With technology today, it seems like we are taking steps back to obtain a birth certificate (or death).
Yes, this is where you have to go to get the official birth certificate for your newborn child.
Please read the documents the hospital gives you.
I'm giving this place 2 stars just simply due to the process that they instill. You can either mail your request, which means you have to take it to a notary and pay stamps to mail it, then wait weeks.
Or you can visit the place. That is what we did. We waited a few weeks, just as the hospital documents say.
We get there, and the person at the counter basically says the certificate is either READY OR NOT READY. So of course the logical thing to ask after is, "well is it ready"
Then this is where it gets weird. They can't check if its ready unless you pay the fee. Now this fee you have to pay anyways to obtain the certificate. BUT, they wont check if its ready unless you pay first. They will NOT check if its ready unless you pay. If it's not ready, you still have to pay, and then the certificate has to be mailed.
What kind of non-sense is this? The lady at the counter is RUDE and DISRESPECTFUL! She had the audacity to tap the wall and point at this sign that had some information. They can say it nicely. This process is not something people do on an everyday basis.
So say your certificate is not ready, of course you already had to pay to know this. You can't just pick it up, at this point you have no choice but to get it mailed to you.
With everything these days being more automated and simpler with online tools in making this easier--esp with most if not all government related issues, this was steps back. I'm disappointed that this is the process for this.
Hopefully the city/government officials make this process more efficient to keep up with the times. read more