Strange question asking for friend who was born in bogota lives in canada but never had any colombian id

theflatline says on Oct 28, 2009, 21:07:

not strange at all.

Tell him to ask his parents where his birth was registered. What city and what notaria.

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ojbarberena says on Oct 28, 2009, 21:29:

FLATLINE IS CORRECT.
it a hassle that I'm going through myself, the first step is to find out what notaria you were regestired and then ask the notaria for a "REGISTRO CIVIL" this will cost about one U.S. dollar. this is the first step of many more to come.

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ojbarberena says on Oct 28, 2009, 21:32:

BTW when I checked with my consulate for my records they said that they had no record of me in Colombia!!! they told mY brother the same thing(ignore them on this they just don't want to do their job) I had a cousin go to my notaria where she found all my records. GOOD LUCK.

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Rikito says on Oct 29, 2009, 07:01:

The Consulates are not in the people records business ok especially births and adoptions. In many cases such as the U.S. their main purpose is to assist Colombia business opportunities. Citizen services are the last thing they want to deal with. Theflatline and ojbarberena are very correct with their comments...but

The most important thing is this… you will need to know the city and the number of the Notaria office that the baby is registered in. Without this you might as well be pickin poop with the chickens. If you are doing this for a friend be careful. Also, you may need a specific Power of Attorney in order to do this. (I’m not sure about this part). This is why the government offices said that they had no record...they didn't, the Notaria did...some Notarias specialize. For example, children born to foreign residents are listed in one particular Notaria in Bogota for all of Colombia. So how do you find out the correct number of the Notaria...the parents will know. It is a strict law that births be registered.

You will need patience, patience, patience when dealing with any kind of government. So take a breath of air and go for it.

...and so it goes

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theflatline says on Oct 29, 2009, 07:24:

More than likely it could have been moved as well. Since I was born in the states I went and registered my birth with my father in Colombia. I did this at the Notaria Uno in Manizales, many moons ago.

Then years later, they decided it needed to go to another notary, they they changed the law and now all births for people born in the exterior must be registered in Bogota.

So now if I want a birth certificate I have get it via Bogota.

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theflatline says on Oct 29, 2009, 07:44:

I need to go register myself in Panama.

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theflatline says on Oct 29, 2009, 07:49:

elmo,

my grandpaw was a Panamian Jew who married my grandmother when the Panama canal thing was going down, he was a diplomat between the two countries. But he had to become Catholic a la marrano to marry her. We even have him stuck in our cripta in the Cathedral in Manizales, my dad and I are always getting asked to leave because we giggle about it it do loud.

But my dad is a citizen there, so I have the right to be one too.

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princess says on Oct 29, 2009, 19:45:

Ok well I spoke with my friend again but he said that the consulate did send his info to the notaria and they are the ones who said they had no record what could that mean other then what they said

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