STEP-BY-STEP ROUTE · FAMILY & CIVIL-STATUS RECORDS
Child born in Serbia to foreign parents
Understand how birth registration works and which additional steps apply when one or both parents are foreign citizens.
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01Obtain the maternity hospital's birth notification
What to do
Show parents' passports and agree the child's name spelling. If both parents are foreign nationals, the complete eBeba service is not available: the hospital sends the birth notice and parents must visit the registry personally within 30 days.
Where to go
Maternity hospital; civil registry for the place of birth
What to prepare
- Parents' passports and hospital notification/details
First identify your route
- One parent is foreign and the other is a Serbian citizen.
- Both parents are foreign citizens.
- The child is born in a Serbian healthcare institution.
02Register the child with the registrar
What to do
Provide the child's name and parents' details in person. Bring the marriage certificate where applicable; unmarried parents should arrange acknowledgement of paternity. Obtain a birth-register extract and check all names.
Where to go
Civil registry in the municipality of birth
What to prepare
- Passports, marriage certificate if applicable and required translation
- Name/paternity declarations as instructed by the registrar
03Arrange citizenship and passport through your consulate
What to do
Contact the parents' country's consulate with the Serbian birth extract. Ask about recording the birth and issuing the child's travel document. Birth in Serbia should not be treated as automatic Serbian citizenship.
Where to go
Consulate of the parents' citizenship country
What to prepare
- Birth extract, parents' passports and the consulate's checklist
- Apostille/translation only where required by the receiving country
04Arrange the child's residence and insurance separately
What to do
With the child's documents, contact MUP for the family address and RFZO/insurer separately. A minor's temporary-residence application is submitted in person by the legal representative. Do not assume the parent's permit or insurance automatically covers the child.
Where to go
MUP foreigner department; RFZO or private insurer
What to prepare
- Child's passport/travel document and birth extract
- Parents' residence documents, address and insurance evidence
Translation and filing
Translation and certification
Before translating a foreign-issued record, ask the receiving institution whether it needs a Serbian translation by a court-certified translator (sudski tumač), whether an apostille/legalization is required, and in which order. Requirements differ by country and document. An ordinary or automatic translation is not a certified translation when certification is required.
What happens next
File only through the confirmed method. Keep a copy of the submission, case/application number and proof of receipt. Ask how to check status, when to expect a reply and what to do if more information is requested.
Document overview and case variants
What may be required
- Parents' passports
- Marriage/family-status records where relevant
- Hospital or registrar documents
- Additional consular/immigration documents depending on the family's citizenship
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Common variants
- One parent is foreign and the other is a Serbian citizen.
- Both parents are foreign citizens.
- The child is born in a Serbian healthcare institution.
The correct variant can only be confirmed after checking your status, documents and the authority's requirements.
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- Prepared: Completed parents’ birth-registration cover letter
- Prepared: Completed parents’ birth registration data
- Check the child’s name and sign required statements.
- Obtain the official document from the registrar.
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