Do you need a birth certificate to go abroad?

You don't need a birth certificate to go abroad

The documents required for going abroad are as follows:

1. Passport is a legal document issued by a country to prove the nationality and identity of its citizens when they enter or leave the country and travel or stay abroad. The word passport means port pass in English. In other words, a passport is a passport for citizens to pass through international ports in various countries. So some countries in the world usually issue passes instead of passports;

2. Visa refers to the procedure of endorsement and seal of passports or other travel documents held by domestic or foreign citizens by the sovereign organs of a country to show that they are allowed to enter, exit or transit. It can also be said that it is an endorsement certificate issued to them. Generally speaking, a visa is a document issued by a country's entry-exit administration, such as the Immigration Bureau or its embassies and consulates abroad, indicating that foreign citizens are allowed to enter the country. Visas are generally endorsed on passports, and some are endorsed on other travel documents instead of passports. Generally speaking, a visa must be used at the same time as a passport to be valid;

3. Travel documents.

The medical certificate of birth shall be uniformly printed by the National Health and Family Planning Commission, and numbered by all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. The National Health and Family Planning Commission is in charge of the national birth medical certificate, and entrusts health administrative departments at all levels to be responsible for the specific affairs management of birth medical certificates within their respective jurisdictions.

"Birth Medical Certificate" must be issued by a medical and health institution that has legally approved the development of midwifery technical services and obtained the License for Maternal and Child Health Technical Services.

What is the use of a birth certificate?

Birth certificate, the full name of which is "birth medical certificate", can not only prove the birth status and blood relationship of the baby, but also obtain the household registration and nationality. In addition, studying abroad and obtaining medical care services according to law also require birth certificates.

1. To prove the health and natural conditions of the population born in People's Republic of China (PRC) at the time of birth;

2. Prove the blood relationship of the birth population;

3, as a medical basis for newborns to acquire nationality;

4, as a medical basis for the registration of the birth population by the household registration authority;

5, as a certificate for newborns to obtain health care services according to law;

6. To provide evidence for other matters that the birth medical certificate must be valid.

To sum up, the birth certificate is a legal medical certificate to prove the baby's birth status, blood relationship, nationality declaration and household registration to obtain citizenship, which should accompany the child's life. In addition to traveling abroad, students studying abroad and immigrants need birth certificates. Here, this newspaper reminds parents not to throw away the birth certificate because the child's account is closed and the child is old, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to themselves.

Legal basis:

Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on the Administration of Medical Institutions

Article 32

Medical institutions shall not issue disease diagnosis, health certificates or death certificates without personal examination by doctors; A medical institution may not issue a medical certificate of birth or a stillbirth report without a doctor or midwife personally delivering the baby.