Birth certificate question/problem.

[Jhalil&Mandy 15]

Hi,

I have just received package 3 in the mail from the embassy in Amsterdam. Now, I know you need an original birth certificate but the thing is. I'm from Palestine, I wasn't exactly born in a hospital or have any documentation of my birth. We fled the country/the war when I was young and we ended up in Holland when I was around 6 or 7 years old.

I have something that's called "Akte van inschrijving van rechtelijke uitspraak" which translated means "record of registration of judicial decision".
Basically it's a legal document that acts as a birth certificate for me in The Netherlands. My parents went to court and they gave all the information to the judge and he/she then approved and had this document made.

Is this document a valid replacement for a birth certificate from the Palestinian authorities? It has everything that they ask of me. My information and both of my parents' information (Birth year/place/names etc).

I can't call the embassy until tomorrow and ask them, but if someone here has been in a similar situation it would be really nice to know what happened and how it was dealt with.

Thanks in advance,
Jhalil.

[NoProblem 69]

All I can say is that there are always exceptions. They may take what you have as birth certificate since its official in Netherlands.