Note:-The hospital will forward a supporting document to the ward office directly, confirming child's birth. This might take atleast a week. Now, check which ward does your maternity hospital belongs.
For my daughter's birth-certificate, I visited the K/West ward, Municipal office in Andheri. Here's how I got the birth certificate in awesomely shocking 15-20 minutes.
- On the first floor of K/West ward, Municipal office in Andheri, is the health department. Get a birth certificate form from here.
- Fill the form carefully. One form can fetch a maximum of 5 original copies of birth certificate.
- Attach a copy of the applicant's photo id proof.
- Submit the form and copy of photo id to the Common Facility Centre (CFC) on the ground floor at one of the counters.
- The official at the counter will show the computer screen to confirm all the information entered. Please read twice as the name change procedure may take more time!
- One original copy will cost around Rs. 30/-
- The receipt of submission and payment, will immediately fetch, original birth certificate at one of the counters. (In my case it was the extreme left one)
- Again visit the first floor's health department. The official there will help you get a stamped and signed original birth certificate
- It's done in 15-20 minutes! I was amazed at the efficiency of the department
