{"id":303,"date":"2025-01-24T18:08:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T18:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/?page_id=303"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:11:25","slug":"transcription-of-birth-certificates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/transcription-of-birth-certificates\/","title":{"rendered":"Transcription of Birth Certificates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>TRANSCRIPTION OF BIRTH CERTIFICATES<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">APPLYING FOR A TRANSCRIPTION BIRTH CERTIFICATE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Cameroonian children born in the UK and the Scandinavian Region exclusively)<\/p>\n<p>A formal request addressed to The High Commissioner (handwritten or typed) containing the full address in the UK or Scandinavian region, phone number, e-mail, and profession. The requested letter must mention the occupation of both parents.<\/p>\n<p>Supporting documentation:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Copies of mother and fathers\u2019 passports (data page only).<\/li>\n<li>Original and photocopy of British and\/or Scandinavian region birth certificate(s).<\/li>\n<li>Copy of marriage certificate (if applicable).<\/li>\n<li>Certified letter of authorization from the non-Cameroonian parent.<\/li>\n<li>Registered prepaid return envelope with the address of applicant (if applicable).<\/li>\n<li>Fees of \u00a320.00 in cash or postal order (made payable to Cameroon High Commission).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Minimum waiting period for the transcription of birth certificate is two (02) weeks or 14 clear business days.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-303","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":671,"href":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303\/revisions\/671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}