Birth Certificate Issues

Imoone · Post by **Imoone** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:04 pm

Hi everyone,
I have an issue with my birth certificate and it's the following:
I applied for a birth certificate in 1999 but then learnt the birth certificate was not registered properly so i had to re-register in 2007. I moved from my country in 2000 to an eu country with my first birth certificate and now i want to apply for a EEA family permit as a dependant, do you think it's gonna be an issue with the late birth registration?

Post by **EUsmileWEallsmile** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:09 pm

I'm not sure I really understand the question. Are your details correct on the birth certificate (Date of birth, parents, etc)?

What exactly do you want to use the birth cert for? Demonstrate link with a parent for example?

Imoone · Post by **Imoone** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:15 pm

Yes exactly that. to prove i am the son of my father.
the birth date- parents name everything is the same except the registration date which instead of 1990 is 2007.

Post by **EUsmileWEallsmile** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:18 pm

I would suggest putting an explanation in a covering letter.

Imoone · Post by **Imoone** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:20 pm

can they refuse base on that?

keffers · Post by **keffers** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:34 pm

How many years after your birth was your birth properly registered? Do you still have the incorrectly registered birth certificate with correspondence that shows you requested a re-registration and the reasons for doing so?

If the details are the same why would you need a re-registration of your birth? (I'm not requesting that information but I think you would need to be able to satisfactorily answer that question if it were asked.)

Imoone · Post by **Imoone** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:51 pm

I was born in 1988 and registered it for the first time in 1999 but the local birth registration office didn't register it properly in the system in 1999 so when in 2007 i went to request for a copy because i lost the previous one they told me i have to re-register because the 1999 version was not properly registered and they didn't have any trace evidence of it in there system. In my native country to apply for a passport you need a birth certificate and my passport was issued in 2000 presenting the same birth certificate. My passport is the only document that proves that i had a birth certificate prior to 2007.

keffers · Post by **keffers** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:05 pm

What evidence did you supply to the birth register office to satisfy them you were born on a particular date and that your father is who you state he is?

As a last resort if the documentary evidence was not deemed to be acceptable, a DNA test would show your family relationship to your father.

Imoone · Post by **Imoone** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:08 pm

They went and look for my old passport application form.

presido007 · Post by **presido007** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:24 pm

you should be fine, as long as the day/month/year of your birth remains the same. i dont think the date your birth certificate is registered on the system will affect your application. except there is a problem with your date of birth. please put a covering letter in your application.

Post by **EUsmileWEallsmile** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 9:13 am

keffers wrote:What evidence did you supply to the birth register office to satisfy them you were born on a particular date and that your father is who you state he is?

As a last resort if the documentary evidence was not deemed to be acceptable, a DNA test would show your family relationship to your father.

DNA would really be a last resort. The OP has a birth certificate, hopefully that will be sufficient.

Imoone · Post by **Imoone** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 2:01 pm

thank you all for the answers.

Post by **Directive/2004/38/EC** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:38 am

Imoone wrote:Yes exactly that. to prove i am the son of my father.
the birth date- parents name everything is the same except the registration date which instead of 1990 is 2007.

Many countries no do register a birth immediately. In the case of the UK, it is often done from 2 weeks to a year after the birth.

I have trouble seeing any reason that it would matter in your case. Why are you worried?

Do you have your original birth certificate and/or a photocopy of it?

Imoone · Post by **Imoone** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:27 pm

Yes, i do have the original birth certificate but the issue is the i applied for a birth certificate in 1999 but then learnt the birth certificate was not registered properly so i had to re-register in 2007. I moved from my country in 2000 to an eu country with my first birth certificate to join my father. I'm worried they will ask how did i get the entry clearance haven a birth certificate registered in 2007 when i came in 2000?

keffers · Post by **keffers** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 2:27 pm

Directive/2004/38/EC wrote: Many countries no do register a birth immediately. In the case of the UK, it is often done from 2 weeks to a year after the birth.

In the UK, a birth must be registered in the district of birth within 42 days.

Imoone is right to be concerned and ensure there are no issues regarding such an important piece of documentation.

Post by **EUsmileWEallsmile** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:32 pm

Imoone wrote:Yes, i do have the original birth certificate but the issue is the i applied for a birth certificate in 1999 but then learnt the birth certificate was not registered properly so i had to re-register in 2007. I moved from my country in 2000 to an eu country with my first birth certificate to join my father. I'm worried they will ask how did i get the entry clearance haven a birth certificate registered in 2007 when i came in 2000?

Put an explanation in your covering letter...

Post by **Directive/2004/38/EC** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 1:25 am

Imoone wrote:Yes, i do have the original birth certificate but the issue is the i applied for a birth certificate in 1999 but then learnt the birth certificate was not registered properly so i had to re-register in 2007. I moved from my country in 2000 to an eu country with my first birth certificate to join my father. I'm worried they will ask how did i get the entry clearance haven a birth certificate registered in 2007 when i came in 2000?

So why not just use the original birth certificate?

Post by **Directive/2004/38/EC** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 1:27 am

keffers wrote:In the UK, a birth must be registered in the district of birth within 42 days.

Can you send me an official link about this rule?

keffers · Post by **keffers** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:55 am

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/20

sections 2 and 3

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Birth Certificate Issues

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