The name and the date of birth in the National Identity Card are based on the Birth Certificates produced by the applicants, and therefore the information contained in the Birth Certificates should be correctly and legibly written.
In terms of instructions issued by the Commissioner General / Registration of Persons, School Principals have been informed to send in the originals of Birth Certificates obtained within six months, when applying for school candidates’ identity cards for 2018.
In view of the practical difficulties experienced by parents and Divisional Secretariats in the issue of Birth Certificates it has been decided to accept, ‘a legible, original Birth Certificate’ regardless of the date of issue.
Birth Certificate carrying the label, ‘Issued free’ by the Medical Registrar or local registrar need not be produced under any circumstances.