OCI Application for US Citizen Child-Need Birth Certificate Endorsement?
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You are right, us embassy do not provide this service.
This is what is acceptable by CGI consulate:
Apostille issued by SOS of birth place will do the trick. I am not sure where your son was born. Lets say he was born in Michigan, follow the instructions here https://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-5647_12539-27095--,00.html.
There is third party https://www.vitalchek.com/Campaign/?site=4&clickid=574772336235446274 which provides the same service and act on your behalf. they will mail Apostille in 2 to 3 weeks. You have to pay relatively more as compared to personally visiting the SOS branch. I have used there service and they did mail within three weeks though you end up paying 100 CAD something dollar.
best of luck
My kid was born in the US . Is it mandatory to get attested from CGI Toronto after obtaining an Apostille ? This is what is mentioned in the checklist -
Any Marriage / Birth Certificates (for those married / born outside of Canada, excluding India), have to be authenticated by the Embassy of your Country, located in Canada and there after attested by the Consulate General of India, Toronto
Any Marriage / Birth Certificates (for those married / born outside of Canada, excluding India), have to be authenticated by the Embassy of your Country, located in Canada and there after attested by the Consulate General of India, Toronto
If the parents are Indian nationals, then the kid's copy of the standard US birth certificate will work. No need for Apostille or attestation. My daughter is US born and we didn't need to endorse her US birth certificate.
You can send an email to oci.toronto@mea.gov.in and clarify.
You can send an email to oci.toronto@mea.gov.in and clarify.
Hi Tommy2581,
Really happy to know that.. can you also tell how much time did it take to get the OCI application processed for your daughter and did you face any challenges with the regular birth certificate?
Hi @maddyraja
No issues with the child's regular US birth certificate, Submit a copy with the OCI application. It took around 5-6 weeks for end-to-end processing. You can send an email to oci.toronto@mea.gov.in for any clarifications. Good luck!
I got the following reply from embassy -
If USA consulate is not doing for apstoled/attested you may follow the procedure is given below
For attestation of the child’s birth certificate, you may check with the Ministry of Ontario Government Service located at 222 Jarvis Street, Toronto. After getting attestation from the mentioned Ministry, the Birth Certificate is required to be attested from us i.e. the Consulate General of India, Toronto. Due to COVID-19, acceptance of walk-in consular service applications at Consulate have been temporarily suspended. For details, please visit the given link : https://www.cgitoronto.gov.in/page/civil-documents/
I am not sure. I applied the OCI for my minor US born daughter (5-years old) and asked them if I need to endorse her US birth certificate for OCI processing. They replied - As you are Indian nationals, you need not to get the said attestation of the birth certificate. So I only provided a copy of her US long format birth certificate which has our names as her parent and they accepted.
This procedure is for Canadian birth certificates? Link - https://www.cgitoronto.gov.in/page/oci/
(n) Birth Certificate (Original and copy)
Please enclose the Birth Certificate issued by the Government authority having name of both the parent of the child.
If birth certificate is issued by Canadian government, it is required to be attested by Ministry of Consumer Affairs/government services (222 Jarvis Street, Toronto) and thereafter from the Consulate of India, Toronto.
In case the Birth Certificate is issued by any other foreign Country than Canada, then the Birth Certificate is required to be attested by the High Commission / Embassy / Consulate of that Country in Canada.
When we applied two months ago, they did not require the attestation (from jarvis street ) for the canadian birth certificate. We were able to get it without any attestation. Myself and my spouse attested the copy of Canadian birth certificate.