Births, Deaths And Marriages Registration
REGISTRATION FEES
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15.00 - Registration of Birth within 3 months after birth + Certificate
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35.00 - Late Registration of Birth + Certificate
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65.00 - Registration of Marriage within 14 days after the Ceremony + Certificate if Bride and Groom were both born in Samoa
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85.00 - Late Registration of Marriage if Bride and Groom were born in Samoa
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115.00 - Registration of Marriage within 14 days after the Ceremony + Certificate if either Bride or Groom was born elsewhere
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135.00 - Late Registration of Marriage + Certificate if either Bride or Groom was born elsewhere
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15.00 - Registration within 14 days after burial + Certificate
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35.00 - Late Registration of Death + Certificate
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55.00 - Registration of Local Adoption + Certificates
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100.00 - Registration of Overseas Adoption
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100.00 - Name Change on Birth Certificate
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40.00 - Corrections of existing records for Births, Deaths and marriages
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150.00 - Search of Family Records
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50.00 - Confirmation Letter
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55.00 - Statutory Declaration
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10.00 - Any other permission or service
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It is useful to consider the fundamental purpose of BDM, in order to gain a better sense of its core functions and main stakeholders.
BDM’s mandate is from the Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration Act 2002. The Act provides for
- the establishment and maintenance of the BDM register, and the recording in the register of births, deaths, marriages, changes of name, and adoptions
- the issuing of certificates in respect of information recorded in the register
- access to information recorded in the register.
- Ground Floor, Development Bank of Samoa Building, Apia, Upolu
- SAVAII OFFICE: 2nd Floor, Salelologa Market
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Fiu Ponifasio Vasa (Civil Registrar)
ponifasio.vasa@sbs.gov.ws -
Tupai Silapela (Deputy Rigistrars)
tupai.silapela@sbs.gov.ws -
Selelimalelei Taleni (Deputy Rigistrars)
taleni.tufuga@sbs.gov.ws
- Telephone : +685 32984, +685 32157 and +685 51538