Timings For Receiving Birth Registration Forms

Is your child born in Qatar? If yes, you will need to register for a birth certificate through Ministry of Public Health in order to acquire identification documents. Read on to know the procedures of issuing a birth certificate here in Qatar.

Who can register?

The Ministry of Public Health issues birth certificates for children born in Qatar. Children born to foreign nationals are not entitled to Qatari nationality. Expatriate parents are responsible for registering their child’s birth with their respective country’s embassy.

Timings

The Ministry of Pubic Health (Birth & Death Registration Section) has announced that the official working hours for receiving birth registration forms and birth certificate requests will be from:

7:30am-12.30pm at Al Khor Hospital, Al Wakra Hospital, The Cuban Hospital (Dukhan), Doha Clinic Hospital, Al-Ahli Hospital, Al Emadi Hospital, Sidra Medicine and Women’s Wellness & Research Center (WWRC); and from 2pm6.30pm at Al-Ahli Hospital, Sidra Medicine and WWRC.

Instructions

Contact the Birth Registration Office at any of the government or private hospitals clarified on MOPH website.
Pay appropriate fees.
Submit all the required documents as follows:

First: New Qatari Births – Born in Qatar

Qatari Father + Qatari Mother

Original ID of husband and wife + copy of each
Copy of Marriage Certificate
Original Vaccination Card + Copy and Notification of Live Birth

Qatari Father + Non-Qatari Mother

Original ID of husband and wife + copy of each
Original + copy of Wife’s passport (Residence Permit or Entry Visa for non-GCC citizens should be attached).
Copy of Marriage Certificate
Marriage Approval by MoI for Non GCC Citizens
Original Vaccination Card + Copy + Notification of Live Birth

Second: New Qatari Births – Born Abroad

Original ID of husband and wife + copy of each
Original + Copy of wife’s passport (Residence Permit or Entry Visa for non-GCC citizens should be attached)
Copy of Marriage Certificate
Marriage Approval by MoI for Non-GCC Citizens.
Original Child Birth Certificate (authenticated from country of birth)
Exit – Entry Permit
Blood group

Third: New Non-Qatari Births – Born in Qatar

Original valid passport of husband and wife + copy of each
Valid residence permit (or Entry Visa for non-residents)
Original Vaccination Card + Copy + Notification of Live Birth
Copy of Marriage Certificate

Additional Information

For urgent cases and inquiries from 7:00 am to 11:30 am, please contact the Births and Deaths Committee at MOPH headquarters on the following numbers: (44092144 – 44092145 – 44070010).