Certificate of Foreign Birth

The Guam Registrar of Vital Statistics shall, upon request, establish a new certificate of birth for a person born in a foreign country when in receipt of a report of adoption decreed by a court of competent jurisdiction, proof of the date and place of the person’s birth, and a request from the court, the adopting parent or parents, or the adopted person if eighteen (18) years of age or over, that such a certificate be prepared. The certificate shall be labeled ‘Certificate of Foreign Birth’ and shall show the actual country of birth. The Certificate of Foreign Birth shall show the true or probable foreign country of birth, and shall state that the certificate is not evidence of United States citizenship for the child for whom it is issued or for the adoptive parent or parents. After registration of the Certificate of Foreign Birth in the new name of the adopted person, the Guam Registrar shall seal the report of adoption, which shall not be subject to inspection except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 28-031:6 (April 22, 2005). 2017 NOTE: References to “territory” and “territorial” removed and/or altered to “Guam” pursuant to 1 GCA § 420. 2014 NOTE: Subsection designation removed to adheare to the Compiler’s general codification scheme in accordance with the authority granted by 1 GCA § 1606.