Birth Certificate Translation in Massachusetts
A Massachusetts birth certificate can come from the city or town clerk where the birth happened or from the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. The town clerk's copy is usually the quicker one to get, and it is a full public record that the Secretary of the Commonwealth will apostille directly.
Filing details for Massachusetts
- State vital records office
- Registry of Vital Records and Statistics, and the city or town clerk
- Apostille authority
- Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
We serve Massachusetts remotely from our office in Edgewater, New Jersey.
Birth records by community
The state's foreign birth records cluster by city. Lawrence has one of the largest Dominican communities in New England, and Dominican actas are issued through the Junta Central Electoral, which runs the civil registry alongside elections. Brockton holds one of the largest Cape Verdean communities in the country; Cape Verdean records follow the country's own civil registry forms. Framingham and Everett have large Brazilian populations, whose certificates come from a cartório.
These three are all Spanish or Portuguese, and all differ in structure. The translation names the issuing office that actually appears on each.
Which Dominican extract to request
Dominican registries issue an abbreviated extract and a full, literal one - the acta inextensa. US institutions generally want the full version, because the short one leaves out details a reviewer checks.
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Can a town clerk birth certificate be apostilled?
Yes. It is a full public record, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth apostilles it without any notary step.
Which Dominican acta should I order?
The full acta inextensa, rather than the abbreviated extract.
Do you have a Massachusetts office?
No. Our only office is in Edgewater, New Jersey.
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