Colombia Birth Certificate
Here are the steps that you need to follow in order to get a Colombian birth certificate.
- Applying for Residency or Citizenship outside of Colombia – Many Colombians who have lived over seas or are moving over seas use our services to obtain original birth certificates in Colombia, with apostille and translation (Registro Civil de Nacimiento en Colombia con apostilla, y traduccion oficial)
- School (for minors mostly)
- Getting Married
- Getting Divorced
- Claiming Inheritance
- Apply for a new passport
* Remember official translations in Colombia are much cheaper than developed nations such as the United States or Canada.
LEGALIZING YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE: The first step is to obtain a new copy of your birth certificate in Colombia, or if the birth was registered over seas you may obtain from your Consulate. If you’re doing official or government paperwork and processes (like obtaining visas, getting married, or starting a business) in a country other than the one you were born in, there’s a good chance that at some point you will need to produce your birth certificate. The trouble is there’s no way for the foreign country to be sure it’s a legitimate document if you just hand them your original; it will not be accepted unless you get an apostille and translation for the birth certificate. We can help you legalize, translate and get an apostille for your birth certitificate.
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There are basically 4 steps to legalize documents so they may be used in another country. Sometimes legalization is not required. The destiny and origin countries of your documents and the reason for which they will be used may effect how many steps you must complete. The four steps are 1) document authentication (notary/courthouse/government), 2) document apostille (by country/state of origin), 3) document translation, and 4) document legalization in Colombia or receiving country (where applicable).
Whether you were born in the United States and are now in Colombia, or you were born in Colombia and are getting a marriage or residency in the United States, if you have to show your birth certificate it will need to be certified authentic and translated to your host country’s language. Our office can take care of this process for you.
The Colombian apostille certifies that your Colombian birth certificate is recognized by the Colombian government, and should therefore be recognized in other countries. We are connected with the more than 800 notaries and registry offices across Colombia to be able to quickly apostille your documents in as little as 24 hours. We guarantee our service!
Along with our apostille service, we also offer English and Spanish translation services for your US or Colombian birth certificate. We can translate other languages as well, just ask.
Getting married in Colombia is one occasion when you will need to produce a birth certificate. Colombian citizens must prove they are single when they get married to ensure no one gets married to more than one person at a time, and they do that with a birth certificate that indicates their marriage status. If you are from another country and are getting married in Colombia, you will have to prove your single status with a variety of official documents, each of which will need to be translated and receive an apostille from the country of origin.
Our Story
James Lindzey founded the website ColombiaVisas.com, which is constantly updated with new information explaining visa resolutions, procedures, and laws in Colombia to expats. James has worked as a private investigator and paralegal in the United States through the 90s until he moved to Colombia in 2005. James arrived in Colombia in 2005 and started doing visas for expats, but currently works as Director of Legal Services for Visas by James, and Colombia Legal & Associates SAS since June of 2023.
Colombia Legal & Associates acquired the brand name Visas by James as it became a more familiar and easy way for foreigners to remember the business, than the previous Visas y Tramites Internacionales.
While MedellinLawyer.com focuses more on legal issues for expats, ColombiaVisas.com focuses more on visas, and holds the trademark Visas by James. ColombiaVisas.com is the oldest website and provider of visa information for expats in Colombia. We are proud to be the first and always on the cutting edge of providing interactive website content to our visitors.
In addition to our visa services our agency offers a full range of legal and accounting services to our clients. We are able to assist better in document collection services in the United States because of James previous legal experience in the United States.
Other Related Services We Offer:
Colombian Prenuptial
Colombian Civil Law
Colombia Marriage
