To register a live birth the following are required:

• Valid passport of both parents
• Live birth notification from the hospital
• Marriage certificate, if parents are married

If the parents are unmarried both are required to attend the Registry together to effect the registration.

If the parents are married either parent may attend the Registry to effect the registration.

Social Services Department may also register the birth.

If the mother is underage (younger than 16 years old), her parents, guardian or representative from Social Services Department is required to attend the Registry with her for the registration.

Stillbirths are registered but the Act does not provide for certificates to be issued.

No. Only births occurring in the Cayman Islands may be registered in Cayman.

Every livebirth in the Cayman Islands, regardless of their parent’s nationality is required to be registered.