The following important regulations may be noted in this regard:

• An application for registration of a child born in Sweden/Denmark, Finland/Iceland/Latvia/Lithuania or Norwy could be submitted to this Embassy.
• In normal curcumtances an application for registration of a birth must be made within 03 months of the birth. If the application is made after 03 months, the reason for the delay should be given in writing when making the application.
• If an application is submitted to register the birth after 12 months of child birth (after one-year), the Embassy is required to obtain the approval of the Registrar General’s Department, Colombo. In this case, the application is sent to the Registrar General’s Department for approval and takes a longer processing time to issue a Birth Certificate of a child born more than a year ago.
• Only the Sri Lankan father or mother of the child can submit and application for registration of birth of a child. The applicant mother of father should be a Sri Lankan citizen or a dual citizen of Sri Lanka at the time of the child’s birth.  If both father and mother had become Citizens of another country at the time of the child’s birth, your child is not eligible for Sri Lankan birth registration. If only one parent had held the Sri Lanka citizenship (or dual citizenship) at the time of the birth of the child, that same parent should be the “declarant” of the birth.
• When an application is made for the registration of birth, an application for the registration of the child under the Citizenship Act should also be made.  The application for Citizenship is forwarded to the Citizenship Division of the Department of Immigration & Emigration in Colombo, which will process the application and issue the Citizenship Certificates to the Embassy for onward transmission to the applicant.
• If you wish to obtain a passport for your child, you can submit an application for the passport along with the applications for the regstration of birth and citizenshp. However, please note that the application for a passport will be only processed after the issuance of your child’s birth certificate.