Issue of a Birth Certificate

This service allows customers to request the issue of an official certificate for a newborn to prove the child's lineage, place and date of birth, nationality and religion. The parents must submit their original documents.

Service Process

Conditions & Requirements

A marriage contract, certificate, or acknowledgment from the parents of the newborn’s lineage, certified by their country’s embassy or notary public

If a child is born of an inmate of a punitive and correctional institution, the following documents are required

1. A letter from punitive and correctional establishment.

2. Original birth notification.

3. Mother's passport or a letter from the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs.

4. Record from court stating the names of the mother and child, and the date and place of birth.

5. Completed application form.

If any of these documents are not available, the matter will be referred to the competent committee concerned with the birth registration of newborns through the Department of Social Services, together with the following documents:

1. Report or letter from the Department of Social Services.

2. Identity papers of the mother, if known.

3. Birth notification in case of hospital delivery.

4. Record from the court stating the child’s name.

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