Tag: Legal proof of birth for NRIs

I can't locate my birth certificate, and the hospital where I was born in Calcutta (1972) no longer keeps those records. The witnesses listed on my birth certificate are also out of the count


If your birth was registered, you can apply for a reissued copy by gathering documents like school certificates or voter ID cards that mention your birth date and place.

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Is a Birth Certificate a must for your Child?


Birth registration is taken for granted in some countries as the norm following childbirth. However, in far too many cases, it is a vital stage in establishing a child's legal evidence of identification that is absent. Without it, children are invisible to their governments, which means they may miss out on their rights being protected and defended and crucial services like health care and education.

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Document requirements for procuring your birth certificate


Because birth certificates lack an image or biometrics to identify the genuine and legitimate bearer of the document, an individual might adopt that identity as their own if they successfully get one. With this breeder document, the individual may now get other and more secure forms of identification that are officially based on the birth certificate. The birth certificate is the simplest document to get and replicate for the purpose of assuming someone else's identity; birth certificates are mostly ink on paper with a raised seal. Birth certificates have few other security elements.

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