I am in Phillipines. How can I get birth certificate of my child online ?

You might require a birth certificate due to either of the following cases.

• Birth not recorded at the event of Birth
• Birth recorded at the event of Birth, but Birth Certificate is not available with you

Birth not recorded at the event of Birth

If the birth is not recorded, the applicant should get a Non-Availability Certificate from the relevant authority and documents such as address proof are required in the absence of hospital records. The Non-Availability Certificate is an acknowledgement or endorsement from the authorities stating that the certificate is not available with them. Applicants have to fill a form and submit it to the authorities, who will then verify the data and issue the acknowledgement.

You have to take this certificate and contact a lawyer. They'll ask you to bring your school passing certifiable, voter ID card etc to prove that your Date of Birth as stated by you. A lawyer files an application in the court and after verification a court order will be issued to issue you a birth certificate.

Birth recorded at the event of Birth, but Birth Certificate is not available with you

Few of the state governments in India allow online application of birth certificates. Details of them are provided below.

If you belong to any of these States, check the website of that particular State whether they allow search and download of birth certificate. For example, Government of Kerala allows searching of the birth records based on Date of Birth,Gender and Mother’s Name as shown below.

So even if your birth certificate is not available with you, you can search for it and download it, provided your State digitised the birth records.