Registering a birth and acknowledging parentage of a child abroad
If your child is born abroad, you must register the birth and acknowledge the parentage of your child in that country. If you wish to, you can register the birth certificate in the Netherlands at a later time.
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- (French) Guiana
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- American Samoa
- Armenia
- Australia
- Bahrain
- Bhutan
- Bulgaria
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Canada
- China
- Comoros
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Czech Republic
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- French Polynesia
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Pitcairn Islands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russian Federation
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
- Wallis and Futuna
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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