Hi,

I have a friend who was born in Belgium who is 53 years old and lives here in Canada. Unfortunately he has lost his Identification, including his Birth certificate.
I need the help of someone from Belgium who could tell me who I should contact in Belgium in order to request a form to purchase a birth certificate, as this is required to obtain other pieces of Identifaction such as Photo ID and Social Insurance, or even to open up a bank account.
So could anyone here who is from Belgium, please find for me the address I would require to obtain a Belgium birth certificate and possably what it would cost in Canadian dollar's

Thank You

perhep you can ask golden river. I think he is from beligum. Hold on let me check if I am right.

Yep he is from beligum.

Thank you, I know a few member's that are from belgium, just can't tihnk of who off-hand

welcome anytime

Sophieca is from Belgium too

I should aslo ad that who ever can help me, may PM me, although I will have this topic tracked by email, so It will not get entirely lost, I appreciate any assistance,thank you

that right....I forget about sophieca

You are right, she is, maybe I will PM her?

Members I know from Belgium:

sophieca
golden river
angel33
pr0ph3cy
anneonline

I think they're all willing to help you

...Rick

well I sent sophecia a message

Sophie is on holiday...

but from my family history knowledge, in Belgium you have to write to the Municipilaty for the area in which the birth was registered

rootsweb have indexes to tell you which municipilaty you need

http://belgium.rootsweb.com/rep/bel/muni/w...uni.html#places

not sure if this is any help, it looks a bit out of date for prices as they now use the euro ..

Wow, no wonder It has been almost impossable for my friend to obtain his Belgium Birth certificate, that site you posted seems rather complicated.
All I know is that my friend was born in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.
In Canada, to obtain a BC, all we have to know is the City, and provence of where we were born and the birth places of both parents. I'm just in the process of obtaining my BC as well.
My friend,on the other hand has not had his BC for as long as I've known him, and other people from government agencies here in Canada have tried to help in obtaining it for him and had no results as they obviously didn't have the required information other than the City he was born in and the names of both his parents and his date of Birth. I guess they didn't realize they also were required to know what provence or district.
Maybe another avenue for me to try would be to contact the Belgium embassy, if we have one here in Canada, and see if they may be able to assist in helping to obtain my friends Birth cetificate?
I'm in no hurry, I will also wait to see what Sophecia may have available upon her return from holiday
Thank you for your help though

The embassy of Belgium should defnedly be able to help you in this matter

If they can't find out how to go about then I suppoce no one can ;-)

http://www.diplomatie.be/en/addresses/abro...p?PAYS_E=CANADA

There seems to be an embassy in Ottawa, Consulates-General in Montreal, a consulate in Toronto and honorary consulates in quite a few places

Good luck

Thanks Pia, checked the site, there is an office close to where I live I'll call them Monday and see what they suggest in how can go about helping my friend with getting his BC

Yes SHE is from Belgium

And I'd say the Embassy of Belgium would be your best shot too don't really know any other way I can help you.

Yes, HE having that avatar without it being HIS own pic would be a bit weird imho

It is Ricky Martin seems to me that's pretty obvious and I don't think he would be posting in this forum

And well,it's no secret Golden River is absolutely crazy about Ricky Martin

I know it's Ricky Martin, that's why I said it

Oh, that's good then

I don't know....would it be weird if his avatar wouldn't be his own picture? Maybe he would have my picture

No I ment it would be a bit weird imho if you were a guy and had Ricky Martin's pic as avatar if you wern't Ricky Martin....uhhh I haven't slept so I might not make much sence

*Hugs*

I'll stop hijacking this thread now heh

Now I understand don't worry, I haven't slept enough either. (I'll better shut up too now,we 're getting very off topic )

Hi charmeyn,

when i would need an extract of my data of the birth-register, i would need to go to the administration of the city where i've been born. I would expect though that they will ask me some ID to get that extract. So I'm unsure how you could obtain it from abroad with no identification papers. I guess the best way is indeed to explain your friend's case to the Belgian embassy, and they will know best the procedure to obtain this certificate in this case.

If at any point you would need more information, just ask and i'll try to help.

Greetzz,

I guess this problem has been solved in the meantime?