Tokelau - Register Birth

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Procedure

1. Go to the Registrar of Births and Deaths office nearby the place where birth occurred.
2. Register the birth at the Deputy Registrar.
3. Fill in the Form 1 to register birth and submit it.
4. The Deputy Registrar will enter the information in the Registrar of Births and on the duplicate sheet to be supplied to the Registrar at Apia under regulation.
5. Upon completing the entries in the Register of Births, the Deputy Registrar shall request, the informant, if then present, to sign the entries, but the informant shall not be obliged to sign the entries.

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Required Documents

Registration form

Office Locations & Contacts

Government of Tokelau

Jovilisi Suveinakama
Manager National Public Service
Tokelau Apia Liaison Office
P O Box 3298
Apia, Samoa
Ph +685 20822

Hina Kele
Coordinator,
Taupulega Office, Fakaofo
Ph +690 3117

Aukusitino Vitale
General Manager,
Taupulega Office,Nukunonu
Ph +690 4227

Mika Kalolo
Acting Director,
Taupulega Office, Atafu
Ph +690 2216

Eligibility

• Father or mother of the child
• Occupier of the house or building in which the child was born
• Any person present at the birth of the child.

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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Instructions

• Registration of birth must be done within 1 month after the date of the birth of child.
• All births shall be also registered with the Registrar at Apia.
• The informant, if present, may sign the entries, but are not obliged to do so.
• Notwithstanding that the birth of any child has not been registered within the period specified in regulation 7 hereof, a Deputy Registrar may at any time, by notice in writing, require the parent or some person present at the birth of the child to attend personally at his office within the time specified in the notice and give information of the particulars required to be registered, and the Deputy Registrar shall thereupon register the birth according to the information so given.
• Where a child born out of the Tokelau Islands, arrives in the Tokelau Islands before attaining the age of 18 months, and the parents or other persons having lawful charge of the child are ordinarily resident in or about to take up their abode in the Tokelau Islands, a Deputy Registrar, on application being made at any time within 6 months from the date of the child's arrival by one of the parents, or by a person having lawful charge of the child as aforesaid, containing the particulars required to be registered concerning the birth, shall register the birth of the child in the manner provided by these regulations for the registration of births taking place in the Tokelau Islands.

Required Information

Child

• Date of birth
• Place of birth
• Christian name
• Sex

Parents

• Date of marriage
• Place of marriage

Father

• Name and surname
• Age
• Place of birth
• Occupation

Mother

• Name and surname
• Age
• Place of birth
• Occupation

Informant

• Signature
• Residence
• Occupation
• Relationship to child

Need for the Document

Any child born in Tokelau must be registered. This procedure will give information on how to register a birth.

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