Abstract Birth Certificate
If your birth abstract does not meet all the requirements above we may also need you to submit a long form birth certificate showing a copy of your.
Abstract birth certificate. Birth records are also available from the local registrar of vital. In order to be used to get a. In addition the certified birth certificate must include the full name of the passport applicant his or her date and place of birth the signature of the registrar the date the birth certificate was issued and a multicolored embossed raised or impressed seal from the birth certificates issuing authority. An abstract birth certificate is one where selected information is copied abstracted from the original certificate and then put on a new form.
Birth certificates for individuals with valid government issued photo identification who were born in maryland are available for same day service at the division of vital records in baltimore located at 6764b reisterstown road baltimore maryland 21215. Most birth certificates issued today are abstracted printed from computer databases containing the in. If you submit a birth abstract it must meet all of the requirements above. A birth abstract by contrast is a computer summary of the information related to the birth and it is unlikely able to help you verify identification.
Most short form birth certificates can not be used to get a passport. Parents names the state file number and the filing date. Most birth abstracts meet all the requirements listed above while some birth abstracts do not meet these requirements. Persons name sex date of birth and county of birth.
The short abstract form birth certificate contains basic information such as. Short form birth certificates are also often called abstracts because they only provide a portion of the information included on the long form. Acceptable forms of payment are cash check or money order made payable to the division. It does not have these records for new york city the boroughs of manhattan kings brooklyn queens bronx and richmond staten island.
Vital records has birth records since 1881 for all of new york state except new york city.