How to apply for late birth certificate in Kenya

This article is about how to apply for late birth certificate in Kenya. Births that are not registered or whose birth notification has not been sent to the Immigration Center within the first 6 months are considered late. To apply the documents required are:

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requirements for late birth certificate application in kenya

Your identity card
Copies of your parents’ national identity cards, birth certificates or passports.

Your Class Eight or Form Four leaving certificates
A printout from the National Registration Office in case you cannot access your parents’ identity documents.
Your baptismal card

Childhood vaccination clinical card.
Letter from the employer indicating the date of birth.
A complete application for the registration of late births.

Notable supporting documents for late birth certificate applications

Municipal notification of birth;

Certificate of doctor or midwife who attended the birth;

Identity card ID or passport

Baptismal certificate;

School leaving certificate;

How to apply for late birth certificate on ecitizen or online

For those who don’t have one, you can create an account.
Go to the Department of Civil Registry Services and click “Get Service“.
Click “apply” to get started.

Select Birth Certificate.
Fill out the online application form.
Upload all required documents.(Scanned and in PDF format)

Remember to choose where you want to collect your birth certificate.
Once you have completed the form, click “continue” to proceed with the payment of your request.
Choose the payment method you want to use.