immd.gov.hk Registration of a Birth Hong Kong : Immigration Department

Name of the Organization : Immigration Department
Type of Facility : Registration of a Birth
Country : Hong Kong (China)

Website : http://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/birth-death/Registration_of_a_Birth.html#a&secondTab
Application Form : https://www.statusin.org/uploads/25000-birthapp.pdf

Registration of a Birth :

Registration of a birth within 12 months after birth :
Supporting Documents :
When applying for the registration of the child’s birth, parents should supply originals of the following documents :
** Hong Kong identity cards or valid travel documents (e.g. passports, documents of identity etc.) of both of the parents;
** and the marriage certificate.

Related : Immigration Department Registration/Replacement of Hong Kong Identity Card : www.statusin.org/24997.html

** The abovementioned documents are normally required for the purpose of verifying the Hong Kong permanent resident status of the child under the Immigration Ordinance (Chapter 115).
** Additional documents or information may be required if necessary.

In the case of illegitimate child, the father’s name is to be included in the birth register under the following circumstances :
** at the joint request of the parents, who personally attend the registry to make the joint request; or
** at the request of the mother, who personally attends the registry and produces her Declaration and the father’s Statutory Declaration to confirm the child’s paternity; or
** at the request of the father, who personally attends the registry and produces his Declaration and the mother’s Statutory Declaration to confirm the child’s paternity; or
** at the request of the father or mother, who personally attends the registry and produces a certified copy of the relevant Court Order to confirm the child’s paternity,
** and if the child has reached the age of 16, the written consent of the child to the registration of that person as his father.

Where to Apply :
** The birth of a child should be registered at a Births Registry of the district in which it occurred.
** Parents are not required to bring along the child for birth registration.
** In the case of legitimate child, the birth can either be registered by father or mother.
** If the child was born before arrival at a hospital/clinic or the birth has not been registered within one year, the birth should be registered at the Births and Deaths General Register Office.

Addresses and office hours of Births Registries :
General Enquiries
Hotline: (852) 2824 6111
Fax: (852) 2877 7711
Email: enquiry AT immd.gov.hk

Processing Time :
** The registration of a birth normally takes 30 minutes to complete, and a certified copy of a birth entry can usually be issued within another 10 minutes.

Fee :
** Registering a birth does not incur a fee if it is made within 42 days of the birth.
** If it is made after 42 days of the birth but within one year, a registration fee of HK$140 will be charged.
** After one year, the registration fee will be HK$680.
** Parents will need to pay HK$140 for a certified copy of a birth entry after the birth registration.

** If parents did not apply for a certified copy at the time of the birth registration but need to get one afterwards, they are required to apply for a search of birth records first and a search fee will be charged.
** (HK$140 for Particular Search and HK$680 for General Search. For details, please see Fees Leaflet (BDR 100)).
** For more information on applying for a birth certificate, please refer to “Application for Search of Birth Records and/or a Certified Copy of a Birth Entry”.

Application for consent to post-registration of birth : over 12 months after birth
Supporting Documents :
Evidence indicative of place of birth and showing that the parents being in Hong Kong at the time of the birth :
** Landholder’s certificates, government rent receipts, rent receipts, government rates receipts, deeds of estate;
** Water, gas and electricity bills;
** Certificates of residence;
** Certificates of employment in respect of the parents of the applicant;
** Old letters or other evidence showing that the parents, particularly the mother, were in Hong Kong at the time of the birth;
** Account books of the parents’ business;
** Hong Kong birth certificate of sibling(s).

Evidence indicative of date of birth :
** Family record books or “red cloths” used by fishermen to record the birth of children;
** Horoscopes;
** School certificates;
** Ration cards;
** Certificates of marriage or marriage papers;
** Passports or identity cards;
** Seafarer service records.