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Do you need proof of your or your child's birth date? Learn how to apply for a birth certificate here.

After birth, every child in Germany must be registered in the birth register. After this registration, you can also apply for a birth certificate. This proves the birth of a person and contains information about the place and time of birth, as well as the first and last names. It usually also contains information about the person's gender and parents.

You'll need a birth certificate in various contexts throughout your life. For use abroad, it can also be issued on a multilingual form. You can use this in many countries without translation.

Please submit the following documents when applying:

• Your identity card or passport (in case of written application: copy),
• when applying or collecting by an authorized person:
  • written authorization from the authorized person,
  • Your identity card (original or copy) or
  • Passport (original or copy) and
  • the identity card or passport of the authorized person
• for other people:
  • where appropriate, proof of their legal interest

You can get a birth certificate if you:

• are at least 16 years old and
  • are the person to whom the birth certificate refers or whose
  • Spouse or life partner (within the meaning of the Registered Life Partnership Act) or their
  • Ancestor or descendant or their
  • Siblings with legitimate interests.

Further requirements:

• Other persons, including close relatives such as aunts or uncles, will only receive a certificate if they can credibly demonstrate a legal interest (for example, through a letter from the probate court).

• 18.00 EUR per certificate
• 8.00 EUR for each additional certificate in the same processing step
• Certificates for pension purposes are free of charge

• Use the online service "Certificate Request".
• You will be guided through the application process.

• You visit the registry office that registered the birth.
• You will need to present your identity card or passport for identification purposes.
• You usually pay the fee cashlessly at the registry office.

• You send an informal letter to the responsible authority asking them to issue you a birth certificate.
• Your letter should contain the following information
  • Name first Name
  • Date and place of birth
  • Surname, first name of parents
  • if known: registry office and registration number
• Please enclose a copy of your identity card or passport with the letter.
• You will receive the certificate by mail and a fee notice.
• You pay the fees.

• Processing the application usually takes 2 to 10 days.
• If you appear in person, you will receive the certificate immediately if the register is already electronic.

• You can apply for birth certificates in writing (post, email, fax) or in person. Applications cannot be made by telephone.
• If you no longer know the location of the civilly registered event, please write to the General Register of Hamburg's Civil Registry Offices. There you can find out which civil registry office recorded the civil status event.
• For birth certificates from births that occurred more than 110 years ago, please contact the Hamburg State Archives (see links).
• For civil status events (birth, marriage, death) that were recorded in a Hamburg registry office from 2009, additional certificates can be issued in all Hamburg registry offices. These certificates are marked with the addition "Certificate in accordance with Section 67 Paragraph 3 of the Civil Status Act". Please note that these certificates are not recognized abroad. For such purposes, please use certificates that were issued by the registry office that was originally responsible.

• Apply for a birth certificate
• Parents are obliged to report the birth of a child, in the course of which a birth register entry is created and, upon request, a birth certificate is issued
• Birth certificate proves the birth of a person, contains information about first and last names and usually about the parents
• A birth certificate is issued on the basis of the birth register kept by the responsible registry office
• Responsible: Registry office in whose district the birth took place