Recording a foreign birth certificate in Venezuela
We record your child's foreign birth certificate in the Venezuelan Registro Civil (Civil Registry: births, marriages, deaths), so they're Venezuelan with papers here. We guide you.
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- You tell us about your case. It's free.
- We send you the price in writing, within 1 to 3 hours.
- You decide. If it works for you, we start. If not, you delete it with one click and pay nothing.
No one will pressure you. Your information is used only for your case.
Is it for you?
If any of these sounds like you, this procedure is for you.
- Venezuelan parents with a child born abroad who need to record the foreign birth certificate so the child can have Venezuelan papers
What's included and what isn't
Everything clear from the start. No fine print.
Includes
- Review of the foreign document and the right route to take.
- Coordinating the apostille or legalization and the translation by an intérprete público, if needed (their cost is quoted separately).
- Recording at the Venezuelan Registro Civil.
- A lawyer by your side throughout the process.
- Delivery of the document, recorded and valid in Venezuela.
Does not include
- Official fees and process costs, depending on the case.
- The cost of the apostille, legalization or translation, quoted separately (we handle those too). We can handle it separately:Translation →
- Underlying documents you don't have that must be obtained separately.
- Follow-on procedures, quoted if they come up.
What you need
Check off what you already have. You don't need everything to request your quote.
You have 0 of 4.
- The foreign birth certificate you want to record
- Apostille or legalization and translation, if it doesn't have them yet (we help you)
- ID document of the person concerned
- Your contact details to coordinate
How the process works
You do very little. We take care of the rest. The whole process: on average, 6 to 14 business days.
- Step 1
You tell us your case
We review your foreign birth certificate.
You do this - Step 2
We prepare the document
We handle the apostille and the translation.
We do this - Step 3
We record it at the Registry
We enter it in the Venezuelan registry.
We do this - Result
Done
We hand you the document, recorded and valid here.
You receive it
Apostille, translation and recording.
What it costs and how to pay
There are two separate payments, and we want you to see them clearly.
Our fee: we do all the work for you.
The agency's fees, if any. It goes straight to the agency, and we give you the exact amount, with its receipt, before you pay anything.
How you pay: You pay once, when we start. In dollars, in bolívares at the official BCV exchange rate, or with Cashea.
How is your investment calculated?
Your investment has two parts. What you pay us, professional fees, from $55, to handle the recording from start to finish
What goes to the government, the Registro Civil's official fees; apostille and translation are quoted separately, in bolívares at the official BCV exchange rate Your lawyer gives you the exact figure before you pay anything, no strings attached.
FAQ
What happens if my child was born abroad and I don't register them here?
For Venezuela, they're not Venezuelan and have no birth record: no cédula, no Venezuelan passport, no rights here. Recording the certificate is what gives them their Venezuelan nationality by birth.
How do I register my child born abroad here?
We record their foreign certificate in the Venezuelan Registro Civil.
How much does it cost?
The professional fee, from $55, covers the review and handling of the recording; official registry fees and the translation, if needed, are extra.
Is having the foreign certificate enough?
No. It must come apostilled or legalized and translated; we coordinate that.
Can it be done from abroad?
Partly, with a power of attorney; we tell you what can be moved forward from abroad.
About this procedure
If you had a child abroad and you're Venezuelan, that child has the right to Venezuelan nationality, but to have papers here, like a cédula (Venezuelan national ID card), a Venezuelan passport and everything else, their foreign birth certificate has to be recorded in the Venezuelan Registro Civil. Having the birth certificate from the country where they were born isn't enough: you have to bring it in valid form and have it transcribed into the Venezuelan system. The key requirement is that the foreign certificate comes with an apostille (Hague Convention certification for use abroad) or a legalization (official verification of a signature or document) and, if it's in another language, a translation by a Venezuelan intérprete público (sworn translator authorized in Venezuela); without that, it can't be recorded. We handle the whole process: we tell you how to bring a valid certificate, handle the apostille or legalization and the translation if needed, and record it at the Registro Civil. That way, your child born abroad is fully registered as Venezuelan. One team for the paperwork in both countries.
Legal framework and important notes
Ley Orgánica de Registro Civil (Organic Civil Registry Law) · Código Civil (Civil Code) · 1961 Hague Apostille Convention
- The foreign certificate must come apostilled or legalized and, if it's in another language, translated by a Venezuelan intérprete público before it can be recorded (Regulation No. 1 of the LORC, the Organic Civil Registry Law)
- Apostille and translation are separate services that we also handle
We guarantee our service, not what the agency decides. If something depends on them, we tell you clearly and in time.
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