Name of the Organization : Florida Department of Health
Type of Facility : Application For Certificate Of Foreign Birth
State : Florida
Country : United States of America
Website : http://www.floridahealth.gov/certificates/certificates/amendments-corrections/index.html
Application Form : https://www.statusin.org/uploads/24087-foreighbirth.pdf
Application For Certificate Of Foreign Birth :
Foreign Born :
** Vital Statistics is able to file Certificates of Foreign Birth for children born in foreign countries to non-US citizens, based on orders of adoption whose judgment occurs in the State of Florida .
Related : Florida Department of Health Apply for License : www.statusin.org/24085.html
** The court reports a foreign born adoption on the same form, Certified Statement Of Final Decree Of Adoption DH Form 527 as used to report an adoption for a child born in Florida.
** The Certificate of Foreign Birth shows the adoptive name, the adoptive parents, and will show the true country of birth.
** The record also bears information regarding the court order, and has a disclaimer regarding the record not being proof of citizenship.
** Certificates of Foreign Birth are not filed for Canadian born children as by mutual agreement those orders are forwarded onto the Vital Statistics office in the province in which the child was born.
** The fee for filing a Certificate of Foreign Birth is $20.00. A second copy of the record is $9.00, and any subsequent copies requested at the same time is $4.00 each.
** An optional application is available for requesting the filing of a Certificate of Foreign Birth.
Adoption Procedures :
** If an adoption has occurred, the clerk of the court will forward to our office a report of the adoption within thirty days of the order.
** Based on this document, a new birth record will be filed for the child.
** A non-refundable fee of $20.00 is required for amending the record and includes one certification of the amended record.
** If the required fee does not accompany the report of the adoption, the record will be amended and either the parent or attorney will be notified in writing of the amendment and the fee requirement.
** If adopted in Florida but born in another state, the report of adoption received from the clerk of the court will be forwarded to the child’s state of birth.
** Contact the Bureau of Vital Statistics in the child’s state of birth regarding their requirements in this matter.
** In matters of parental rights, the DH 5075 form may be needed.
** If you have not yet had our records searched for your birth record and wish to do so, submit your request in writing along with the search fee of $9.00 to
Mailing Address :
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Post Office Box 210
Jacksonville, FL 32231-0042
Nonviable Birth :
** A Nonviable Birth is defined as an unintentional, spontaneous fetal demise occurring between the 10th through the 19th week of gestation of a pregnancy that has been verified by a health care practitioner.
** This law requires health care practitioners to notify the parent(s) that a Certificate of Nonviable Birth may be filed for them. If a parent(s) wishes to file a Certificate of Nonviable Birth, then the health care practitioner and/or health care facility will have 30 days to file a record with the Bureau of Vital Statistics.
** A parent(s) may request a health care practitioner to file a Certificate of Nonviable Birth regardless of the date on which the nonviable birth occurred.
** Once the record is received by the Bureau of Vital Statistics certifications may be issued upon request.
** The Certificate of Nonviable Birth is a public record, however, parentage information is confidential and will only be available to the parent(s) listed on the record and will require copy of valid ID. Issuance is from the Bureau of Vital Statistics only; county offices cannot issue this certificate.
** Once the record has been filed, applicants may complete and submit an Application for Nonviable Birth to request certifications. Nonviable Birth Application.