Parents of newborns in Berlin are having to wait up to three months to get birth certificates for their new bundles of joy, in part due to understaffed offices, according to a report by Tagesspiegel on Monday. On top of that, babies are often co-insured with their mothers’ health insurance up to six weeks after birth. The councilwoman for Kidszun’s neighbourhood of Mitte, Sandra Obermeyer, told Tagesspiegel that she was aware of such delays, which can last as long as three months, and Mitte currently has more than 1,000 certificates still to issue. Therefore the bashing of the registry office makes me angry.”Three workers are currently being trained to work at the registry office, but this training will last until the autumn. Now she can apply for children's allowances - though she is still expected to wait weeks for this as well.

Source: The Local May 16, 2017 09:22 UTC