How to Register a Newborn Baby
- 1). If you gave birth in the hospital, the parties responsible in registering your baby are the hospital staffs, the attending physician and the licensed midwife. They have to fill out all the necessary documents and secure all needed signatures and submit all that information to the local registrar's office.
- 2). The registration process is more complicated if your baby was born outside a hospital. If there was an attending physician or midwife, he can register the baby for you. He needs to complete the Worksheet for Out-of-Hospital Births, the Affidavit of Birth Information for Out-of-Hospital Births, and all other necessary documents. All papers must be signed by the physician or midwife and the child's parent(s).
If no physician or licensed midwife was present during the childbirth, you can register the baby yourself. Call the local registrar's office to make an appointment. When you go, bring your baby and all the required documents with you.
1. Identification Card: Driver's license, state ID, passport, military ID
2. Proof of pregnancy: Certification from the doctor or licensed midwife
3. Proof of birth place: Utility bills showing your name and your address
4. Witness with a valid identification card: Spouse, other family member, a friend, the paramedic or the fire department staff.
The registration should take place within 10 days after the birth of your child. Beyond that period, you will have to do the late registration at the Office of the Vital Records or through the courts. - 3). If you had your baby outside the United States, notify the United States embassy in that country about the birth. You will need the following documents:
1. Record of the child's foreign birth
2. Proof of citizenship of the parent(s): Birth certificate or passport
3. Marriage Certificate, if applicable
4. Affidavits of parent(s)' residency in the United States
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