Birth Certificate from Puerto Rico

You can order a birth certificate if you were born in Puerto Rico.

You can apply for your own birth certificate if you are 18 years or older. To order birth certificate for a child under 18 years old, you must be the parent, legal guardian or heir, or authorized by the courts.

You can order a birth certificate with a credit or debit card through Puerto Rico's official government website or VitalChek.

Vital Chek

Each copy costs $13.40. If you want it delivered by express mail, the cost is $18.

Visit the VitalChek website.

PR.gov

The first copy is $5. Additional copies will cost $10 each.

If you live in Puerto Rico and are a veteran or 60 years old or older, you can apply for one free copy. Additional copies will cost $10 each.

Visit Puerto Rico's official government website.

When you order by phone, you will have to pay an express processing fee and shipping costs.

Agency: VitalChek
Phone Number: (866) 842-6765
Business Hours: 24 hours, 7 days a week
Assistance is also available in Spanish.

You can get the status of a birth certificate ordered through VitalChek.

Online

Visit the VitalChek website.

By Phone

Agency: VitalChek
Phone Number: (866) 842-6765
Business Hours: 24 hours, 7 days a week
Assistance is also available in Spanish.

If you ordered a new Puerto Rican birth certificate which contains incorrect information, mail it back to the Puerto Rico Vital Statistics Record Office along with the order receipt that you received with the certificate, indicating what needs to be corrected on the receipt.

If you have your original invalid birth certificate with the correct information, mail a copy of that with the order receipt and new birth certificate. There is no fee to get an amended copy.

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