You don't need a birth certificate to apply for an ID card. However, if a minor's account is linked to a non-lineal relative, the public security organ will improve his guardian information, so it is required to provide relevant parents' information and birth certificate. If you do it for the first time, bring the household registration book. If a child wants to bring a birth certificate, go to the household registration first.

When minors apply for ID cards, guardians bring their ID cards and household registration books, and take their children to the police station for processing. Children should also take photos and collect information by fingerprinting. Children's ID cards are valid for five years. I usually get my ID card in one month.

if the applicant is unable to handle it in person due to special reasons such as long-term work abroad or other provinces and cities, illness and inconvenience, he may entrust his family or relatives to handle it on his behalf. Specific procedures: the agent must hold the applicant's written power of attorney (the power of attorney should cover the reasons for the application, the types of application documents, the relationship with the agent, the agent's name, citizen ID number, the applicant's autograph, and other matters that need to be explained), the applicant's household registration book, two recent one-inch standard color photos of the second-generation card without a hat, the applicant's second-generation resident ID card, and the original and the agent's resident ID card.

materials needed to apply for an ID card:

1. ID card photo and the photo receipt provided by the photo studio.

2. Household registration book.

3. Residence permit (required for handling in different places).

Legal basis:

Law of the People's Republic of China on National Identity Cards

Article 7 A citizen shall, within three months from the date of reaching the age of 16, apply to the public security organ where his permanent residence is located for a resident identity card.

for citizens under the age of 16, the guardian will collect the resident identity card on their behalf.

article 1 to apply for a resident identity card, the applicant shall fill in the registration form for resident identity card application and submit the residence booklet for examination.

article 11 if the state decides to issue a new generation of resident identity cards, the validity period of the resident identity cards expires, the name of citizens changes or the documents are seriously damaged and unrecognizable, citizens should apply for a new one; If there is an error in the registration items of the resident identity card, the public security organ shall promptly correct it and issue a new card; When you get a new card, you must return the original card. If a resident identity card is lost, it shall apply for a replacement. If the resident identity card of a citizen under the age of 16 is in any of the circumstances mentioned in the preceding paragraph, he may apply for renewal, renewal or replacement of a new card. When a citizen goes through the formalities for the transfer of permanent residence, the public security organ shall record the change of the address of the permanent residence of the citizen in the machine-readable item of the resident ID card and inform him.

Article 12 When a citizen applies for a resident identity card, the public security organ shall handle it in time according to the regulations. The public security organ shall issue resident identity cards within 6 days from the date when citizens submit the Registration Form for Resident Identity Cards; In areas with inconvenient transportation, the processing time may be appropriately extended, but the extension time shall not exceed thirty days. Citizens who urgently need to use their resident identity cards during the period of applying for, renewing or replacing their resident identity cards may apply for temporary resident identity cards, and the public security organs shall handle them in a timely manner in accordance with regulations. The specific measures shall be formulated by the public security department of the State Council.