A birth certificate is a document through which accredits a person's birth, and therefore its existence.This document is also known as the birth certificate.

With this heading may know the name and sex of the individual, the date and time of birth and time of entry in the Civil Register.

For its part the departure of baptism is a document confirming that a person has been recorded in the Catholic Church through the celebration of baptism.

This document makes it possible to know the name and sex of the individual and the date, time and name of the church in which he had been baptized.

Where are requested

The birth certificate must be applied in the Civil Register of the Autonomous Community to which the individual belongs. This document can also be handled at the Register Consular relevant.

However, the departure of baptism should be managed in the parish in which it is named. In the case of not reside in the parish can be obtained in which we live today, but it should be legalized by the bishop.

Both documents can be requested by the person concerned, but also may be a relative or other person authorized to conduct this procedure.

Why serve

These two documents are required for the following actions:

·  Item Birth:

- Get Spanish nationality.

- Ask the DNI (National Identity Document).

- Request passport.

- Sign in the municipal electoral roll.

- Registering in the Social Security system.

- To hold a civil wedding.

·  Item of baptism:

- Hold a religious wedding.

- Receiving the sacrament of communion.

- Receiving the sacrament of confirmation.

Types of birth certificates

There are various items of birth among them can be found as follows:

·  Negatives: are those being sought in order to establish that a person is not registered in a particular Civil Registry.

·  Positive: is required to prove that a person is registered in a particular Civil Registry. In turn can be divided into:

- Excerpt: is a summary of the birth certificate. Several types can be found depending on the language in which they appear as eg ordinary bilingual or multilingual.

- Literal: it is a verbatim copy of the birth certificate, which listed all the data explicitly.

The parishes and the departure of baptism

A parish is the minimum unit within the division of the Christian Church was responsible for keeping the record of the same faithful who have received a sacrament.

This is a community of people who are called faithful and pastoral caregiver who is a priest or pastor. The place concentration of these faithful is the Church of the parish.

The parish church may coincide with the civil parishes. The latter is an administrative division that exists in some regions such as Asturias and Galicia.