Birth and Death Certificates

This service is provided by the Information & eGovernment Authority for issuing a unique personal number for newborns through bahrain.bh portal and allows them to request the issuance of a birth certificate, request an extract of the birth certificate, and amend the birth certificate data by court order.
Application

• Online

• Golden: 100 BD
• Silvery: 75 BD
• Bronze: 50 BD

• One working Day

• Newborn notification form issued by the maternity hospital.
• Spouses' ID (ID card or passport)
• Marriage Contract

This service is provided by the Information and eGovernment Authority for issuing a birth certificate for newborns within the Kingdom.

Application

• Personal

• 1 Dinar

• 5 working Days

• Newborn notification form issued by the maternity hospital.
• Spouses' ID (ID card or passport)
• Marriage Contract
  

This service is provided by the Information & eGovernment Authority for issuing a birth certificate for citizens outside the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Application

• Personal

• 1 BD

•  One working Day

• Newborn notification form issued by the maternity hospital
• Spouses' ID (ID card or passport)
• The date of issue of the father's passport must be earlier than the date of birth of the child.
• Marriage Contract
• Birth certificate of the newborn issued by the country in which the birth occurred attested by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain in the same country and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Kingdom of Bahrain

This service is provided by the Information & eGovernment Authority for issuing a replacement for a lost birth certificate.

Application

• Online
• Personal

•  1 BD

• Data Registered in the System:
  
  •  Personal: 2 hours
  •  Online: 3 working Days
  •  Archive: 5 working Days

• Newborn notification form issued by the maternity hospital.
• Spouses' ID (ID card or passport)
• The date of issue of the father's passport must be earlier than the date of birth of the child.
• Marriage Contract
• Birth certificate of the newborn issued by the country in which the birth occurred attested by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain in the same country and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Kingdom of Bahrain

This service is provided by the Information & eGovernment Authority for issuing a birth certificate for citizens outside the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Application

•  Personal

•  1 BD

• One working Day

• Medical letter detailing the cause of death
• Identity of the deceased (ID card or passport)
• The identity of induvial who reported the death
• Death Notification Form

This service is provided by the Information & eGovernment Authority for issuing a birth certificate for citizens outside the Kingdom of Bahrain.Application

• Personal

• 1 BD

• One working Day

•  A Medical letter detailing the cause of death
•  Identity of the deceased (ID card or passport)
•  The identity of induvial who reported the death
•  Death Notification Form

This service is provided by the Information & eGovernment Authority for issuing a replacement for a lost death certificate.

Application

• Online
• Personal

•  1 BD

• 3 working Days

• Medical letter detailing the cause of death
• Identity of the deceased (ID card or passport)
• A death certificate replacement form

This service is provided by the Information and eGovernment Authority for issuing a death or birth certificate by order or court ruling by the Bahraini courts (after fulfilling the legal conditions).
Application

• Personal

• 1 BD

• 3 working Day

• A civil ruling for the issuance of a birth or death certificate
• Execution Letter
• Notification form issued by the hospital
• Spouses' ID (ID card or passport)
• Marriage Contract

Based on Law No. (7) of 2019 for the Regulation of Birth and Death Registrations; Article No. (2) the law states that the legal period for reporting births that occur within the Kingdom of Bahrain is 15 days and 72 hours for deaths. Whereas the legal period for reporting births and deaths that occur outside the Kingdom of Bahrain is 60 days.
If the legal period for reporting is over, cases are submitted to the internal committee at the authority responsible for looking into cases related to reporting delay on notification requests after the legal period has passed within 30 days from the expired period. Births or deaths are only recorded once a judicial verdict is announced.

The Information & eGovernment Authority is responsible for registering and issuing certificates for births and deaths, according to Law No. 7 of 2019 regulating the registration of births and deaths, in an effort to regulate births and deaths procedures in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The circumstances of birth and death may vary for different reasons, and the following procedures are to be followed depending on the situation.

1.As birth situations differ, different requirements and documents are requested in the Kingdom of Bahrain in alignment with Law No. (7) of 2019 for the Regulation of Birth and Death Registrations, depending on the case:

Issuance of Birth Certificates for Newborns (if reporting after the legal period)

1. 1. Civil ruling
2. 2. Execution letter
3. 3. Newborn notification form issued by the maternity hospital
4. 4. Identity of spouses (passport or ID card). In case of birth abroad, the father’s passport issuance date must be prior to the date of the newborn’s birth
5. 5. Marriage contract
6. 6. Newborn’s birth certificate issued from the country of birth and endorsed by the Kingdom of Bahrain’s embassy in that country including Bahrain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (for births outside the Kingdom of Bahrain)
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1. 1. Execution letter
2. 2. Plaintiff’s identity (passport or ID card)
3. 3. Identity of parents (passport or ID card)
4. 4. Religious ordinance for parents (If No. 4 is not available)
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1. 1. Legal ruling proving the parents of newborn
2. 2. Execution letter
3. 3. Newborn notification form issued by the hospital
4. 4. Identity of spouses (passport or ID card)
5. 5. Marriage contract
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1. 1. Legal ruling proving the parents of the newborn
2. 2. Civil ruling for issuance of birth certificate
3. 3. Execution letter
4. 4. Birth Notification Form (BNF) issued by the hospital
5. 5. Identity of spouses (passport or ID card)
6. 6. Marriage contract
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1. 1. Legal ruling proving the parents of the newborn
2. 2. Civil ruling for issuance of birth certificate
3. 3. Execution letter
4. 4. Birth Notification Form (BNF) issued by the hospital
5. 5. Identity of the mother (passport or ID card)

Issuance of Death Certificates (if reporting after the legal period)

1. 1. Civil ruling for the issuance including details of the deceased such as name, place, and date of death
2. 2. Execution letter
3. 3. Medical letter detailing the cause of death (if available)
4. 4. Identity of the deceased (passport or ID card or any official document proving the identity)
5. 5. Identity of the individual who reported the death (passport or ID card)
6. 6. Death notification form
7. 7. Death certificate endorsed by the Kingdom of Bahrain’s embassy or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the closest diplomatic representative once in the country in which the death occurred (If the death happens abroad)
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1. 1. Legal ruling proving death
2. 2. Civil ruling for the issuance of a death certificate that includes comprehensive details of death
3. 3. Execution letter
4. 4. Death notification form
5. 5. Identity of the deceased (passport or ID card or any official document proving the identity)
6. 6. Identity of the person who reported the death (passport or ID card)

1. Civil rulings whether preliminary/appellate/cassation
2. Execution letter
3. Lapse of 45 days without an appeal in case there are other parties to the lawsuit or ruling
4. Original birth /death certificates for the plaintiffs and their children or a police report in case the original certificates are missing
5. Identity of mother and father (passport or ID card)
6. Marriage contracts (if available)
7. Filling out birth/death certificate replacement forms