Birth Certificate FARQ

Sample Questions That Can Be Answered Using This FARQ

• How can I get a copy of my birth certificate? I was born in Germany.

Thank you for your question to the State Department web site regarding a birth certificate. If you were born a US citizen in a US state, please see:

CDC Vital Statistics - Birth Certificates (click the letter for your U.S. birth state)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm

If you were born a US citizen outside the US, please see:

http://travel.state.gov/consular_records.html

and you may also wish to contact:

U.S. Department of State
Passport Correspondence Office
1111 Nineteenth St., NW, Suite 510
Washington, D.C. 20524
Telephone: (202) 955-0307

If you were born the citizen of another country, you may need to contact a consular officer at one of that country's foreign embassies or consulates. For embassy links, see:

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