Due to the tardiness of the government staff at the sub – registers many of our old records are destroyed or damaged. These Old records are very important to us in our basic life and many wise people from the Portuguese era have kept copies of these records.
If your documents are missing or lost, there is nothing to worry. Detailed below are the various other options available for recreation of the lost Document.
Birth Certficate:
If your birth certificate is lost/destroyed at the Sub – Register try to remember the place where your birth certificate was a requirement. Once remembered you can approach them and ask for a copy of your Birth Certificate. Usually Birth Certificate is submitted at the time of educational admission, Obtaining a LIC, Marriage or Job. If this department does not have, your files ask the peons to search for it in exchange of rewards. The department should have your file somewhere.
For Catholic you can obtain your baptism certificate from the church and submit it to the sub – register he will attest the same and give you an extract of your birth certificate that is eligible for your Portuguese Passport Documents. Simultaneously ask for a letter with the sub – register explaining the loss/damage of your original certificate.
For other religions and people who do not have copies can submit school certificates, passports, driving licenses any documents issued by the government administration as proof of age. The Sub – Register or any other issuing authority is bound to give you a certificate based on these documents and an affidavit mentioning the loss of your birth record. Further to this if you are unsuccessful to obtain the proof of age you can still re – register your birth for this you will need two of your relative who are older to you to fill out the required from and affidavits swearing of your date of birth and place of birth or any other relevant information. The Sub – Register or the issuing authority will issue a birth certificate based on these documents. This document is eligible for Portuguese Nationality for Goans.
The other legal process to obtain a Birth Certificate if the above process fails is make an application & Affidavits to the Sarpanch of your local Village Panchyat or the Mamladar if you live in the city. The application and the affidavits are to be signed by your parents. The officer will depute an investigator to your place/house of birth, make necessary investigations with your neighbors, and collect their signatures as witnesses. The investigator will certify that your application is correct and send it back to the Sarpanch or Mamladar. The Sarpanch or Mamladar will sign and send the application to the sub – register to record your birth. The sub – register will certify and your birth will be recorded. Once this process is complete the sub – register will send the information to the municipality you belong. Once the municipality receives the order they will enter your details are issue a Birth Certificate. This certificate is eligible for Portuguese Nationality for Goans. This is a lengthy and complex process
2 comments:
what if you can't get the sub-registrar to attest to the baptism certificate (claiming that the original document with the birth extract from the parish is lost. Can one still request the conservador to issue you with a Portuguese passport if you have your father's 4 passports and an attested baptism certificate. Can one not deal with the sub-registrar and go straight to Lisbon?
How can the sub - register attest someone els's documents. The baptism certificate is church property and has to be certified by the church first. File an RTI for the lost document maybe you can get lucky. The authorities will take more time to search for your lost document.
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