Birth Registration (CRBA)

General Information

Any consular services require a prior appointment. To make an appointment please call the Foreign Interests Section from Sunday to Thursday between 8:00am to 3:30pm.

Please make sure to be on time for your appointment; late arrivals or no shows need to make a new appointment. If you have to cancel your appointment please inform this section at least 24 hours in advance.

To collect the newly issued U.S. passports and birth certificate of your child you may visit this office without any prior appointment from Sunday to Thursday between 8:00am to 12:00 noon.

The processing duration from the time the applications for report of birth is submitted is approximately 8 weeks .

Please carefuly read the leaflet below for the required documents.

Birth Registration & First U.S. Passport Application (PDF, 2 Pages, 326.4 kB, English)

Important notice regarding assisted reproductive technology and surrogacy

Assisted reproductive technology (ART) and surrogacy are legal in Iran and some companies are aggressively marketing their services to Western clients. If you are a U.S. citizen considering traveling to Iran to have a child through the use of ART or surrogacy, first carefully review U.S. immigration law. If a child born overseas to a surrogate is not genetically or gestationally related to a U.S. citizen parent or a spouse of a U.S. citizen, the child will not automatically acquire U.S. citizenship at birth and will be unable to obtain travel documents to leave Iran. U.S. authorities will generally request DNA proof of claimed genetic relationship through sample collection by the Foreign Interest Section-contracted physician for transmittal to an authorized lab in the United States and will not accept privately organized DNA tests as proof of relationship. These cases may take weeks or months to resolve and companies promising short stays in Iran should be treated with skepticism. Parents should apply at the Foreign Interests Section for a CRBA for a child physically located in Iran rather than attempting to travel to another country with U.S. representation to seek a CRBA appointment without the child.

U.S. ART and Surrogacy Abroad webpage

Birth Registration For Applicants Below 18 Years Old

Eligibility for CRBA

CRBA applications must be made before the child’s 18th birthday, and we recommend that the parents apply for the CRBA as soon as possible after the child’s birth. A CRBA of a U.S. citizen is only issued to a child who acquired U.S. citizenship at birth and who is generally under the age of 18 at the time of the application.

Children under 18, born to U.S. citizens who are not eligible for U.S. citizenship as described above may be eligible under the Child Citizenship Act of 2000. Further information is available from the website of the Department of State.