Documents Required and Procedure
You will need to provide the following documents:
- Your identity document:
- Physical or digital NRIC (for Singapore citizens/Permanent Residents), or
- Foreign passport and FIN card (for foreigners)
- Child’s original birth certificate (if a hardcopy certificate was issued previously)
Please submit the application in person at ICA Building located at:
Registry of Births and Deaths
Citizen Services Centre
ICA Building
10 Kallang Road, Level 3
Singapore 208718
Operating hours are 8.00 am to 4.30 pm on Mondays to Fridays, and 8.00 am to 12.30 pm on Saturdays.
Upon approval, a new digital birth certificate reflecting the new name will be issued. Where the child was previously issued with a hardcopy birth certificate, parents will need to surrender it upon approval. If a digital birth certificate was issued
previously, it will be invalidated electronically.