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Birth certificate required to sign up to French health care

loreneh

Hi all,

My partner and I moved to Paris last year and are struggling to sign him up to the French health care system (he is British, I am French).

We were asked to provide his birth certificate, which we did provide (the original), however the CPAM came back to us saying it is not valid as it doesn't have a readable stamp ("cachet"). I am not sure what that's about... Maybe someone here has been in the same situation?

What sort of document can we provide?
Do we need to request a copy from the UK government?

Thank you in advance!
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Guest98562

Bonsoir ³¢´Ç°ùè²Ô±ð,

Je pense que vous pouvez demander un duplicata au gouvernement britannique, mais cela peut vous coûter cher.
J'ai obtenu un duplicata pour ma fille bien qu'il y ait quelque temps et je ne me souvienne plus maintenant si cela m'a coûté bien que je sois citoyen britannique.

Priscilla

@AreJayEm :  can you please write in english only on this english speaking forum?

Thank you,

Priscilla
Epat.com team

GregorySegal

I am in a process of getting Vital card as well. They requested a copy of birth certificate (I am an American) translated into French.  I moved to France recently from Belgium (French speaking Walonie region) where I had my American birth certificate translated officially for marriage papers.  It was not good enough for CPAM and prefecture:- it has to be done by licensed translator in FRANCE.  I used Alphatrad translation services here. Translator had some dates and reference numbers that he had hard time reading because of stamps. I gave him the information that he couldn't read from the Belgian translation.   Alphatrad just sent me the official translation two days ago. I was not able to submit it yet to CPAM and prefecture (closed due to virus), but I don't think it will be a problem when they open for business.

Guest98562

He needs to go to the relevant UK Government website and apply for a duplicate copy of his birth certificate. It's pretty easy to do. It's always good to have a clear copy of important documents like that.

Guest98562

I’ve just had to reappl for my BC from australia cost $150 including ‘courier’ $50. Then I was told I also needed my marriage certificate bc surname has changed. Another $150 and weeks waiting!


To add insult to injury they sent me 3 letters in my maiden name which I haven’t used in nearly 50 years. ALL my documents, including my French long stay visa, and my CPAM application is in my married name! I feel deeply offended.  It’s glaringly obvious which name I choose to use yet I’m completely ignored! grr