• Application for registration of birth should be made within 3 months of the birth.
• The birth of the child should have taken place in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• The father or mother of the child should be a citizen of Sri Lanka at the time of child’s birth.
• The father or mother of the child (who is a Sri Lankan) can apply for registration of the birth.
Parents are requested to forward two sets of original applications (a – f) and two sets of photocopies of originals of the following documents (g – k).
FOR REGISTRATION OF BIRTH
a. Prescribed form “Citizenship –1” Registration of Birth outside Sri Lanka.
b. Prescribed form “B4” (if application is submitted within 3 months of the child’s birth).
c. Prescribed form “B6” (if application is submitted after 3 months of the child’s birth) (Forms “B4”/”B6” and “Citizenship –1” to be completed and signed by one and the same parent. Two signatures are required on the reverse of Form “B4”/”B6”, one over the “informant” and the other across the cage – no stamp is needed. Do not sign the declaration appearing soon after clause 10 of B6, as this has to be completed by the Embassy Official only).
d. Declaration of Sri Lankan parent/s of a child born outside Sri Lanka.
e. If the child’s birth was not registered within one year of the birth, a letter signed by both parents, giving reasons as to why it was not registered within the first year of birth.
f. Document titled “Affidavit relating to Paternity and Declaration of Citizenship”, if parents are not legally married at the time of child’s birth.
g. Original Birth Certificate of the Child (where the names of both parents appear) issued by the Competent Authority in the K.S.A. where the child was born – 03 copies.
h. Original Marriage Certificate (not translations) of the parents with 02 copies.
i. Original Birth Certificates (not translations) of parents with 02 copies each.
j. Valid passports of both parents (applicant’s Sri Lanka passport) together with 02 copies each, of parents photo pages, renewal pages, current visa pages and alteration pages.
l. Any other documents that may be required.
A. Birth Certificate under the Consular Function Act (normal BC) will be issued by this Embassy. After the birth is registered, the Certificate will be hand over personally. Certificate of Registration under the Citizenship Act (Citizenship Certificate) is issued by the Citizenship Division of the Department of Immigration & Emigration, Colombo. The parents will be notified once it is received, to be collected personally from this Embassy.
B. Parents can apply for a separate Sri Lanka passport issued by the Immigration Department for the child after receiving the Birth Certificate and the Citizenship Certificate. Until then, parents can either apply to endorse a child’s name in a parent’s passport (‘M’ series passport only) or a Non-Machine Readable Passport (NMRP), issued by the Embassy.
FOR AN ENDORSEMENT IN A PARENT’S PASSPORT (IF ‘M’ SERIES PASSPORTS)
Inclusion of children in the passport could be done only after the Registration of Birth of such children with the Embassy.
(i) Prescribed form 1M 35 “C” signed by the applicant (father or mother holding ‘M’ series passport) with Four colour photographs of the child (2.5x3.0 cm) affixed to the form.
(ii) Copy of child’s Birth Certificate
(iii) A letter signed by father giving his consent for the inclusion of name of the child in mother’s passport or vice versa if it is to be included in the father’s passport.
To endorse a child’s name into a parent’s passport requires a period of 10 days and the child must be below 16 years of age at the time of application.
For a Non-Machine Readable Passport (NMRP) for the child (If parents hold ‘N’ series passports)
A NMRP will be issued by the Embassy, if the parents are holding ‘N’ series passports.
(i) a) ‘Form K – IM 35’ (with one photograph pasted at top right hand corner of the first page). (Signed by one of the the parents & attested by Diplomatic Officer in this Embassy)
b) ‘Form IM 35B – Photo-Signature Card’ with 2 coloured (Signed by one of the the parents & attested by Diplomatic Officer in this Embassy)
(ii) Child’s Birth Certificate with one photocopy.
(iii) Parents Marriage Certificate.
(iv) A letter signed by both parents giving their consent to issue a separate travel document (NMRP) for the child.
It takes a period of 03 days to issue a NMPR
Fees For registration of birth within one year and to issue the Birth Certificate - SR. 80.00
Surcharge per year for registration after one year - SR. 10.00
To endorse the child’s name in the passport of a parent (M series only) - SR. 30.00
To issue a NMRP (where parents hold ‘N’ series passports) - SR.130.00
PAYMENT BY CASH
Submission of forged documents, i.e. Birth/Marriage Certificates or the National Identity Card and making false declaration in relation to current/previous passports, citizenship status or personal details is an offence and in such cases the fee paid will not be refunded.
Courtesy: Embassy of Srilanka, Riyadh
