Baby registration after birth

I plan to deliver baby in Singapore as I am working in KKH hospital, can work until last minutes when baby willing to come to this world. I also plan to have confinement in Singapore and my mother in law will come to help. My mother asked whether I could go back to hometown for full month celebration? I hope so but not sure all the procedures, especially baby passport can be ready within one month.

Luckily my colleague Kar Fung who has experienced in applying baby documents for her new born, I asked her help to write down the details for my reference. Here I shared out the info, especially for future mummy.

Before apply for anything, need the following documents and photos:
- Make at least 4 copies of the below documents:
· Parents’ Sg IC
· Parents’ M’sia IC
· Parents’ Passport
· Parents’ Birth Cert
· Parents’ Sg Re-entry Permit
· Marriage Cert
· Baby Birth Cert
- 4 baby’s photos each (baby must open eyes when taking the photo):
· Blue background
· White background

For all the procedures below, must bring the original and photostated documents along. The procedures are as follows:

1. Birth Registration in KKH – Birth Cert
· Need to be registered within 2 weeks after baby is born (baby name should be ready by that time)
· Documents needed : Parents’ Sg IC , baby’s birth information form (from hospital)
· Register at KKH Admission Level 1 or Singapore ICA (formal SIR, at Lavender MRT)
· No need to bring baby along

2. Birth Registration in M’sia HICOM – Borang W
· Need to be done only after you’ve gotten the birth cert
· Documents needed : Parents’ Sg and M’sia IC, parents’ passport, baby birth cert, parents’ birth certs, marriage cert, 2 baby’s photos (blue background) – all documents need to photostat 2 copies
· Register at M’sia HICOM at Jervois Rd in the morning (8.30-10.30am), get the application form when you go to HICOM. Please also take the passport application form when you are at HICOM. Only after gotten the Borang W, then can apply for passport.
· Collection of birth registration (Borang W) is one week later. They will give you the date to collect borang W.
· Must bring baby along
· On that day, after apply for birth registration, bring the baby and passport application form to the passport counter to show baby’s face to the officer, they will compare the baby and the photos pasted on the form. Then they will stamp “exempted”. So next time when come to apply for passport no need to bring baby along.

3. Passport in M’sia HICOM - Passport
· Documents needed : Parents’ Sg and M’sia IC, baby birth cert, borang W, 2 baby’s photos (blue background), parents’ marriage cert - – all documents need to photostat 2 copies
· After collecting the Borang W can proceed to apply for passport on the same day.
· Can collect the passport on the same day in the afternoon.
· Baby and mother no need to be there.

4. PR Application in ICA
· Must be done within 42 days after baby is born.
· Before going to ICA to apply for PR, print out the below PR application form http://www.ica.gov.sg/data/resources/docs/PR%20Services/Form4.pdf and go to below address to make appointment for the PR application https://eappointment.ica.gov.sg/ibook/index.do
· You can make appointment earlier as sometimes the appointments are so full that you cannot get an earlier date. The best is before you go to HICOM you choose an appointment date which is one week later.
· Must bring baby along.
· Documents needed : Parents’ Sg IC, Parents’ PR re-entry permit, Parents’ and baby’s passport, baby’s birth vert, marriage cert, 4 baby’s photos (white background)
· Processing time for PR application is 3 months, ICA will stamp a 3 months visitor pass in baby’s passport and advise not to bring baby out from Sg for these 3 months.