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New York City Now Taking Online Applications

February 6, 2020 By New York Adoptee Rights Coalition

VitalChek Now Available for Adoptees Born in the City

If you were born in one of the five boroughs of New York City, you’ve been required to mail-in a paper form to request your original birth certificate. That has now changed. New York City is now accepting online application for the original birth certificate.

Apply Online

The city currently also has instructions here (please scroll to the bottom of the page). Paper mail-in application forms are still available here, including instructions. Forms can be mailed to:

Office of Vital Records
ATTN: Sealed Record Request
125 Worth St., CN-4
New York, NY 10013-4090

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  1. Lorell Ducati says

    February 6, 2020 at 8:33 pm

    If I’ve already mailed in an application and my check has not been cashed should I do an online application?

  2. Hey_Jude_JS says

    February 6, 2020 at 8:34 pm

    Is NYC giving updates online as to the status of our mail in requests? I mailed mine in and would like to know. I’ll follow up with them and report back if no one knows.

  3. Tricia Katz says

    February 6, 2020 at 8:48 pm

    That’s great. Any update about born out adopted in?

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The following organizations, while not core partners, support the work of the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition.

  • AdoptieZaken & Familierecht (AZF/Netherlands)
  • California Open
  • Canada Open Records
  • Concerned United Birthparents
  • Equality for Adoptees
  • Indiana Open
  • Italiadoption
  • Know Your Own
  • Michigan Open Records
  • Minnesota Coalition for Adoption Reform
  • Missouri Open
  • National Center on Adoption and Permanency
  • New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
  • Nevada Open
  • Post Adoption Center for Education & Resources (PACER)

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