Venezuelan birth certificate from the US: SAREN online, apostilled

The Venezuelan partida (acta) de nacimiento is issued by the Civil Registry (Registro Civil) of the municipality or area where the birth occurred or by the National Electoral Council (CNE), according to the US State Department’s page on Venezuelan civil documents. From the United States it is requested online on the SAREN portal (tramites.saren.gob.ve); Venezuela’s embassy in France explains that the service delivers the document legalized and apostilled, 100% electronic, ready to print. The State Department says there are no fees for the birth certificate (“There are no fees”, checked October 3, 2026); SAREN’s portal does not show its cost outside the password-protected area. Two key facts: consulates do not issue the original record, and a Venezuelan birth record does not expire.

Status as of October 3, 2026: no Venezuelan consulate in the US is listed or announced as open for services. The two governments agreed to re-establish diplomatic and consular relations on March 5, 2026 (statements by Venezuela’s foreign ministry and the US State Department), but on September 12, 2026, Venezuela’s state broadcaster RNV reported that, although the New York consulate has been refurbished, authorities “have not yet issued an official statement setting the date of formal opening to the public or the activation of the appointment system” (our translation). MPPRE’s consulate list, checked October 3, 2026, includes no office in the United States. For the birth certificate, the channel from the US is the SAREN portal.

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Key facts

ItemDetail (checked October 3, 2026)
Document namePartida de Nacimiento (State Department)
Issued byCivil Registry of the municipality or area of birth, or the CNE
Channel from the USSAREN portal, tramites.saren.gob.ve
SAREN online formatLegalized and apostilled, 100% electronic, printable (embassy in France)
Fee“There are no fees” (State Department); SAREN’s online cost not visible outside the password-protected area
Certified copiesAvailable (State Department)
ExpirationDoes not expire (Article 94 of the Organic Law of Civil Registry, cited by the embassy in France)
ConsulatesThe embassy in France says it does not issue original full records and refers applicants to SAREN; no other consulate’s practice was reviewed

Who issues it and what a valid copy looks like

The State Department’s page on Venezuelan civil documents, used in US visa processing, describes the partida de nacimiento as follows:

  • Issuing authority: the Civil Registry of the municipality or rural area where the birth occurred, or the National Electoral Council (CNE).
  • Format: it has no security features because it is a copy of the book where the birth was registered. Each copy must carry the note “es copia fiel del original” (a true copy of the original), stamped or as part of the standard wording at the end of the document.
  • Signature: it must contain the stamp and signature of the registry’s authority.
  • Certified copies: available.
  • How to obtain it: at the Registro Civil or online on SAREN’s website.

How to request it online through SAREN

  1. Go to tramites.saren.gob.ve (“Sistema de solicitudes en línea SAREN”).
  2. Register with an email address and password. The registration screen asks for an identity document with a V or E prefix.
  3. Request the “ACTA DE NACIMIENTO (EMITIDA POR REGISTRO CIVIL/OTROS ENTES CIVILES)”.
  4. Review on screen the cost, if any, and the processing time.
  5. Print the document: according to the embassy in France, “you can print your legalized and apostilled document directly” (our translation).

What SAREN does not publish outside the password-protected area: the cost of the online service, the delivery time, and whether an account can be created without a cédula number. The portal was online on October 3, 2026 (login screen, “Versión: 5.0.0”).

Other civil-registry records in the same service

The list of SAREN documents published by the embassy in France includes, besides the birth record, several procedures on that same record:

  • ACLARATORIA DE ACTA DE NACIMIENTO (clarification)
  • RECTIFICACIÓN DE ACTA DE NACIMIENTO (correction)
  • INSERCIÓN ACTA DE NACIMIENTO (insertion)
  • CERTIFICACIÓN DE NACIDO VIVO (live-birth certification)
  • DECLARATORIA DE NACIONALIDAD (declaration of nationality)

The list does not explain the requirements for each. For marriage and death records, see marriage registration and apostilling Venezuelan documents.

A Venezuelan birth record does not expire

Venezuela’s embassy in France says so on legal grounds: Venezuelan birth records “have no expiration date (Article 94 of the Organic Law of Civil Registry)” (our translation). That embassy even issues a certificate of non-expiration for French authorities, noting that accepting it is up to the local authority.

The embassy in France does not issue the original

The embassy’s SAREN instructions add two distinctions (checked October 17, 2026):

  • It expressly tells applicants not to submit these requests at its office or by postal mail.
  • For presentation to local authorities in France, it describes printing the downloaded apostilled document and having it translated by a sworn translator. Once those steps are completed, it says no consular visit or additional seal is needed. This is the embassy’s France-specific instruction; it does not establish US translation or acceptance requirements.

Even if a Venezuelan consulate were open, the one consular source reviewed points elsewhere for the original record. The embassy in France explains: “This mission does not issue original full birth records. If you wish to request an original record, visit: Civil Registry Records Request” — that is, SAREN (our translation). What that office does issue is a birth extract in French for French authorities, which does not replace the record.

If the record cannot be found: Datos Filiatorios

The State Department says that if a birth certificate is unavailable, Venezuelans and foreign nationals residing in Venezuela may apply to SAIME for Datos Filiatorios: a certified document signed at SAIME that contains and verifies identifying information. It is requested at the nearest SAIME office. SAIME’s online-services page links to datosfiliatorios.saime.gob.ve, but the sources reviewed do not explain whether the procedure can be completed from abroad.

Using the record in the US

  • Apostille: MPPRE’s general rule, unless some norm provides an exemption, is that every Venezuelan public document must be legalized or apostilled to be valid abroad. A record requested online through SAREN arrives legalized and apostilled, according to the embassy in France; a Venezuelan apostille “does not expire” (MPPRE).
  • Translation: the Venezuelan sources do not cover the translation requirements of US institutions; ask the institution requesting the document.

If your child was born in the US

The child’s birth certificate is issued by the US state of birth, not by Venezuela: see vital records by state. To be recorded as Venezuelan, the step is consular birth registration, explained in registering a US-born child. That registration is a prerequisite, for example, for a Venezuelan minor’s passport.

What you cannot do from the US

  • Request the original record at a Venezuelan consulate: the embassy in France says it does not issue originals and refers applicants to SAREN (no other consulate’s practice was reviewed), and, as of October 3, 2026, none in the US is listed or announced as open for services.
  • Use the CNE website: it did not load when we tried on October 3, 2026.

Your US immigration status

The SAREN portal asks for an email, a password and an identity document with a V or E prefix. It does not ask for US immigration documents.

Official sources

Last verified: 2026-10-17. General procedural information for educational purposes. The SAREN portal, its costs and its requirements may change. Verify directly with SAREN or the Civil Registry before paying. Not legal advice.