Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico

How to request a birth certificate in Puerto Rico

Who can request one, what is usually required, where to apply, and how to reach the official Demographic Registry.

How to request a marriage certificate in Puerto Rico

Who can request one, what each copy costs, which channels are available, and how long each one takes.

How to request a death certificate in Puerto Rico

Who may request one, what it costs, and why the certificate stating cause of death is a separate, costlier request.

How to file a late birth registration in Puerto Rico

What to do when a birth was never registered: the Negative Certification, the five stamps, and the accrediting documents.

How to request a genealogical study from the Demographic Registry

The study of your ancestors: $100.00, about 20 business days, and how far back the search reaches.

How to request a literal civil copy in Puerto Rico

The faithful and exact copy of the registry book: what it is, when you need it, and how to request it by mail.

How to request a gender change on a vital event certificate

The Demographic Registry process, where the forms are, and what applies if you live outside Puerto Rico.

How to file a paternity recognition in Puerto Rico

The Demographic Registry process, and why doing it within 90 days costs $20.00 instead of $35.00.

How to file a legitimation when parents marry after the birth

The Demographic Registry process, the $10.00 stamp, and when Form RD-232 is also required.

How to register an emancipation with the Demographic Registry

What documents the Registry asks for, the two $20.00 stamps, and why it is only done at the Central Office.

How to register an adoption with Puerto Rico’s Demographic Registry

The four scenarios the law contemplates, what happens to the original record, and who can see the prior data.

Health

Puerto Rico Autism Registry: who registers and what it is for

It is not your paperwork: the law obliges the health professional to register. And the Registry can link you to services.

Work & Unemployment

Renewing or recertifying your health professional license (ORCPS)

Nurse, therapist, psychologist, pharmacist: renewed every three years, online, and with the ASUME negative certificate almost nobody remembers until the end.

Act 300 with fingerprints: the Puerto Rico Background Check Program

Who creates the application, the three public registries that can stop it, and which ID is accepted on the day of the appointment.

Health

How to find out where your sexual assault evidence kit is

You search with the kit number and nothing else. If you do not have it, the CAVV helpline is available 24/7.