How to Verify Birth Certificate Online

To Verify birth certificate online in Pakistan or abroad, you can follow these steps depending on your need (local verification or for international/legal use):

1. Check Authenticity in Pakistan

  • Visit NADRA Office / NRC (NADRA Registration Center):
    Provide the CRC / Form Number printed on the birth certificate, and NADRA staff can confirm whether the certificate exists in their central record.
  • Call NADRA Office / NRC (NADRA Registration Center):
    Call to +9251111786100 and provide the Tracking ID/CRC / Form Number printed on the birth certificate, and NADRA staff can confirm whether the certificate exists in their central record.
  • Union Council / Cantonment Board:
    If the certificate was originally issued through a Union Council before digitization, you may verify it from that issuing authority as well.

2. Online Verification

Currently, NADRA does not have a public portal for direct online verification of birth certificates like they do for CNICs.
However: the Nadra helpline +9251111786100 can confirm the authenticity of certificate online by providing the Tracking ID on certificate to staff.

  • For overseas Pakistanis, the Pak-Identity Portal sometimes reflects linked family registration records, which indirectly confirms the child’s NADRA record.
  • Official verification must still be done through NADRA or MOFA attestation.

3. Official Attestation & Verification (Required for Abroad)

If you need the certificate for immigration, study, or employment purposes abroad:

  1. Obtain the original NADRA computerized birth certificate.
  2. Get it attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Pakistan.
  3. Have it attested by the embassy/consulate of the destination country.

This is considered legal verification and confirms authenticity internationally.

4. Third-Party / Institutional Verification

  • Universities, embassies, or employers may send a formal request to NADRA or the issuing Union Council for verification.
  • NADRA can confirm authenticity only on official request.

Do you want us to prepare a step-by-step verification process or MOFA Legalization specifically for someone living abroad (e.g., USA, UK, Gulf), so they can get it verified without visiting Pakistan.

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