Uganda’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has revealed that birth certificates issued by the authority are authentic.
NIRA was responding to local reports quoting the same authority saying that certificates in question are invalid. NTV quoted the Director Registrations and Operations, Brigadier Stephen Kwiringira.
“Birth certificates issued by NIRA following the enactment of Registration of Persons Act 2019 (ROPA) are valid. Birth Certificates issued by Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) are valid legal documents as they were issued under the existing law at the time,” reads in part a statement by NIRA.
NIRA has embarked on the compulsory registration of child births and death in Greater Luweero districts. This was after the authority completed a three day workshop for Public Officials from Luweero, Nakaseke and Nakasongola who will be helping with this registration.
“However, all short birth certificates issued by hospitals, Sub counties and divisions/town councils are not birth certificates but rather birth notification records one can use to process birth certifucates from NIRA,” the statement adds.
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Hi,
I am Uganda born and have a Uganda birth cetificate, I am based in UK
I am applying for OCI India and Indian Embassy in UK have asked for the following.
Note for birth certificate of countries not part of Hague Convention (Uganda): If the document was issued by a country which is not part of Hague Convention 1961, then the document will have to be first attested by the authority concerned in that country (Uganda) followed by re-attestation by the Indian Mission in that country to make the document (Uganda) acceptable. If document is not in English language, then it has to be translated by an authorised translator. (Not to beattested / apostilled by High Commission of Uganda in UK)
Apostillation of a document is different than attestation. Apostillation is the process of authenticating a public document for international use, specially for countries that are part of the Hauge Convention of 1961.
2. Kindly note that it is mandatory requirement as per the rules governing OCI.
सादर / Regards,
प्र.भा.ना. प्रभाग / OCI Wing
भारत का उच्चायोग, लंदन / High Commission of India, London
Can you help?
Many Thanks
Dinesh
I wanna have birth certificate
Is it possible for a person to process and get a birth certificate online