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Thank you everybody!

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@Goldie
Thank you, this sounds more normal, I will check all the info with the hospital and let u all know what they said( last time I asked the translator didn't know the process, that's why I asked here).

About the translation- our consulate required a legalized English translation, so I guess I have to go to translate it even if it has the English page ( as JanJal said).

Forums > Living in Kunming > Authentication of a birth certificate

Hello,
The Embassies generally don't accept the locally issued Birth Certificate of a non-Chinese baby born in China. They asked us for a authentication of the document, something like a super-legalization a (shuang rengzheng). Anyone knows where can it be done in Kunming?

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@Michael
Thank you so much for taking the time to explain all this, you're great and surely the info u gave is priceless. I will open a new thread about the authentication of the birth certificate, this is another thing required by our consulate.
Cheers!

Forums > Living in Kunming > Birth certificate in Kunming

Wow, Michael ,thank u so munch for the comprehensive info u gave. U surely know a lot about all these things. Thanks a lot for your best wishes , we try to keep up with the new challenges.

First of all, we decided to go for the 'premium' so called 'international' hospital- Richland, near Beichen MTR. I have to admit that u r right, the are not professionals, although they have a translator and we can communicate. I read previous posts about best places to deliver in Kunming,the opinions are different, of course, but, for our commodity we chose Richland.
About all the papers we need for the bby, let me see if I understood correctly the steps.
1. Before the delivery we gotta go to Kunming Municipal Hospital (near the eastern edge of TuoDeng Lu) to register the birth. Is this the same place bluegrass was talking about? (盘龙区妇幼保健中心)
2. After the bby arrives, we will get the actual birth certificate from the maternity hospital, in this case Richland
3. We will apply for bby's passport at our Consulate (in Beijing- the only option for us). Is it allowed to travel on domestic flights with a new born only with a birth certificate? For us, it will take 90 days to have the passport issued
4. After we get the passp, we gotta go to the Visa office to have her passp stamped with an Entry visa.

Pfff...all these seem like an eternity of

trouble and headache but I guess it all comes with the new job of being parents.
Thanks a lot everybody for sharing your experiences, it surely feels better to know that we're not the only ones in this.