Sample Certification of Birth, Pennsylvania Having given birth at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, a Certification of Birth can be expected to arrive within two weeks. If your experience is like ours, where there was a typo in the name, you’ll need to have this rectified. If you follow the instructions on the back of the document it’ll ask for the affidavit to be filled out in the presence of an Notary Public, original documents in support of the correction et cetera. If you call the Division of Vital Records at 724-656-3100 an automated machine will present one additional option where the hospital the birth occurred at can correct the typographical…