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How Can You Go Abroad If You Don’t have Birth Certificate?

How Can You Go Abroad If You Don’t have Birth Certificate?

If you have a wish somewhere in the deep to go abroad, make sure that you have a birth certificate. It is an important document that can settle down most of the challenges in immigration documentation. Needless to say, you have to show it to the passport authority, UIDAI for aadhaar card and income tax authority for PAN card.

So! How can you get through government procedures with having a birth proof?

Non-Availability of Birth Certificate As Birth Proof

A non-availability of birth certificate (NABC) can resolve this matter. You can have it from Municipal Corporation, which is a civil body to look into this matter. However, its registrar has many other jobs to carry out, such as registration of birth and death, issuing marriage certificate and many more functions.

The NABC is an easy method to get unregistered birth registered in India. This registration should be done within 21 days of the birth. But, some reasons intercept and parents won’t be able to get it done. Keeping this fact into account, the government offers an opportunity to apply for it.

Authorities to Contact for NABC 

Under Section 17 of the Registration of Birth and Death Act, 1969, there is a provision to check if or not the registration has been done. A few cases come into limelight for the birth proof being damaged or lost or burnt. In these cases, the applicant can visit these authorities:

  • Municipal Corporation in Metropolitans

The municipal corporation is set up in every urban area or district for issuing birth and residential proofs. Those NRIs who are born in India, they can provide attorney to their relatives here for getting it.

  • Para-Medical Staff in Rural Areas

This facility is available for people living in villages. Besides, they can visit Tehsildar at the Taluka level or Gram Panchayat to have it without any hassle.

  • Indian Embassy for NRIs

Those who are born before 1969, they can get their NABC from Indian Embassy or consulate. It’s a privilege for NRIs to get it easily from there.

Conditions To Apply for NABC

The following conditions are restricted to Delhi. These can have some more additions in the rule-book of some other states.

  • The person must be a citizen of India or an NRI, carrying proofs about their citizenship.
  • The person should not have any government issued birth certificate in India.
  • Parents or relatives can apply for it after one+ year upon the birth of the child. Simply put, there should have a gap of at least one year between birth registration and NABC application.

Checklist of Documents

Like conditions, there are some documents that you should have for supporting your application. These are:

  • Affidavit
  • Passport
  • PAN Card
  • Ration Card
  • Aadhaar Card
  • Voter ID Card
  • Recognized board certificate
  • Nursing home/Hospital Report/Vaccination card
  • Certificate from School signed by Principal on School’s Letter Head
  • Letter issued by the ‘Jail Incharge’, if he/she was born in the jail.
  • Letter issued by the head of the Dharmashala/ Boarding house, if he/she took birth in these
  • Letter issued by the vehicle incharge, if born in the vehicle
  • Letter issued by the headman of the village/incharge of the local police station, if born in these places
  • Letter issued by the authorized medical officer of the hospital/ nursing home/maternity ward
  • Church record where took baptism within two months of birth
  • Adoption decree, if it is the case of an adopted child & other legal records of judicial proceedings
  • Statement of two witnesses that can be mother and father, relative, friend, neighbor or sibling

Procedure To Get:

As aforementioned, the applicant should visit the competent authority, be it in the city, village or abroad. Fill the form and enclose the foretold support documents. If you have any confusion, visit the information center to know clearly. Pay fee against services. This is how you can have it for passport and visa to go abroad.

How Can NRIs Rectify Incorrect Date in Their Birth Certificate?

How Can NRIs Rectify Incorrect Date in Their Birth Certificate?

The internet is flooded with the suggestions on how to change the date on your birth certificate. I was, also, looking for the same solution. Undoubtedly, forums and websites have certain defined steps. But, when it comes to viability, they seem not-so-concrete.  The discrepancies are laid somewhere in the steps. I wanted the NRI solution regarding the birth proof. This want pushed me to keep exploring over and over on the web because my cousin was unable to apply for the study visa due to that error.

Finally, I got the solution. Here is what I got to know and subsequently, executed these steps to rectify incorrect date on the certificate of birth.

How to Rectify Incorrect Date in Your Birth Certificate:

I got this answer in a forum wherein lawyers participate in the online discussion. This fact gave me a push to believe in what they suggest. However, it was tough to pick up the most suitable answer that can help me. But, I tried and emerged a winner at the end.

  1. Visit Municipal Corporation: This is the first step that directs you to visit the Municipal Corporation office nearby your house. In my case, my cousin was a resident of the south Delhi. So, he visited the MCD or Municipal Corporation of Delhi for the date of birth certificate correction legally. It’s the authority that administers this matter, along with many other documentation matters associated with the civilians of that state/union territory.
  2. Apply for correction: The registrar/sub-registrar of the Municipal Corporation holds the responsibility to look into this matter. You should request for the application form to place the request of changing the date of birth. Fill it duly.
  3. Supporting Documents: Now, you should have to prove that your authentic birth date is some other. If you don’t have its documented proof, as it was with my cousin, don’t let the worry put your soul down. Enclose the existing birth certificate with the application form and an affidavit. Besides, attach these documents:
  • Driving Licence
  • Passport/PAN Card
  • Voter ID/Ration Card
  • Educational Certificate, like School Leaving Certificate
  • Consent Letter from the hospital where you were born

Note: These documents won’t be necessary to show up because those who are born before 1986 don’t require any proof, except the affidavit. Even, you don’t need to submit the hospital discharge certificate. The sworn-statement would be enough to support on.

  1. Bring an Affidavit: The affidavit is a sworn-document. Take a stamp paper, which costs INR 20 or may vary. Pen down all the changes in that stamp paper that you want to make in the birth proof. The composition of that affidavit should have the incorrect and the correct date in the form of an application. Input the name of your parents (mother and father) together with the address where you took birth.  
  2. Notarization: Get it authorized by the notary officer of the court. This is what we call the ‘notarization’. The notary officer signs the affidavit while verifying the requested changes.
  3. Verify with Municipal Corporation: Show the notarized affidavit to the Registrar or Sub-Registrar of the Municipal Corporation.
  4. Issuance: The rectified birth proof will be issued on the very date when you visit the Municipal Corporation. However, you will have to pay certain fee for this service.

This process is more or less similar to the application of the Non-Availability of the Birth certificate or NABC. It’s an alternative document of the birth certificate that is issued in case you don’t have any birth proof.

Bear in the head that this document is vital to apply for the passport and visa. Any mistake in it is considered the discrepancy, which can lead to the rejection of your visa. Even, you will have to present it for the CENOMAR or bachelorhood certificate.

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