Birth Certificate Translation in Louisiana
Louisiana birth certificates are issued by the state Vital Records Registry in New Orleans, and Louisiana is divided into parishes rather than counties - a detail that occasionally confuses foreign registries reading the certificate. The Secretary of State apostilles them.
Filing details for Louisiana
- State vital records office
- Louisiana Department of Health, Vital Records Registry (New Orleans)
- Apostille authority
- Louisiana Secretary of State
We serve Louisiana remotely from our office in Edgewater, New Jersey.
Honduran and Vietnamese records
New Orleans' large Honduran community grew during the rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina. Honduran birth certifications are issued by the national registry, the RNP, and carry the national identity number that links them to every other Honduran document the person holds.
New Orleans East has a Vietnamese community dating from the 1970s. Vietnamese applicants may hold an original giấy khai sinh, issued when the birth was registered, or a trích lục khai sinh, an extract issued later from the register. The two are not interchangeable, and the translation says which one it is.
Parish, not county
When a Louisiana certificate is translated into another language for use abroad, the parish is rendered as a parish. Translating it as a county would describe an administrative unit Louisiana does not have.
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Where do Louisiana birth certificates come from?
The Louisiana Department of Health Vital Records Registry in New Orleans.
Is a Vietnamese extract the same as the original?
No. The translation identifies whether it is the original giấy khai sinh or a later trích lục extract.
Do you have a Louisiana office?
No. Our only office is in Edgewater, New Jersey.
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