte de naissance" (birth certificate excerpt) is the official name for a birth certificate in Mali

Following are the procedures on how to obtain a birth certificate.

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