Expatriates and nationals can now apply for birth certificates of their newborns online accessing the website www.e.gov.qa. The department of e-government yesterday inserted an advertisement in an Arabic daily informing the public about the electronic facility. Parents can access the above website and by keying in their ID numbers (of both, father and mother) order a print or several prints of of a birth certificate. The certificate can be treated as original issued by the preventive health department of the Ministry of Public Health. The certificates are available in English as well as Arabic. The website would direct one accessing it about how to make payment for the said certificates. Payments can be made using a credit card. Deductions are instant.
Quelle: The Peninsula, 02.05.2005
