Birth Indication
The birth of a child must be notified to the competent authority in whose jurisdiction it was born.
In the case of births in clinics or other obstetric facilities, the notification is made by them.
Further provisions apply to the notification of a home birth .
Who should I contact?
The responsibility lies with the municipality, the joint municipality and the city in whose area of responsibility the child was born. As a rule, this task is incumbent on the registry office.
Responsible authorities
Samtgemeinde Lathen - Standesamt
Contact
- Lathen:
- Application for exemption from presentation of the certificate of marriageability for foreign nationals.
- Application for issuance of a German death certificate in case of death abroad
- Application for the issuance of a certificate of no impediment to marriage for German nationals, stateless persons, homeless foreigners or foreign refugees within the meaning of the Convention on the Status of Refugees with Habitual Residence in Germany
- Apply for a death certificate
- Applying for a civil partnership certificate
- Applying for a civil partnership certificate for a civil partnership entered into abroad
- Birth Indication
- Birth certificate issuance
- Birth certificate issuance at home birth
- Birth registers
- Certificate of miscarriage
- Death abroad - application for certification
- Declaration of resignation from the church
- Declaration of the right to a name
- Declaration on the use of the name - Declaration on the use of the name of spouses without a domestic marriage or marriage entry
- Establishment of a civil partnership Notarisation
- Home Birth Ad
- Intended for deletion - marriage consummation with custodial partner
- Intended for deletion - marriage consummation with divorced or widowed partner
- Marriage consummation only for German citizens
- Marriage consummation with foreign partner
- Marriage consummation with same-sex partner
- Multilingual form for issuing death certificates
- Notification of a death
- Register marriage
Which documents are required?
- in the case of parents who are married to each other
- Birth certificaten
- marriage certificate or a certified copy from the marriage register,
- in the case of parents who are not married to each other
- Mother's birth certificate
- if paternity has already been acknowledged:
- Declarations on acknowledgment of paternity
- Father's birth certificate
- if applicable, the declarations of custody
- Identity card, passport or a recognized passport replacement document of the parents
- a certificate of birth issued by a doctor or midwife/maternity nurse, if they were present at the birth.
A marriage certificate must also be presented if the marriage has already been dissolved.
What are the fees?
Fees may apply, please contact the competent authority.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
The birth of a child must be reported to the competent authority within one week.
The date of birth is not included in the calculation of the notification period.
If a child is stillborn or died in childbirth, the notification must be made no later than the third working day following the birth.
What else should I know?
On the basis of the notarization made in the birth register , a birth certificate can be issued upon request.
