Requirements
The Consulate General of the
A: For Egyptian Citizens born
in the
1. To
be eligible for an Egyptian Birth Certificate,
a proof of citizenship of the father or the mother (in case the mother
is the only Egyptian parent, the child should have been born 2005 or
after) is required like valid Egyptian passport
or ID.
2. Obtaining the Egyptian birth certificate is done on 2 steps:
I. Send
to the Consulate a letter
- during the fist year of the child life - requesting the Birth
Certificate Form no. 26. If the request is sent after the end of the
first year of the child life, follow the instructions in item III.
Enclose with your request the following:
q Cashier Check or Money orders payable to "Egyptian
Consulate" for $30.00 for each birth certificate (personal checks are not accepted).
q For mail, please enclose
self-addressed stamped envelope to send the form back.
II. Complete the first page of the form and send it back to the consulate with the following:
q Original US birth certificate to
be revised and then returned back to you.
q Copy of the
valid father's Egyptian passport or ID.
q Copy of mother's passport .
q Copy of the
marriage certificate of the parents.
q Copy of the
mother's certificate of changing her religion to Islam (If she did so).
q For mail, please enclose self-addressed prepaid express mail .The Consulate will send all these documents to the Ministry of interior affairs in Egypt which issues the birth certificate and send it back to the consulate.
III. If the request is sent after the end of the first year of the child life, please do the previous mentioned steps. You will be notified only about the birth registeration number. When you get this number from the consulate (after about 3 months), Send a cashier check or money orders payable to "Egyptian Consulate" for $20.00 for form no. 40 (personal checks are not accepted). Fill out the form and send it back to the consulate which will forward it to the Ministry of Internior affairs to issue an automated birth certificate for your child and send it to you (after about 6 weeks and some times it takes 6 months or more). For mail, please enclose self-addressed stamped envelope to send the form back. Also enclose all the documents listed in item no. II above.3. The Ministry of interior affairs will issue only one original birth certificate for the first time you apply. Do not request more than one form per child if it is the first time to apply for the certificate. If you wish additional certified copy of the birth certificate, you can order it later, after you recieve the original one.
B: Obtaining official issuance of Egyptian Birth Certificate: