Birth Cirtificate - Stamp in local language

[psrivastav]

Dear Seniors,

I got birth cirtificate from my village, but they put the stamp which is of local language. As the stamp is not English, do I need to get notarised/bring affidavit? Please suggest..

Thank you!

[explorer101]

Dear Seniors,

I got birth cirtificate from my village, but they put the stamp which is of local language. As the stamp is not English, do I need to get notarised/bring affidavit? Please suggest..

Thank you!

Since part of the birth certificate is not in english language, you need to translate ( self translation ) the entire document and get it notarised.

[psrivastav]

Thanks Explorer,

But I am not clear about the need for translating the entire document, since every detail is both in english as well as Telugu(my mother tongue language). Only stamp is in Telugu.

b/w I got another idea. I will prepare a new stamp in English and take the concerned department permission and apply the stamp on my birth certificate. Hope that should be fine.

Please advise what is best approach.

[Maaties]

If every single details (including the stamp) had been in both languages, would one still have to translate it. From Psrivastav's message, it doesn't sound like it but how do they know that what is written in the local language provides the same info as the english part.

If it were me, and only the stamp was not translated, I wouldn't translate it. I would get a certified photocopy and let the certifier attest that it is a true copy of the birth certificate. That way, they know it is a birth certificate and they can read the english part to understand all the important parts of the birth certificate. That is what I would do. That doesn't mean it is necessarily the right thing to do.