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Form B and Child Registration Certificate Translation
Almost every checklist that says Form B means the NADRA Child Registration Certificate, and almost every parent who hands us an old handwritten Form B has to go and get the computerised one first. Sorting that out before you pay for a translation is the point of this page.
What is a form b and crc?
Form B is the common name for NADRA's Child Registration Certificate, the identity record for a person under eighteen. Older manually issued Form B documents are generally not accepted by the attestation chain or embassies, which expect the computerised CRC. Translation starts from Rs. 1,000, and the certificate is often bilingual so you may need attested copies instead.
- Starting price
- Rs. 1,000
- Turnaround
- Standard delivery at the normal rate. Among the faster documents we handle.
- Issued by
- NADRA, as the Child Registration Certificate for a person under eighteen, replacing the older manually issued Form B
Fields that must match your passport
A mismatch here is the commonest avoidable rejection.
- Child's full name, matched to their own passport where one exists
- Father's name, waldiyat, matched to his CNIC
- Mother's name, matched to her CNIC
- Place of birth, district and tehsil
Who usually asks for it
- Embassies assessing dependant and family visas
- Gulf sponsors adding children to a residence permit
- Schools and government departments verifying a child's identity
Why this document gets rejected
- Submitting an older manually issued Form B where the chain expects the NADRA computerised CRC, which stops the file before attestation begins
- The child's name or the father's name spelled differently on the CRC than on the passport or the father's CNIC
Where attestation sits
Obtain the NADRA computerised CRC first, then MOFA where the destination requires it, then the embassy, then translation. A handwritten Form B will usually be refused before the chain starts.
Read the attestation sequenceForm B, CRC, and why the distinction costs people weeks
Form B was the older, manually issued child registration document. NADRA now issues the computerised Child Registration Certificate (CRC). Most people, and many checklists, still say Form B for both.
That looseness is harmless in conversation and expensive in practice, because:
The attestation chain and most embassies expect the computerised version. An older handwritten Form B is a genuine record, but it will usually stop the file before attestation begins.
If that is what you are holding, the NADRA registration or replacement is your first step — before attestation, before translation, before anything. It is not instant, and everything downstream waits on it.
Check this the week you decide to apply, not the week before the deadline. It is the most avoidable delay on a family file.
Form B, birth certificate, FRC — three different documents
Checklists conflate these constantly. They answer different questions:
| Document | What it establishes |
|---|---|
| CRC / Form B | Identity of a person under eighteen |
| Birth certificate | That the birth occurred, when and where |
| FRC | The family unit and relationship to the sponsor |
Many family checklists want all three. Read the wording rather than assuming one covers the others — a file with the CRC but no FRC proves your child exists without establishing them as your dependant.
Check whether you need a translation at all
NADRA computerised certificates are frequently bilingual.
If yours already carries English alongside the Urdu, you need attested copies, not a translation. Send a photograph of both sides before ordering and we will say which — including when the answer is that you need nothing from us.
Names, across the whole family set
The fields that cause returns:
- Child’s full name, matched to their own passport where one exists
- Father’s name (waldiyat), matched to his CNIC
- Mother’s name, matched to hers
- Place of birth, district and tehsil, spelled consistently with every other document
The father’s name is the one that catches people — full on one document, shortened on another. An officer checks it across the CRC, the FRC, both parents’ CNICs, and the Nikah Nama.
Send the family set together. One spelling gets applied across all of it, which is the entire point.
The eighteenth birthday
Worth planning for on a long application.
When your child turns eighteen the CRC stops being the relevant identity document and a CNIC is issued instead. If they are close to eighteen during the process, check which document the receiving authority will want at submission rather than at the start. A CRC presented for an adult applicant gets questioned.
Sequence
- NADRA computerised CRC — replace a handwritten Form B first
- MOFA attestation, where the destination requires it
- Destination embassy attestation
- Translation
Attestation stamps go on the original, so translate last.
Roman spellings people search
Form B · B form · bay form · CRC · child registration certificate. All the same document in practice.
Related
FRC translation covers the certificate that proves the relationship, which family checklists almost always want alongside this one. NADRA birth certificate translation for family visas covers the birth record and the mismatches that get family files returned. CNIC translation covers what replaces this document at eighteen.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Form B the same as a CRC?
In practice yes, and in paperwork terms not quite. Form B was the older manually issued child registration document. NADRA now issues the computerised Child Registration Certificate, and most people still call it Form B. Checklists use both names interchangeably. What matters is that the attestation chain and embassies expect the computerised version.
My child has an old handwritten Form B. Will it work?
Usually not. Older manually issued records are genuine but the attestation chain and most embassies expect the NADRA computerised certificate. Start the NADRA registration or replacement before anything else, because everything downstream waits on it and it is not instant. Discovering this three weeks before a deadline is the commonest avoidable delay on a family file.
Is Form B the same as a birth certificate?
No, though they overlap and checklists sometimes conflate them. The CRC or Form B is an identity record for a person under eighteen. The birth certificate records the birth event itself. Some checklists want both, and some want the FRC as well to prove the relationship to the sponsor. Read the wording rather than assuming one covers the others.
Is the certificate already in English?
NADRA computerised certificates are commonly issued bilingually, in which case you need attested copies rather than a translation. Send a photograph of both sides before ordering and we will tell you honestly, including when the answer is that you do not need us.
What happens when my child turns eighteen?
The CRC stops being the relevant identity document and a CNIC is issued instead. If your child is close to eighteen during a long application, check which document the receiving authority will want at submission rather than at the start, because a CRC for an adult applicant will be questioned.
What does Form B translation cost?
From Rs. 1,000, the simple document rate, and it is one of the faster documents we handle. If you are translating a family set including the FRC, CNICs and the Nikah Nama, send them together so one spelling is applied across every document.
Send the document and we will quote it
Photograph every page and both sides, include your passport so names match, and tell us where it is being submitted. Price and turnaround confirmed before any work starts.