No more physical birth and death certificates from May 29, ICA to issue digital certificates instead

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SINGAPORE: Babies born in Singapore from May 29 will no longer have physical birth certificates, as the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) will only issue digital certificates. The same will be applied to deaths registered from May 29. This is part of the Government’s ongoing efforts to st

Upon successful registration, parents will be notified to download their child’s digital birth certificate on ICA’s website using the electronic retrieval of certificates and instant verification e-service.

From May 29, the deceased’s next-of-kin will no longer be required to register the death as this will be automatically logged in ICA’s system once the medical practitioner certifies the death. “We hope this will give the bereaved family more time to focus on other matters in their moment of grief,” said ICA.

“It was assessed that a 30-day download window would suffice for death certificates, which are typically required for immediate post-death matters, whereas a 90-day download window for birth certificates would cater to parents’ administrative needs,” said an ICA spokesperson. All information on LifeSG, My Legacy and ICA’s system will be stored and secured in the Government’s database, said ICA.

“The QR code will be linked to an ICA system where details on the digital certificate can be verified against ICA’s database.”

 

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Being cancer-stricken and begging CPF Board to repay overdue debt; that which in any case cannot be done as the money had been commingled and funneled to private entity Temasek Holdings for Ho Ching to wager on unviable, untenable and ultimately, invariably doomed gambles

Its like we're inviting hackers in y'know?

I’m sure it will appear in SingPass app in pdf then u can DL n get it printed if u want

I hope funeral is not done digitally also.

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