Personal documents, passports and certificates from the registry office, various confirmations and certificates ... Which of us did not encounter problems when the mark is not right or wrong? How many of us had to prove that the record or its cancellation is valid? A birth certificate is the kind of official paper that, by an unimaginable combination of circumstances, we may need even when we have become quite mature people. What are the nuances in the field of storage of this document and what to do if necessary, put a mark on it?
Obtaining a birth certificate or its countless duplicates is quite simple. Initially, this document is issued by
the registry office at the place of residence of one of the parents, subject to a certificate of birth of the child. After that, obtaining a duplicate is not difficult. Moreover, for this one does not even have to prove his “parenthood” or
family relationship with a person. By and large, if you know where and when the person was born, the local registry office will issue you a birth certificate (more precisely, a duplicate of it, but the document will not lose its strength from this). However, with the receipt of this documentary evidence, the problems of the Russian are just beginning.
If earlier the birth certificate was enclosed in a firm “crust”, like a diploma or certificate, today it is an extremely fragile piece of paper. It (quite lawfully and correctly, in my opinion) is required before boarding a train and before starting medical procedures. A small “but”: literally after five years of a child’s life, his birth certificate turns into a shabby rag. The use of modern technology (lamination, for example) is prohibited. It turns a document into a regular sheet of paper sealed in plastic.
In the past 10 years, the Russians have another problem. It is connected with questions about where and how to put an apostille on a birth certificate. Those who come across this will understand. If you still do not know what it is, consider yourself a darling of fate. Apostille - an official certificate (label) that the document is genuine paper. Note that its effect applies only to the countries of the Hague Treaty (agreement). There are a lot of participants in this convention, so their complete list is easy to find using help systems or books.
An apostille (birth certificate, diploma or other document must be certified) can be affixed not only to the original, but also to a notarized copy, a translation of the document officially confirmed. Thanks to this stamp, additional authentication of the document upon entry into the country-member of the aforementioned agreement is not required.
When it comes to the very first document, the answer to the question of where to put the apostille on the birth certificate is quite simple: for modern “pieces of paper” the place for the stamp is the reverse blank side, on more “adult” shreds the mark will be put on a separate a sheet stitched with the original. If we are talking about the organization, then, let's say, the certificate carries out the main management in the area to which the document belongs.