SINGAPORE: Parents dialect groups will be included in digital birth certificates issued from Sep 1, the Immigration Checkpoints Authority ICA said on Friday August 12 after ICA received several queries regarding the exclusion of this information.
There were some fields of information left out during the transition from physical to digital birth certificates. These fields of information were dropped because they were not necessary for policy and other administrative needs ICA said.
Other fields of information excluded are: the parents country of birth, the mother's address, the child's place of birth registration and a section called Informant s Particulars This was done to simplify the registration process and reduce the number of fields the authority added.
Information about parents dialect groups continues to be registered by the ICA, according to the authority, which is available in Singpass. The information on the parents dialect was still available in Singpass, but ICA acknowledged the feelings that have been expressed on the matter.
The parents dialect will also be included in the digital birth certificate of a child, from Sep 1, 2022, taking into account feedback. Digital birth certificates issued between May 29 and Aug 31 can be re-loaded for free from Sep 1 with parents' dialect groups included.
The dialect groups of the father and the mother of the child will be reflected.
Birth certificates went digital on May 29 as part of the Government's efforts to streamline and digitalise services for Singaporeans.