Apply for the insertion of the natural father's name in the birth register of the child

Condition

After marriage where a child was born out of wedlock a father may apply to register as a biological father of the child.

Process to be followed

1. Completion and submission to any Home Affairs domestic office of a BI-1682 application form consented to and sworn to by both the father and mother of the child

2. Pay the Tariff

3. If the mother refuses her consent to the insertion, the father may apply to a High Court for exemption of the mother’s consent
 

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