Sample Birth Certificate

The birth certificate It is a document that serves as proof of identity in Mexico and that is given to a person from the moment they register after their birth.

The birth certificate It is the first official document issued by the civil registry office to a Mexican citizen, to whom they generally go to register their parents in their first months of life, since if it is done after one year of age it is called extemporaneous record and it is a little more complicated to process.

The birth certificate It is used to carry out most of the official procedures in the life of a person and the data it carries are:

• Place and date of birth.
• Name of the child being registered.
• Names of parents, grandparents and witnesses.
• Act number.
• Book number.
• Official number.
• Foja.
• Signatures of parents and witnesses.
• Imprint of the registrant.
• Official stamps.

Example of birth certificate:

On behalf of the Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua as Director of the Civil Registry in the State, I certify and record that in the files that work at this address of the Civil Registry, an act is established which contains, among others, the following data:

United States of Mexico
State of Chihuahua
Civil registration
Birth certificate

Reg key. and Personal Identity 16030029703091

Official 01. Book 13. Act No. 03308. Chihuahua Municipality
Registration Date December 11, 1986.

Name Edgar Méndez Juárez.
Date of Birth November 10, 1986.
Place of Birth Chihuahua, Chihuahua.

He was registered alive. N. Birth Certificate 3294573. Both parents appear.

Name of Father Juan Fernando Méndez Castro. Address Andador 19 Cafetales # 35 Col. Cafetalera, Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Mexican nationality. Age 32 years.
Name of Mother Teresa Juárez López. Address Andador 19 Cafetales # 35 Col. Cafetalera, Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Mexican nationality. Age 25 years.

Name of Paternal Grandfather José Méndez Flores. Address Florentino Ángeles # 25 Col. Laureles, Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Mexican nationality.

Paternal Grandmother Name Alejandra Castro Fuentes. Address Florentino Ángeles # 25 Col. Laureles, Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Mexican nationality.

Maternal Grandfather Name Antonio Juárez Lucio. Address Carretas # 45 Col. Country Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Mexican nationality.

Name Maternal Grandmother Laura López Gómez. Address Carretas # 45 Col. Country Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Mexican nationality.

Witness José Sánchez Pérez. Address Duraznos # 67 Col. Floresta. Chihuahua, Chihuahua.

Witness Araceli Limón Cárdenas. Address Duraznos # 67 Col. Floresta. Chihuahua, Chihuahua.

This certification is issued in compliance with article 3.7 of the civil code in force in the state of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico on the 11th day of December 1986.

The C. Official 01 of the Civil Registry, I attest Name Lic. Erika Rebolleda Taboada.