What is required to register a live birth?
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
Who can register a child?
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.
Can a stillbirth be registered?
Stillbirths are registered but the Act does not provide for certificates to be issued.
Can a birth to Caymanians which occurred outside of Cayman be registered in Cayman?
No. Only births occurring in the Cayman Islands may be registered in Cayman.
Can a birth to non-Caymanians in Cayman be registered in Cayman?
Every livebirth in the Cayman Islands, regardless of their parent’s nationality is required to be registered.
Is a child born to foreigners in the Cayman Islands deemed a Caymanian?
Children born to non-Caymanians in the Cayman Islands are not deemed Caymanians.