Getting my birth certifcicate notarized ... getting my cedula

aztec says on Jul 15, 2008, 11:49:

Why don't you ask someone at your nearest Colombian Embassy? My wife last week renewed her cedula in Atlanta. She was issued a temporary new one. She was informed it would be one year and a half before the original is available.

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mariacvetanoski says on Jul 15, 2008, 11:53:

you need an apostille which means it has to be notarized in the states, then translated in spanish in colombia, it has to be the original birth certificate no copies

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ColombianoGringo (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 15, 2008, 12:01:

What you actually need is to first get your Registro Civil de Nacimiento. That is the Colombian version of the birth certificate which is what that Joe Shmoe probably meant. If you are in the US, you can go with your mom to the nearest Colombian consulate and they will take your registration application. You will need your birth certificate, but it does not need to be apostilled. If your mom can't go with you, you will need some additional documents from her such as her Registro Civil de Nacimiento, her passport or cedula. One thing to note is that regardless of where you live or where you register, it will be processed by the Colombian consulate in charge of the area where you were born.

Once you have a Registro Civil de Nacimiento, you can use it to get your cedula and/or passport at any Colombian consulate in the US or any Registraduria in Colombia. Keep in mind that cedulas take a very long time to process(six months to two years). In the meantime, you will receive a Contraseña that will serve as a claim ticket for your cedula and in some cases can be used as temporary ID.

If you can, I would recommend that you get your cedula in Colombia. Your cedula and all subsequent copies will always say where it was first processed. If you do it in the US, your cedula will always say that you got it in the US.

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Gator says on Jul 15, 2008, 12:59:

Yes, but he does NOT have to be born in Colombia to obtain citizenship. If you were born in the USA you will need a certified copy of of your US birth certificate and that will need an aspotille from the secretary of state where it is issued. The sole function of the apostille is to certify the authenticity of the birth certificate.

Your mom will need a copy of her birth certificate certified by the issuing Colombian notary. Since that one would be issued in Colombia no aspostille is needed.

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ColombianoGringo (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 15, 2008, 13:04:

Gator, I was born in the US and got my registro civil in Houston. They give you that once you are registered as the child of Colombians. It is a lot easier to get the registro civil at the consulate. Once he has that, he won't need an appostilled US birth certificate.

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Mononoke28 says on Jul 15, 2008, 13:04:

He will need a translation of his birth certificate with an apostille if he was getting his Registro Civil de Nacimiento in Colombia. But what Colombianogringo said is that all he needs to do is take his US birth certificate to the nearest Colombian Consulate with his mom's papers and that should take care of it.

Diana

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Colombiano_divino says on Jul 15, 2008, 13:22:

so if I hit up the colombian embassy in washington DC ...all ill need is my birth certificate and moms papers ?? i made some phone calls to new jersey (where my birth certificate is from ) and they said ill need to send them my bcertificate and they will notorize it....so that when i go to colombia i can get my temporary cedula over there...i would be better if i get the cedula down there versus washington dc correct ???

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Mononoke28 says on Jul 15, 2008, 13:29:

The difference is that if you get it in Colombia, it'll say that it was issued in Colombia. If you get it in the States, it will say it was issued here.

Also, you only need your birth certificate to get your Registro Civil de Nacimiento from the Colombian Consulate. If you decide to get your Registro Civil in Colombia your US birth certificate will have to be translated and apostilled. An apostille is pretty much an international notary seal.

Diana

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ColombianoGringo (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 15, 2008, 13:36:

CD,

I was also born in New Jersey. In your case, you'll go to the DC embassy and file your registration there. They will then send it to the NYC consulate which will actually generate the Registro Civil because they have jurisdiction over New Jersey. They should mail it to you, but sometimes they forget. If they don't mail it to you, PM me and I'll find the number of the guy at the NYC consulate that helped me out.

It doesn't matter where you get the Registro. Once you have it, you can request your cedula either at a US consulate or in Colombia.

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