Missouri Request for Filing Birth Certificate as Result of Foreign Adoption (MO 580-2226 (VS-402))
Official state formAdoptionForm MO 580-2226 (VS-402)Free downloadLast verified November 10, 2026
Adoptive parents' request to the Bureau of Vital Records for a Missouri foreign-born birth certificate for a child adopted in another country. The resulting certificate does not serve as proof of citizenship.
Who can use this form
- Adoptive parents who are Missouri residents
- Their attorney, per the office's page
What to send with it
- The completed request, signed by the adopting parents
- A copy of the original birth certificate and of the adoption decree, with sworn, notarized English translations
- A copy of the immigration approval showing the child lawfully entered the United States
- A certified copy of a court order if the child's name was changed
- The form is from 2004 and prints the P.O. Box address; current office pages use 930 Wildwood Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65109
Where to send it
- Mail to
- Bureau of Vital Records P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102
- State fee
- $15.00 to process the foreign born paperwork, per the office's page; no fee is printed on the form. Each copy of the new birth certificate costs another $15.00 and needs an Application for Missouri Vital Record.
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Form revision
- 08-04
- Source
- Official government page