12S BIRTH CERTIFICATE
12S BIRTH CERTIFICATE
Registred Algerian Citizens who are residents in the following (06) US States (North Carolina, South Carolina, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington-DC) are eligible to submit application for 12-S birth certificate at the Algerian Embassy in Washington, D.C
For the other (44) US States, please submit your application to the General Consulate of Algeria in New York.
12S - Nationals born in Algeria
This document is issued once in a lifetime and is mandatory for the issuance of the biometric passport.
The 12s birth certificate can be obtained from:
- The Algerian city hall of the place of birth.
- The Ministry of the Interior website.
http://demande12s.interieur.gov.dz
12S - Nationals born in US
- The ministry of foreign affairs or the Embassy. Required documents for persons born in US:
- Application form filled out in Arabic and French.
- Registration card.
- The family book.
12S - Nationals born neither in US nor in Algeria
a) If the applicant`s birth is transcribed at the Embassy / Consulate of Algeria in the country of the applicant`s birth.
- Send to Algerian Embassy in Washington - D.C a copy of the applicant ID or the one of the tutor.
- Send to Algerian Embassy in Washington - D.C a copy of the Family book in case of its availability.
- Submit to Algerian Embassy in Washington - D.C the written application asking for 12-S.
b) If the applicant`s birth is not transcribed at the Embassy / Consulate of Algeria in the country of the applicant`s birth
- Send to Algerian Embassy in Washington - D.C the original birth certificate
- Send to Algerian Embassy in Washington - D.C a Descriptive form downloadable at our website in CIVIL STATUS to be filled in Arabic and French )
- Send to Algerian Embassy in Washington - D.C a copy of the applicant ID or the one of his tutor.
In both cases, The Algerian Embassy in Washington - D.C will forward the application to the suitable Algerian Embassy/consulate where normally the applicant`s 12-s owes to be issued (i.e. Embassy / Consulate of Algeria in the country of the applicant`s birth.) via The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Algiers.