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How to Get a White House Baby’s Birth Greeting

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Did you know that you can get greetings from the White House? I first found out about this when I planning our wedding five years ago. So when I was addressing invitations, I also addressed one to the White House. A few weeks later, we received a wedding greeting from the President and First Lady.

You can get greetings from the White House for various occasions– weddings, birthdays (80+ years), retirement (20+ years), wedding anniversary (50+ years), and births (request before their first birthday).

I think it’s a great keepsake for a child to have, so a couple months ago I finally got around to mailing one of Owen’s birth announcements to the White House. Better late than never.

(Don’t judge my handwriting. My typing is much prettier.)

send birth announcement to white house

If you want to save on postage, you can head over to the White House greetings page and fill out a form online and submit it.

Or, you can send a birth announcement to:

President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Greetings Office Room 39
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D.C.
20500

Last month Owen’s greeting arrived in the mail. He was pretty pumped.

presidential greeting

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How to get a baby's birth greeting from the White House!

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  1. Cat @ MaryMarthaMama says

    August 6, 2015 at 7:47 AM

    This is so fun! My grandparents just had their 60th anniversary. I may have to write in on their behalf. I think they would be really tickled to get a card.

    • Chelsea @ two twenty one says

      August 6, 2015 at 11:11 PM

      I’m sure they’d really appreciate that!

  2. [email protected] says

    August 6, 2015 at 8:34 AM

    nice! Abe has the same birthday as Michelle Obama (and Benjamin Franklin and Betty White; it’s pretty much the best birthday ever), so I wish I’d done this. Probably she would have noticed their shared birthday and decided to pay him a personal visit ;). He’s 2 1/2 now, though–it’s probably a little late….

    • Chelsea @ two twenty one says

      August 6, 2015 at 11:13 PM

      I’m sure she would’ve. They probably could’ve done the Evolution of Mom Dancing routine together, too. Way to drop the ball, mom. You can always send a request and fudge his birthdate… But don’t come crying to me if the FBI busts you for lying.

  3. Chrissy says

    August 6, 2015 at 9:03 AM

    I found out about this when I was planning my wedding as well and I had totally planned to do this for my daughter when she was born in May of 2012 and I totally forgot! I have thought many times I am going to submit it anyways. 🙂

    • Chelsea @ two twenty one says

      August 6, 2015 at 11:15 PM

      I won’t judge you. 😉

  4. Caitlin @ The Delighted Dwelling says

    August 6, 2015 at 10:44 AM

    Wow this is awesome!! I had no idea! Definitely need to pin this for our future babies!!

    • Chelsea @ two twenty one says

      August 6, 2015 at 11:16 PM

      I’m here to educate the masses.

  5. Alice J says

    August 6, 2015 at 12:27 PM

    I did this too but our daughter was born during the last part of the Bush administration. It is a very cool keepsake that my 7 year old is very proud of!

    • Chelsea @ two twenty one says

      August 6, 2015 at 11:17 PM

      I’m sure! I think any kiddo would think it was cool that a president and first lady sent them a greeting.

  6. Christine F. says

    August 6, 2015 at 3:11 PM

    Great idea! I just submitted an online request for my Nanny’s (grandmother) 90th birthday in September. 🙂

    • Chelsea @ two twenty one says

      August 6, 2015 at 11:17 PM

      Awesome! Hopefully she gets it before her birthday!

  7. Carol says

    August 7, 2015 at 3:16 PM

    very cool! I need to keep this in mind for our soon to be born nephew

  8. Tara says

    September 10, 2015 at 6:52 PM

    I’m Canadian and we can get similar greeting from the Queen of England. Awesome keepsakes!

  9. Gabrielle says

    October 2, 2015 at 2:49 PM

    Thanks so much for sharing! I just used the website and just in the nick of time since my little one’s one year birthday is tomorrow! Hehe.

  10. Elyse says

    October 11, 2015 at 2:01 PM

    We did this for our wedding. I have a birth one in my baby book from Reagan, and plan on doing this with my future kids. I didn’t know you could also do this for birthdays, retirements and anniversary’s. My Grandma turns 100 next July and I think I will submit a request for her. Thanks for sharing.

  11. Jessica says

    January 27, 2016 at 1:12 PM

    How long did it take you to receive your card back?

  12. MJ says

    February 14, 2016 at 10:48 AM

    Thank you so much for writing about this! Your post made me tear up, because my husband and I are both immigrants and it would mean so much to have a White House greeting for the first “natural-born” American in our family. I am definitely going to send in an announcement for our baby girl due this spring.

  13. Robin says

    March 12, 2016 at 3:59 PM

    TRUE story: My aunt turned 80 and my mom wrote to the White House for a Feb. birthday card. BUT she wrote “My sister wouldn’t want a card from the democrats, so could you send one from the last republican President, please, and THEY DID IT!
    So washington politicians really do get along! :-0
    I don’t mean to start comments, but I thought this was a cute story.

    • Shan says

      May 23, 2016 at 11:42 PM

      Thats awesome that they did that. hah!

  14. Max Lechner says

    July 2, 2016 at 4:05 AM

    What a cool idea! I was wondering what I was going to do with the left over announcements I have. Thanks for sharing!

  15. NF says

    September 8, 2016 at 12:38 PM

    The greeting doesn’t seem to be personalized. Is it personalized on the other side of the letter?

    • Chelsea @ two twenty one says

      January 25, 2017 at 10:24 AM

      It is not. The envelope is though.

  16. Ingrid says

    September 29, 2016 at 9:32 PM

    How long does it take to get a response from the White House once you’ve submitted your request?

    • Austin says

      December 29, 2016 at 9:11 PM

      I’m also curious as to this. I dont think my request went through. Im still waiting to receive an email that the request was sent. Every time I push submit it seems that it refreshes the page. Is this normal?

      • Chelsea @ two twenty one says

        January 25, 2017 at 10:23 AM

        It typically takes 6 weeks. I submitted a request 7-8 weeks before receiving a greeting on January 21st.

  17. Keiva says

    January 24, 2017 at 11:53 AM

    It took at least a couple of months to get mine. I just tried to pull up the page, though, and I think the program has ended with the new administration. 🙁

    • Julie says

      February 17, 2017 at 3:52 PM

      The program has NOT ended!!! they just don’t have it online yet. When the administration changes, the website is a whole different website. Things take time. You can still mail a copy . http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/consumer/a/greetings.htm

  18. sarah says

    January 25, 2017 at 3:20 AM

    i’m wondering how to do this with the current trump administration? i can’t find a link to do this.

    • Chelsea @ two twenty one says

      January 25, 2017 at 10:15 AM

      It appears the new administration has indefinitely postponed this program.

      • Jennifer says

        February 12, 2017 at 8:53 PM

        So lame. I was all pumped up and about to redeem myself (forgot to do it with my daughter) with getting one for this baby….I guess this administration just has “better”, “more important” things to do. Ugh. At least now my kids won’t feel like one is favored over the other?

  19. Julie says

    February 17, 2017 at 3:50 PM

    Why give false information on your blog? Just because the white house hasn’t put it it online yet, doesn’t mean they aren’t sending the greetings. You can still mail or fax it to the white house. http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/consumer/a/greetings.htm

    • Chelsea @ two twenty one says

      February 17, 2017 at 4:54 PM

      Saying “Note: It appears the new administration has indefinitely postponed this program” is not giving false information. I also provided the address so people can mail one to the White House.

  20. Julie says

    February 17, 2017 at 7:35 PM

    Yes it is. Because they haven’t done so.

    • Ashley says

      February 17, 2017 at 8:17 PM

      Then why doesn’t the current administration post on that webpage to mail a request? Takes all of 5 minutes to do so.

    • JFC says

      July 17, 2017 at 12:08 AM

      Calm down, Julie.

  21. Tatiana says

    March 6, 2017 at 1:42 PM

    I requested mine beginning of January still have not received anything for my daughter’s birth does anyone know how long it takes??

    • Chelsea @ two twenty one says

      March 6, 2017 at 1:44 PM

      It typically takes 6 weeks.

  22. gw says

    August 28, 2017 at 11:28 PM

    Now that we have Donald duck …this whole greetings thing has been cancelled

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