Getting birth certificate in DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:an hour or so if you go to the Vital records office.

I went mid-morning and was in and out in ten minutes. Very pleasantly surprised.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just chiming in here...we delivered at Washington Hospital Center. Is it correct to assume we will not automatically be mailed a birth certificate? We received the SS card in the mail about a week after the birth but going on week 3 without the birth certificate.

DC does not mail them automatically — they aren't free, after all. Request online or go to the office. I went to pick mine up and it was fairly painless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just chiming in here...we delivered at Washington Hospital Center. Is it correct to assume we will not automatically be mailed a birth certificate? We received the SS card in the mail about a week after the birth but going on week 3 without the birth certificate.

DC does not mail them automatically — they aren't free, after all. Request online or go to the office. I went to pick mine up and it was fairly painless.

Just make sure they spell your kids name correctly! They misspelled ours and the guy was so lazy he wasn't going to change it until my husband said he wouldn't leave until they changed it!!