I was employed at Dubai and had taken my wife along with me on family Visa to Dubai, however our first child was born in Dubai about 3 years ago and I have a valid certificate of birth of my child issued by the Hospital authority at Dubai. Now I have returned to India and I am informed that I need to get my child’s birth to be registered in India. Kindly guide.

Answer: The registration of Births and Deaths Act provides for such registrations at the place of domicile of the parents. You will have to file an application under section 13 sub clause 3 read with section 20 sub clause 2 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1969 in the Court of Judicial Magistrate of the place where you permanently reside in India along with the certificate of birth issued by the Dubai authorities and non-availability certificate issued by the local authority.