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An acta de nacimiento is a Spanish or Latin American birth certificate, the primary document proving citizenship by descent. It is issued by the Registro Civil (civil registry) of the person's place of birth.
For CBD cases, the acta de nacimiento of the ancestor (issued by the Registro Civil of their birthplace) and of each person in the citizenship chain is required. The acta must be a certified copy (copia certificada), not a photocopy.
Actas de nacimiento typically include the person's name, date and place of birth, parents' names, and registration date. Some countries (Mexico, Argentina) issue 'long-form' actas with additional information; others issue 'short-form' extracts.
Related terms
The Registro Civil is the civil registry in Spain and Latin American countries that maintains records of births, marriages, and deaths.
Filiação is the Brazilian legal concept of filiation (parent-child relationship), which is the basis of Brazilian citizenship by descent.
A cartório is a Brazilian notary public office that maintains civil registry records and processes citizenship registrations.
The SRE (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores) is the Mexican foreign ministry that processes Mexican citizenship by descent applications.
The Cámara Nacional Electoral is the Argentine federal court that processes certain Argentine citizenship by descent cases (judicial route).
RENIEC (Registro Nacional de Identificación y Estado Civil) is the Peruvian national registry that processes Peruvian citizenship by descent applications.