How expat parents in Saudi can apply for birth certificates online

The process starts with the issuance of the baby’s birth notification at the hospital where the birth occurred. The hospital then forwards the document to the Ministry of Health for registration. The Ministry of Interior then sends an SMS to the parent to acknowledge the birth.

The Saudi Arabian authorities require the parent seeking to apply for a birth certificate online to submit the required documents within a month after birth or pay a fee of 30 Saudi Riyals for applying later than 30 days.

Saudi Arabia authorities state that birth certificates can be verified on the online Absher platform by entering the birth certificate number, Iqama number, date of birth and image code.

Guidelines

Different countries have outlined guidelines for their citizens working or living abroad on registration for their children born outside of their mother country.

For British citizens in Saudi Arabia or any other country, the UK government states that their citizens in Saudi Arabia must adhere to the regulations for registration of the country their child is born.

Further, citizens who give birth abroad are not necessarily supposed to register a birth abroad with the UK authorities for to acquire British citizenship because British citizenship is normally automatically passed down one generation to children born outside the UK.

This means, a child born to a British parent outside of UK automatically becomes a British citizen. However, the generation after that child will not automatically be citizens if they’re born outside the UK.

For American citizens, a child born outside the USA must be issued with a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) to gain citizenship.

The Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) serves as evidence of United States citizenship for a child born abroad to a US citizen parent or parents who meet the requirements for transmitting citizenship under the Immigration and Nationality Act.