Valid Photo-Identification Defined: Identification (ID) with a photograph of the bearer that has the signature of the
bearer. ID must be issued by an officially recognized organization or agency and includes the following types of ID:
Driver’s License, Employment ID, Government ID, Social Services ID, and a Passport.
VR 67 (REV. 8/02)
For Yourself or Your Child:
䊳 Valid photo-ID, OR
䊳 Inmate photo-ID with Release
Papers, OR
䊳 Two of the following showing
your name and address:
Utility/Telephone Bills
Letter from Government Agency
WITHOUT VALID PHOTO–ID,
CERTIFICATE WILL BE MAILED
䊳 Your valid photo-ID, AND
䊳 Other person’s valid photo-ID, AND
䊳 An original, notarized letter
from the person authorizing his or her
certificate’s release to you.
Walk-in Customers
䊳 Copy of valid photo-ID, OR
䊳 Two of the following showing
your name and address:
Utility/Telephone Bills
Letter from Government Agency
䊳 A copy of your valid photo-ID, AND
䊳 A copy of the other persons photo-ID,
AND
䊳 An original, notarized letter from the
person authorizing their certificate’s
release to you.
Mail-in Requests
䊳 Valid Credit Card
䊳 Identification verified by Health
Department computer system
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WEB SITE: www.nyc.gov
MAIL YOUR APPLICATION TO:
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Office of Vital Records
125 Worth St., CN 4, Rm. 133
New York, N.Y. 10013-4090 OR
FAX TO (FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERING ONLY):
1 (212) 962-6105 if calling from 5 boros, NYC OR
1 (800) 908-9146 if calling from outside NYC
PHONE: 1 (212) 788-4520 for Credit Card Service OR
WALK-IN: When the lines are shortest
from 9–10 AM or 3–4:30 PM
The following fees apply:
Certificates – $15.00
Credit Card Handling – $5.50
Express Mailing Service for Credit Card Orders – $12.50
Credit Card Orders
By telephone including
form filler automated service
For yourself or your child only
䊳 Valid Credit Card
verified by Health Department
computer system
Faxed Requests
For yourself or your child only
Someone other than Self/Child:
Birth Certificate Identification Requirements
Official Agency Letter Defined: Without valid, signed photo-identification you must obtain a letter from an official
agency such as the police department or a social services office on their letterhead, which confirms your exceptional
situation. Additional criteria are described below.
Requirements for those with exceptional situations who are unable to
meet Birth Identification Criteria: Issuance criteria
for yourself and your child ONLY
Without valid Photo-ID, your certificate will be mailed to you
䊳 Official Agency Letter, AND
䊳 One of the following showing your name and address: A Utility Bill, a Telephone
Bill, or a Letter from a Government Agency, i.e., A Social Security award letter, OR
䊳 A notarized letter from your landlord that verifies your name and residence, WITH
a Telephone or Utility Bill showing the Landlord’s name and address.
Walk-in Customers
Mail-in Requests
Faxed Requests