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Asking for a birth certificate

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A birth certificate is an individual civil status document (identity and family situation) containing:

  • the name,
  • the first name,
  • the date and place of birth,
  • the names and dates of birth of the parents.

The Ofpra produces several civil status documents for refugees, stateless persons and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection: the birth certificate, the marriage certificate and the family record book.

The birth certificate issued by the OFPRA is an authentic (official) document. necessary for some administrative procedures (marriage, French nationality...).

A birth certificate has no expiry date; it is valid for your entire life.
But for a marriage or a civil partnership, you must present a copy of your birth certificate less than 3 months old (sent by the OFPRA less than 3 months ago).

How to do it?

After the positive response from the Ofpra or the CNDA, the Ofpra makes the "reconstruction" of your situation (date and place of birth, name and date of birth of parents) in order to write your birth certificate .

The OFPRA uses all the information and documents sent since the asylum application:

  • documents from your country of origin (if you have any)
  • statements made during your asylum application interview
  • the asylum application form...
The Ofpra may ask you for additional information by email or post to verify your identity.
If you change your postal address, telephone number, or email address, you must inform Ofpra to receive messages.

Everything is explained on the Refugees.info page " Informing the Ofpra of a change of contact details ".
Reconstructing a birth certificate takes time: approximately 10 months from the positive response to the asylum application or stateless status.

It is not necessary to come to the Ofpra in person, send an email or call to get the document more quickly.

Everything is explained on the Refugees.info page " Find out if civil registration is handled by the OFPRA "

When your birth certificate is reconstituted, you can request a copy of the birth certificate for yourself or for a member of your family (wife or husband, parents, children) directly on the Ofpra website.

The birth certificate of a child born in France is available directly at the town hall of the city of birth; it is not the OFPRA that deals with it.

Request a copy of birth certificate

1 - Go to the Request a document page

2 - Select "Birth Certificate" and "Next"

3 - Choose "Me" or "Someone in my family" and "Next"

4 - Complete the information and click "Next".

You need your Ofpra file number.
It is a 9-digit number of the type XX-XX-XXXXX written in the top left corner of each letter sent by the Ofpra.

To request an extract without parentage information (without details about the parents), you must write a letter and send it to this address:

Ofpra
201 rue Carnot
94136 Fontenay-sous-Bois

It is advisable to make a copy of the letter before sending it.

After registering your application, you will receive a tracking number: you must keep it to know how your application is progressing.

What happens next?

1 - Go to the page on procedures for protected persons

2 - At the bottom of the page, in "Track my application online", enter the tracking number (received by email immediately after the application)

3 - Press "Next".

After submitting your application, you will receive an email from Ofpra.
There are several possible answers:

  • "Your document has been sent": you will receive a copy of your birth certificate by mail at the postal address you provided (please allow approximately 10 days).
  • "First document not yet issued": the Ofpra has not yet issued your first birth certificate (it takes approximately 10 months from the positive response to the asylum application or stateless status).
  • "Contact the OFPRA": you must request your birth certificate with a letter and send it to this address:

Ofpra
201 rue Carnot
94136 Fontenay-sous-Bois

Don't forget to write your Ofpra file number on the letter. It's a 9-digit number in the format XX-XX-XXXXX written in the top left corner of every letter sent by Ofpra.
It is advisable to make a copy of the letter before sending it.

If there is an error or omitted information on the birth certificate, a "civil status rectification" is possible.

Before submitting an application, it is important to carefully reread the letter from OFPRA sent with your birth certificate. It explains the information OFPRA uses for your civil status records.

Depending on the error, you must contact the Paris Judicial Court or the OFPRA (French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons). The processing time for a request to correct civil status records is several months.

- If the error is on the residence permit, which is different from the birth certificate: it is the prefecture that must correct the residence permit, no need to contact the Ofpra.
- If the error is on the birth certificate of a child born in France: it is the town hall of the town of birth that must correct the birth certificate, no need to contact the Ofpra.

Everything is explained on this Refugees.info page: " Requesting a correction of an error on civil status records "

If you received an "equivalence certificate" with your first birth certificate, you must keep the document and make a copy.
This document is proof of the differences between the civil status document issued by the OFPRA and your identity in France before the asylum application.

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