To register the birth of their child, parents must submit in person and within two months of the child’s birth the following documents to the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Ottawa:
- If one of the child's parents is a citizen of a foreign country, then he is additionally required to provide a notarized consent to obtain a birth certificate of the Kazakhstani standard, with a notarized translation into either Kazakh or Russian if originally prepared in any other language.
- the document must be legalized (about legalization);
- the document is subject to translation into Kazakh or Russian language (about translation).
In the event of violation of the deadline for registering the birth of a child (within two months of the child’s birth), the following documents shall be additionally submitted to the Embassy:
1) written explanatory notes of the parents, prepared in any form, clarifying why the deadline was missed;
2) a certificate of the child's health.