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People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Consulate General of Algeria in San Francisco.

CORRECTIONS

MARIAGE CERTIFICATES
  • Submitting the documents referred to below does not rule out the possibility of a judicial investigation.
  • Application Form completed and signed.
  • Original marriage certificate of the applicant (to be translated to Arabic if issued in a foreign language).
  • A copy of the applicant's marriage certificate containing the error.
  • Original birth certificate of the husband and wife bearing all annotations, including the marriage statement, if the mistake is related to the identity of the spouses.
  • Applications sent by mail should be accompanied by a Priority Mail return envelope from USPS for a faster and safer return.
BIRTH CERTIFICATES
  • Submitting the documents referred to below does not rule out the possibility of a judicial investigation.
  • Application Form completed and signed.
  • Original birth certificate of the concerned issued by the place of birth (to be translated into Arabic if issued in a foreign language).
  • A copy of the birth certificate containing the error.
  • Copy of official documents containing the identity (school certificates, IDs, Passports, work documents ...)
  • Father's and Grandfather's original birth certificates for last names corrections.
  • Original birth certificate of the father or the mother, Parents marriage certificate, family civil status certificate (fiche familiale) for parent’s names corrections.
  • Birth certificate issued by the hospital or maternity clinic for gender corrections.
  • Additional appropriate documents regarding the correction of marriage, divorce or death annotations (Birth certificate of the spouse, original marriage certificate, Divorce decree, Death certificate).
  • Applications sent by mail should be accompanied by a Priority Mail return envelope from USPS for a faster and safer return.
DEATH CERTIFICATES:
  • Submitting the documents referred to below does not rule out the possibility of a judicial investigation if the judge deems it necessary.
  • Application Form completed and signed.
  • Original death certificate of the deceased (to be translated into Arabic if issued in a foreign language).
  • Copy of the deceased death certificate containing such error.
  • Original birth certificate of the deceased.
  • Original birth certificate of the applicant and proof of his relationship to the deceased.
  • Original marriage certificate of the deceased (if applicable).
  • Applications sent by mail should be accompanied by a Priority Mail return envelope from USPS for a faster and safer return.
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