Appointment-System of the German Foreign Office — Miami

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You would like to apply for a German birth certificate for your child?

Your or your child's last name has not been determined?

You were born after September 1, 1986 and your parents don't have the same family name?

In any of these cases: Please book an appointment and bring the originals of all the necessary documents with you inclusive of a completed application form according to the information on our website.

Please note that for a name declaration for spouses or an application for a marriage registration both spouses have to be present. For a name declaration for a child or an application for a birth registration, both parents have to be presen.!

You need a certification/notarization?

We offer this service for notarizations of copies and certify your signature on

• powers of attorney
• applications of approval
• applications for a certificate of good conduct
• identity verification for students to open a new blocked account
• a declaration of renouncement of succession
• other documents and declarations that require a signature certification

Please read the information on our website carefully.

Important: Following the amendment of the German Money Laundering Act the German missions abroad can no longer notarize signatures or perform identity verification (exception: blocked accounts for students)

Other consular services:

-citizenship matters: retention permits to keep German citizenship/dual citzenship, certificates of citizenship (can also be mailed to the German Consulate General), naturalizations

-Full notarizations:

If you need a full notarization (example: certificate of inheritance, acknowledgement of paternity), please do not book an appointment and rather get in touch with the German Consulate General by email (info@miami.diplo.de).

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