Multilingual extract of your birth certificate

Good to know

• It is a civil status document for use abroad. In the states of Convention no. 16 of Vienna (8 September 1976) it needs no apostille, super-legalisation or translation.
• The states are, in alphabetical order: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey.
• The standard fee is 260 lei in 20 working days (230 lei if you apply online). Faster: 520 lei (10 working days), 780 lei (5), 1040 lei (1 working day), 1300 lei (same day).
• Extracts issued before 1 November 2025 on the old strict-record forms stay valid, as long as the personal data and the status of the record have not changed.

How to apply

1. You do this

   Submit the request

   Choose how to apply (see “Online or in person” below).

2. You do this

   Pay the fee

   You can pay online through MPay or the Payments section of EVO, by card at the counter, at a payment terminal or at a bank branch.

3. You do this

   Get the extract

   If you applied online, the electronic extract appears in your personal cabinet. People who are not the holder themselves receive it printed on paper (A4).

   The paper extract can be collected at the office or mission where you applied, at another civil status office you name in the request, or delivered to an address in Moldova or abroad by MDelivery.

Required documents

• Power of attorney
  the original, if someone applies for the holder
• Proof of kinship
  if relatives apply and the office cannot confirm the relationship from its own records
• Inheritance certificate
  if an heir of a deceased holder applies (original or notarised copy)
• Proof of a name change
  foreign civil status documents are handed in as originals or notarised copies
• Other earlier civil status documents, and official papers that ASP cannot get automatically through the government interoperability platform, including documents issued by foreign authorities
• Guardianship papers
  if the request is made for a child under one of the forms of protection: the guardianship order, service ID, authorisation and ID of the representative
• Prison
  if the holder is in prison, the request authenticated by the head of the penitentiary and the material from the personal file confirming the detention

Fees and processing times

Online or in person

Who can ask?

Free of charge

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