How to Apply for a birth certificate in Spain?

Birth Certificate

Presencial
Solicitud presencial In person.
Por correo
Solicitud por correo By email.
Por internet By internet.
Sin certificado digital Without a digital signature.
Con certificado digital With a digital signature.

LIST OF OFFICES

Once in link, put in the name of town in box or go to the list in blue below.

You may request various types of birth certificate. Certifications can be positive or negative:

A) Positive Certificate:

Extract: This is a summary of information relating to the birth contained in the Registry. Can be of different types:

Ordinary: This is issued in Spanish for those regions whose sole official language is Castilian.
International or multilingual: The international certificate to be recognised in countries that have ratified the Vienna Convention of 8 September 1976. This certificate is issued in the official language of all the signatories of that agreement (Spain, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro).

Note: new EU Reglament has come into force in February 2019, eliminating the need for international versions of official government docs. Further info HERE.

Bilingual: Whenever an extract certificate is requested in an autonomous community that has its own official language, this will be issued in Castilian and in the official language of the Autonomous Community in which it is issued.

Literal: A literal copy of the registration of birth, containing all data regarding the identity and the facts of the birth. Needed for passport applications.

B) Negative Certificate: credited to a person is not registered at the Civil Registry

C) Certificate with an electronic seal of the Directorate General of Registries and Notaries:
Serves to prove the data contained in the computerised registration records and digitised from the central database that have been in use since January 1, 1950 in Municipal Civil Registries or the Central Civil Registry. No certificates may be issued by this procedure was practiced before 1950 or had been conducted in a delegated Civil Registry (JPs) or in a consular registry

Please note: The information provided is based upon our understanding of current legislation. It is not legal advice but is provided freely to enable you to be properly informed. We recommend that if you are considering taking action, you should seek professional advice.