1.Only if you are born in Indian jurisdiction you can have birth certificate issued from that local corporation office under register of births and death
2. No. You can get origin certificate not birth certificate.
I was born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in Sept 1989. My mother was working there at that time. I have a temporary birth certificate (Issued by the Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia) & an entry with my details on my mother's passport (Issued by the Indian Consulate in Jeddah). I need to know : 1. How to Register my birth in Delhi, India, after 32 years, since I was born outside India. 2. Is it possible to get a birth certificate from the Indian Consulate / Ministry of Foreign Affairs using my mother's passport as proof?
1.Only if you are born in Indian jurisdiction you can have birth certificate issued from that local corporation office under register of births and death
2. No. You can get origin certificate not birth certificate.
The birth certificate is issued by tge hospital where you were born. It cannot be reissued. However, the birth certificate issued was an authentic one so you should have no problem in issuance of other documents based upon the birth certificate.
A child who is born to any one of Indian parent(s) abroad can acquire Indian Citizenship by Descent and is required to be registered within a year's time. A Birth Certificate is issued by the Embassy to the child after registering his/her name as an Indian national. A separate passport can be issued to the new born as detailed under Passport Services. The following documents are required for Birth Registration:
2) has been made mandatory by Government of India for registering online the birth of a child as an Indian citizen. For detail information applicants are requested to visit the website of Ministry of Home Affairs http://indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in
3) However, if the parents of the child return to India to settle, the birth can be registered within 60 days from the date of arrival of the child to India, after which the delayed registration provisions are applicable.
Following is the procedure under Births and Death Registration Act for obtaining birth certificate …
The birth of every child born in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Indian parent(s) is required to be registered with the Embassy of India, Riyadh or Consulate General of India, Jeddah depending upon areas of jurisdiction.
The birth of the child is required to be registered with the Indian Embassy within one year of the birth. In case, the registration of the birth could not be done for any reasons, one of the parents of the minor may meet the Consular Officer with a request to register the birth detailing the reasons for not registering the birth on time, alongwith following documents.
1. Since, your birth place is out of India, then you cannot get a birth certificate from the office of Registrar in Delhi.
- Further, as per rule ,in order to get Indian citizenship for a child born to Indian parent in a foreign country, the birth of the child is to be registered at the nearest Indian Embassy/Consulate and thereafter , and the parents can apply for issue of an Indian passport for the child.
2. Yes, you should approach the Indian Embassy after submitting the proof of birth in SA , with the other documents like proof of residence , identity proof , and passport .