Organization : Ministry of Home Affairs
Facility : Birth Registration
Country : Guyana
Website : http://gro.moha.gov.gy/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=68
Birth Registration :
Register your baby’s birth within 14 days of birth When registering your child’s birth ensure you have;
Related : Ministry of Home Affairs Marriage Registration Guyana : www.statusin.org/28188.html
1. Your Hospital discharge \ Midwife statement
2. Yourself and the father with your ID card \ Passports
If married, your marriage certificate*
The correct spelling of
i. Your child’s name
ii. Your name
iii. The father’s name
Do Not Use Any Call Names :
*Either the mother or the father of the child could register the birth if a marriage certificate is presented, both parents need not be present.
Father’s Name :
If The Mother Of The Child Is Married;
** But her husband is NOT the FATHER of the child the mother can;
** Register the child but leave the father’s name out OR
** Let the father of the child, along with yourself sign the registration form
If The Mother Is Not Married :
** Both parents must present themselves to the registrar
** If the father is unavailable, register without him and you will have unto your child’s 1st birthday to take the father to the General Register Office and have his name registered
Correction of Birth Registration Forms :
If you wish to add a name or change the name you have given your baby, you can take the registration form to the General Register Office in Georgetown, New Amsterdam or Anna Regina and effect your changes before your child attains its first birthday. This service is free of charge
If any name is incorrectly spelt on the Birth registration form, take same to the General Register Office in Georgetown, New Amsterdam or Anna Regina where corrections will be done.
Registration by Declaration After 14 Days :
** If you did not register your child’s birth within the 14 days period you must :
** Go to the General Register Office in Georgetown or Anna Regina, Essequibo or New Amsterdam, Berbice and fill the Birth Declaration form
** Take G$2 worth of revenue stamps
** Take the Hospital discharge slip or a statement from the midwife
** Take the declaration back to the place of birth and have the birth registered
** Register at the hospital where your child was born or at the nearest Health centre if the child was not born at the hospital.
** Parents residing in the hinterlands, register your child at the nearest hospital, Health Center or your Community Health Worker.