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Vital Records Online has a rating of 1.1 stars from 138 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Vital Records Online most frequently mention birth certificate, customer service and credit card. Vital Records Online ranks 85th among Government Records sites.
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They charge you but then never send the requested document. This site is charging then you still have to pay the state fees and never get your documents.
Don't order your Birth Certificate it's a Scam they charge you $51.00 plus you have to send a $15.00 money order to NYC Vital Records or what ever state you need it from it's crazy they don't tell you that
I submitted application and paid for my sons birth certificate, they immediately took the money from bank account and never sent me my sons birth certIficate. This was very disappointing to me especially with Pandemic impacting mine and others financial situation.
This is a scam they do not even send you a birth certificate. They email you a useless application document. That is what your $69 gets you. No phone number, no real persons, no refund. And they want more money.
This is a scam they do not even send you a birth certificate. They email you a useless application document. That is what your $50 gets you. Oh and if you ask for a refund even though they claim to have a customer
Satisfaction policy, they will block your email. Save yourself the trouble and use vitalchek. They will actually send you a birth certificate. If you give me my money back I'll gladly change my review. My next message will be to the BBB.
Haven't received item
They won't refund me like they advertise guaranteed if your not satisfied on the website
They charge you $70 bucks to literally send you a filled out form to pay $34 more dollars to pay the state fees for a birth certificate. They did not say anything about there being another fee online. Do yourself and use Vitalchek
I ordered and paid for a new birth certificate a month ago and haven't heard anything. I can't login. I can't track my order. I have emailed them 10 x and still nothing. Where is my order!
Anyone else have this problem?
I paid 47$ only for them to send me a downloaded application. I want a refund. This isn't right. Then you have to pay an extra 20$ to send it in the mail
I have been at it for 5 months and STILL NO BIRTH CERTIFICATE I have emailed vital chek and the email my question v back to me saying glad we could help how does that help me? I sit on hold two to three times a day for an hour or more just to get no help at all
This service is a SCAM. They make it sound like they are an official service then don't deliver the documents you've paid for. After 4 months my birth certificate never showed up and they claim it will be several MORE months. I checked and the government's wait time is 25 days. They have no intention of delivering my order and claim they will not refund because it has been more than 120 days. But when you don't deliver the product that has been ordered, that should not matter. The fact that this service is a scam is all over the internet and I'm ashamed I fell for it.
Previously ordered a certified copy of a birth certificate from another site and got it in 2 days. Thought this was the same site. Paid $69 and got an application for a birth record and an expectation to pay another $15. I could have downloaded the form they sent me for $69 online. Total scam. Read the fine print.
They don't tell you that you have to pay them to send you an application to print off. Then send that to the state in question to request records! All you pay these scam artists to do is send you an application. You can do that for free by contacting the state. I want my money back!
I was looking for a certified copy of my birth certificate for I9 employment verification (vitalrecordsonline.com). I thought I was looking at a state gov. Site, everything was simple and 5 minutes later I was paying $59.00 5 business days or so I should have my state certified birth cert. A couple hours later my prospective employer gave me the true state government site. 5 minutes later and $15,00 for the certified birth certificate another $5.00 and I can pick it up at the office THE NEXT DAY
Or forget the 5 bucks extra and they will mail it in the same 5 business days. So $20.00 pick up the next day! I sent a request to cancel my order, Vital records_- online.com acknowledged my communication but didn't reply to my request to cancel. My fault I was rattled looking for this quick fix, I found it and it cost me. I bought the other 1 from the state gov site to satisfy the time constraints of my new employer, but spent 59 dollars I didn't have to waste.
Due to Covid 19, I was unable to just go to the clerk's office and pick up the birth certificate my daughter needed to get her drivers permit. I went online and ordered one from vital records. I looked up their "Covid 19 response time". It said 10 to 15 business days. 1 month later, after checking the order status daily and noticing that it seemed to be stuck at the "processing payment" portion, I decided to email them to make sure there wasn't a problem with payment. A couple of weeks later, I received an email stating that due to Covid 19, they could not look into my issue, and just like that, the status of my problem was considered "solved". I again checked the status of my order. They had cancelled it... just cancelled it. No one emailed me to even let me know. Thankfully, the clerk's office is now open, and I can just go there to get it. It will be around $50 cheaper to boot. I would not recommend Vital Records to anyone.
Received nothing after several months so I checked with the city health records and hospital where I was born. They no have no record of your request. Very disappointing I've been scammed
Order ID: *******Email: *******@sbcglobal. NetCustomer Service: *******825 Mon-Fri: 9am - 7pm EST Time
Your application materials is on the way!
Application processing
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Mar 8th 20
Delivered Mar 21st
507 LEE DR
BARTLESVILLE, OK *******-8055
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Delivered Apr 3rd
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Estimated Jun 26th
507 LEE DR
BARTLESVILLE, OK *******-8055
This site is bull $#*!, was charged $69.00's for a $10.00 dollar charge, called the bank, they saw no fardulent, so had to take it up with them and since i called the bank first, they refused to refund me $59.00's, be very aware of this site, very tricky and slimmy
I paid the fee for literally nothing but another form to fill out and pre-addressed forms. It was much cheaper and easier to go directly thorough my Wisconsin. Gov website. A complete waste of my money. Kudos on their good advertising though. I'm skeptical and i still bought it. So... a thumbs up to your marketing team i suppose.
They claim they will get your entire document fast, no! This is a $80 service to fill out paperwork that's IT then they have hidden fees of $25 notary and $25 state fees u don't even know until u pay. I was told I would be emailed immediate my pkg info it was 24 hrs later. Now I have to mail it in to the state still and their is no guarantee when this will arrive. This website is a scam just go to your county clerk and save $100 and the hassle! During a time of Covid this is not the time to be wasting hard earned money.
I used this company, thinking I was getting two copies of my mother's death certificate, they charged $58.00+
What I got was a packet with a form to apply for a death certificate to my state with a fee of an additional $16.00, for one copy.
I made a mistake thinking this company was working through my state, wrong, they are making money off people and then referring them to their own state office. I can go right to my state and they only charge $16.00 for a death certificate. What did this company do with my $58.00?
Stay away from this company, they'll just take your money.
Answer: It was a report to send to state to pay fees to get a document. This site is making false statements
Answer: If you paid through our website you should have a phone number to call on the confirmation email that was sent to you. You would reach out to our Customer Service department at 1-844-218-4825 Monday-Friday 9:00am to 7:00pm EST.
Answer: Dear Dan, By using our service you will receive your official Birth Certificate from your local Health Department. This document will allow you to get important document such as driver license, passport or social security card. We are making sure to request the most detail Birth certificate from the agency who has the best version of your record. Also, we will make sure your application is free of mistake before sending to you and we provide a detail custom-made notice to avoid any delay with your birth certificate processing by the health department. You can review our birth certificate process on our website: https://www.vitalrecordsonline.com/birth-certificate
Answer: Dear James, We understand your concerns about our website. We provide the best service of document preparation assistance in order for you to get your birth certificate, death certificate or marriage certificate without hassle. Some people may find our services not suitable for them and be rough on our online reviews even before trying to contact us. Our customer's satisfaction is our priority and any of one of our customers doesn't like our services, we will be glad to cancel their purchase and refund their application fees. Our well-trained customer service agents are available MON - FRI from 9am to 7pm and WILL answer your call in less than 5 minutes to assist you with your application. Outside business hours you can use our customer support interface: https://www.vitalrecordsonline.com/support and we will get back to you in 1 business day.
Answer: You can get an emergency one if you go to the government website and download everything there an pay the fees. All this site does is prefill your application, like how pdfs do it. It doesn't do anything unique to get that done but they charge a lot for it.
Answer: Hi, We provide every customer our phone number in our email confirmations. We do not provide our customer service phone number to non customers. You can reach Customer Service at 1-844-218-4825 Monday-Friday from 9:00am to 7:00pm EST
Answer: Hi, We provide every customer our phone number in our email confirmations. We do not provide our customer service phone number to non customers. Y Ou can reach Customer Service at 1-844-218-4825 Monday-Friday from 9:00am to 7:00pm EST
Answer: Am I able to use an expired I.D., I would like to know before I spend the money
Answer: You probably won't sadly. They claim to have a customer satisfaction policy where as long as you cancel within 72 hours you can get one. HOWEVER I tried THE SAME DAY and was told me sent you the application already. Service was done oh well. Even though their false advertising made me think I was ordering a birth certificate not paying $50 for a dumb application. They blocked my email when I asked for a refund. This place is a joke next time use vitalchek instead and good luck on your refund.
VITAL RECORDS ONLINE provides the best document preparation assistance for your birth certificate, death certificate or marriage certificate request. We are proud to have gathered more than 3000 state or county applications to process in order to use the fastest agency to get your vital records. We have the experience and the system to ensure you will get your Vital Records Application forms custom made to your needs.
Our process is simple, fill out our simple forms online to generate your application then get your vital records application documents without hassle directly at your doorstep. Follow the instructions to complete your application and mail everything with the pre-paid provided envelope to your local post office. You will only to track online your application on USPS website and get notified when your vital records are ready.

