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Registering a birth and acknowledging parentage of a child in Ghana

If your child is born in Ghana, you must register the birth in Ghana. If you live in the Netherlands, you must also register the birth in the Netherlands. You cannot acknowledge parentage of a child in Ghana, but you can in the Netherlands.

Registering a birth

You must always register the birth of your child in the country where they were born. How you register a birth varies by country. If you live in the Netherlands and your child was born abroad, you must also register the birth in the Netherlands.

Acknowledging parentage of a child

You can acknowledge parentage of your child if you are not automatically the legal parent. By doing so you declare that you are the child’s parent.

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Find out more about becoming a parent outside the Netherlands

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