Transcribed birth certificate

Official secure copy of a foreign birth certificate concerning a Beninese citizen, registered in Benin's national civil-status file to give it Beninese legal recognition.

• The birth certificate issued abroad and its French translation (if the certificate is in another language)
• Any document bearing the certificate holder's NPI (if available)
• Certificate of nationality, CIP, PASSPORT or CNIB of one of the holder's Beninese parents (father or mother).

This service is governed by the following texts:

• Law no. 2002-07 of 24 August 2004 on the Code of Persons and the Family
• Law no. 2021-13 of 20 December 2021 amending and supplementing law no. 2002-07 of 24 August 2004 on the code of persons and the family
• Decree 2018-471 of 10 October 2018 defining the procedures and operation of the administrative framework for derogatory civil-status registration and setting the rules for dematerialisation of records
• Decree no. 2019-072 of 06 March 2019 amending articles 2, 3, 4 and 5 of decree no. 2018-471 of 10 October 2018 defining the procedures and operation of the administrative framework for derogatory civil-status registration and setting the rules for dematerialisation of records
• Decree no. 2022-442 of 20 July 2022 defining the practical and operational procedures for reconstituting civil-status records.