After the recent
discovery of an error in the details
on my birth certificate, I found out
that it is quite a challenge to get it changed. I was fortunate enough to find
out that there
were certain requirements that
I could handle
by myself. I began gathering the documentation and finally
went to the office where
my birth was registered, and they told
me that they
forgot about one of
the needed documents, and I had to come back
later to submit
it. All the
same, I did that and
the entire process took
about two months
from start to finish. All this because
there was a typo on my birth certificate.
Making a change
as small as a missing
letter should not
take two months.
In this day
and age where everything is being handled
at the click of a button or the tap of a screen, people
do not always have
the time to run back
and forth to make these
changes to their
documents. The system for the longest
time needed improvement and finally, with the coming
in of a website where changes could
be made to birth certificates, a majority
of the birth certificate related issues were solved.
What can be handled
on this birth
certificate website?
All tasks relating
to getting a birth certificate can be handled
through the portal
without even having to leave the comfort of your house.
Obviously, the additional documentation would have to
be handled independently, either directly or through agents.
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Making changes
to typos or errors on your birth
certificate
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Applying for a new or duplicate
birth certificate
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Getting any
information relating to birth certificates can also be handled through
this portal
Are there any issues
with a digital birth certificate process?
In a country as
large as India, there are people who would not have the technical know-how to
handle filling out online forms. To tackle this issue, the old system has not
been changed, it just works alongside the new one. For people who lack the time
to handle the manual filling out of forms, they can just download the forms and
submit them.
There are other
changes as well, as the manual submission of documents, which was a challenge
in itself, has been improved to upload scanned documents. This was easier since
most people would be able to handle this through their phones directly. Again,
for those who could not or preferred personally handling their documents, there
was a provision for them as well.
The process of using
a website for
your birth certificate needs?
All users had to do was
●
Log in to the online birth certificate website
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Download the respective form depending on their requirement
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Upload the
filled out form
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Attach
supporting documents
The company will literally handle
the rest. They would intimate you through phone
or email informing you if you
would have to travel to their office
to collect the final document or if they could mail it to your address.