How to get Birth Certificate from Ahwal Madani?

Getting an Ahwal Madani appointment for a birth certificate in Saudi Arabia is the first step to get the Iqama for your newborn child in KSA. You will have to follow the same procedure given below if your wife has delivered a child on a family visit visa.

Birth Notification from the Hospital

• Birth Notification from the Hospital
• Ahwal Madani appointment for Birth Certificate
• Required Documents for Birth Certificate in KSA
• Submit the documents to Ahwal Madani
• Attestation by the MOFA
• Birth Certificate on a Family Visit Visa
• Get the Iqama for the Newborn
• Video Guide
• FAQs

The first step to get a Birth Certificate from Ahwal Madani in Saudi Arabia is to get baby’s birth notification paper from the Hospital where the baby is born.

Make sure that all information mentioned in the baby birth notification is correct especially your family Iqama ID, name, birth date, time and most important baby’s name.

The baby birth notification must have a hospital stamp and doctor or medical officer’s signature. The hospital takes around 1 week to issue this Birth Notification so it is better to apply for it just after the birth of the baby.

Ahwal Madani appointment for Birth Certificate

First of all, you must have an activated ministry of interior account to get Ahwal Madani’s appointment for Birth Certificate. If you don’t have an account, create an account through this link. 

Once the account is created, you need to login to it by entering your userID or Iqama number, password and the captcha code. An SMS will be sent to your mobile number with an authentication code that you need to enter in the next screen. https://absher.sa 

Once you are logged into your account, you need to look for the “Appointments” tab on the front screen as the option to get Ahwal Madani appointment is kept in this category.

In the next step, you will be given several options to select from and you will have to select “Civil Affairs”.

The next page will be showing details of what you can do in this portal as you can get an Ahwal Madani appointment to apply for a Birth Certificate, update an existing appointment, print an appointment or cancel it. You just need to click on “Proceed to Service”.

A new screen will appear containing details of all your previously booked appointments with Ahwal e Madni. As you can see I haven’t booked an appointment yet, I will click on “Book New Appointment” with Ahwal Madani for a birth certificate.

In the next step, you will find different options to select from. You need to select تسجيل واقعة ميلاد option. After this, select your region.

In my case, I have selected the region of Makkah as I live in the city of Jeddah. Therefore, you should know the region in which your city is situated.

From the next page, you will have to select the city you want to visit to make the birth certificate of your child. Keep in mind; you will have to get an Ahwal Madani appointment to apply for a Birth Certificate of the same city where your child has taken birth. They will not entertain your application if you take an appointment in some other city.

A new screen will be opened from where you will have to select the date for the Ahwal Madani appointment. According to my personal experience, they keep only 10 days open at a time to get appointments. If you want to get an appointment for a later date, you will have to come again to apply.

Recently, they have started booking appointments at night time as well. If you take an appointment at night time, you don’t have to bunk your office.

A new screen will open containing the details of documents you need to bring to the Ahwal e Madani office.  

Make sure you print the appointment for Birth Certificate as the person who gives token in Ahwal Madani checks Date and time on your appointment paper before giving you a token. You should only go there on the same date as mentioned in the appointment paper.

There is a Late Birth Registration Fee of SR 50 if you are going to the Ahwal Madani or Civil Affairs office after one month of your child’s birth. Make sure you pay the Late Birth Registration Fee online.

Required Documents for Birth Certificate in KSA

Prepare the file of the following documents before you visit Ahwal Madani to get your baby’s governmental birth certificate in Saudi Arabia.

Make sure you print the appointment for Birth Certificate as the person who gives token in Ahwal Madani checks Date and time on your appointment paper before giving you a token. You should only go there on the same date as mentioned in the appointment paper.

1. Copy of Baby’s birth notification issued by the Hospital.
2. Iqama copy of the baby’s father.
3. Iqama copy of the baby’s mother.
4. Passport copy of the baby’s father.
5. Passport copy of the baby’s mother.
6. Filled form 87 for Birth Certificate.
7. A copy of the Saudi visa stamped on the mother’s passport (in case the mother does not have an Iqama).

Download Form 87 for Birth Certificate

You can download the pdf copy of Form 87 for Birth Certificate Registration here. The form needs to be filled in Arabic. You can either fill it yourself or pay around SR 15 to any Saudi sitting in front of the Ahwal Madani office to do this job.

Submit the documents to Ahwal Madani

In order to take the birth certificate in Saudi Arabia, try to reach the Ahwal Madani office at least 20 minutes before your appointment. You will take a token and wait for your turn.

Submit all the documents to the respective counter and wait for the birth certificate to be printed. They will call your name once the birth certificate is ready.  

A Text message will be sent on your mobile from Ahwal Madani confirming the issuance of a Birth Certificate in Saudi Arabia.

As soon as the birth certificate is issued by the civil affairs or Ahwal e Madni, you can check the list of your dependents in the Absher account. The newborn has been added to the list now and an Iqama number has been issued for him.

Misprinted Name on the Birth Certificate

If the name on the birth certificate is incorrect, you need to immediately raise the issue and he will ask you to go to the manager downstairs to rectify it. The manager will ask you to take another fresh copy of the birth certificate from upstairs after the rectification.

Attestation by the MOFA

The next step is to get the Birth Certificate attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs if you are an expatriate living in Saudi Arabia. The good news is that the MOFA has opened a counter at Ahwal Madani Jeddah office to do the attestation of Birth Certificate. If you have already paid the fee for MOFA attestation, you can go to that counter straight away and get it attested.

If you are in any other city where the MOFA attestation is not available within the Ahwal Madani, you need to go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office to do the process.

After this, you will have to apply for the passport of the newborn baby through the embassy or consulate of your country.

Birth Certificate on a Family Visit Visa

Mother is on a Family Visit Visa

If a child is born in Saudi Arabia while his mother is on a family visit visa, you need to follow the same procedure as mentioned above until you get your newborn baby’s passport.

15 days before leaving Saudi Arabia, visit the إدارة شؤون الوافدين section in Jawazat along with the following documents to get the exit stamp on the child’s passport.

1. Original Passport of baby + Copy
2. Original Iqama of baby’s father+ Copy
3. Original Passport of baby’s father+ Copy 
4. Original Passport of baby’s mother+ Copy
5. A copy of the Saudi visa stamped on the mother’s passport
6. Baby’s Birth Certificate issued by Ahwal Madani in Saudi Arabia

Father is not a Saudi Resident

If a child is born in Saudi Arabia while the mother is on a family visit visa and the father does not have a Saudi Iqama, you need the following documents in addition to the documents mentioned above to get a birth certificate from the Ahwal Madani in Saudi Arabia.

• Attested marriage certificate along with Arabic translation (from home country Home Ministry, Saudi Embassy and Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
• Power of Attorney from Father of the child authorizing and permitting any person (preferably close relatives) for applying for the birth certificate, collecting it, signing documents and do related legal procedures

The Power of Attorney must be issued by the home country court, attested by the Saudi Embassy in the home country and Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Saudi Arabia.

Get the Iqama for the Newborn

After the attestation is done, you still have to continue with the processing of Passport to get iqama for the newborn.

God forbids if you lose the birth certificate for any of your children, you need to report it through your Absher account.

Video Guide

Ahwal Madani Riyadh Office

• Al-Amir Fahd Inm Suliman Ibn Abdul Aziz, Riyadh
• Phone: 011 442 0446
• Map Location: https://goo.gl/maps/6FqtYXoJoCvqo42d7

If your child is born in Riyadh, you will have to visit Ahwal Madani Riyadh Nasiriyah branch which is just adjacent to Pakistan International School to get a Birth Certificate. 

First of all, you go to the main building and after you enter this you will see a police guy sitting on the left side of the main entrance gate where you have to show your appointment paper and he will give you a token.

Then go to the waiting area just on the right side and wait for your turn (normally you will be served on window 2 or 3). Here you will provide all required papers (8 documents I mentioned above). 

After submitting your documents to the Ahwal Madani Riyadh office for the birth certificate, you have to go back to the same location and just check near window 2 or window 3 if there is any Saudi official guy who is holding a Governmental birth certificate.

Tell him your baby’s name and get your certificate. So with this, your work with Ahwal Madani Riyadh office for the birth certificate ended.

Ahwal Madani Jeddah Office

• Al Safa, Jeddah 23453
• 9200 22133
• Map Location: https://goo.gl/maps/MLsEh1CFxeU5uR888

If you want to get a Birth Certificate in Jeddah, you will have to go to the Ahwal Madani Jeddah office which is situated at Arbaeen Street (Prince Mitaeb Road), Jeddah. 

When you go enter the office, just go straight until you reach the window where you need to show your appointment paper so the person can give you a token number and wait for your turn. After that, he will ask you to go upstairs.

I submitted all the above-mentioned documents to the Ahwal Madani Jeddah office for the Brith Certificate. He checked and printed out the birth certificate and asked me to wait for a while there.

After 10-15 minutes, he will call everyone’s name to return the birth certificate after stamping it. As soon as you received it please make sure all the details are correct. He will return all your documents and birth certificate which he printed.

Ahwal Madani Dammam

• 8864 3 ب، Al Itisalat, Dammam 32257 4065
• Phone: 013 842 8888
• Map Location: https://goo.gl/maps/uhgaCMB3V9uruAWF6

Ahwal Madani Khobar

• 7178 Zaid Ibn Alhabbab St, Al Jisr, Al Khobar 34714
• Phone: 9200 20405
• Map Location: https://goo.gl/maps/3dPrxuFmzHB41xSA7

Ahwal Madani Makkah

• Ar Rusayfah, Mecca 24232
• Phone: 012 531 0205
• Map Location: https://goo.gl/maps/zZ5YvHJGwXQbkFQK8

Ahwal Madani Madina

• King Khalid Rd, Medina 42242
• Phone: 014 849 1108
• Map Location: https://goo.gl/maps/WzhJRs6dMnDSAYDr5

Ahwal Madani Jubail

• King Abdul Aziz Road
• Map Location: https://goo.gl/maps/MQ4Nv599yAhieLpy8

FAQs

Do schools require birth certificates in Saudi Arabia?

Schools in Saudi Arabia require parents to submit a copy of the birth certificate for KG1, KG2 and Grade 1 students. Saudi birth certificates for non-Saudis are not be a substitute for the official residence card (Iqama).