1. To obtain a family registration certification, you will need to go to your district family registration office.
2. Submit an application and pay the registration fee.
3. The district family registration official will hand over a family registration book to the head of each household for its safekeeping.

List down the documents required for successfully completing the procedure.

e.g.
1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.

Ministry of Home Affairs
Vientiane
Laos
6376
Laos PDR
E-mail: info@moha.gov.la
Telephone: 212545, 212639, 213647, 213646
Fax: 213649, 217619

Lao PDR Mission abroad
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Explain the fees structure which is required for obtaining the certificate/document.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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Please explain processing time taken in obtaining the document/certificate.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites. 	
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Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Family Registration Organisation

The family registration organisation at the central level is under the Ministry of the Interior. At the provincial or prefecture level, it is subject to the provincial governor or the prefecture mayor. At the district level, it is subject to the district chief.

The government designated its appointed diplomatic and consular officials abroad as the one responsible for family registration and to conduct various types of registration for Lao nationals abroad.

Duties of the Family Registration Organisation

The Organization has the duty to: register family registration books, births, disappearances, deaths, marriages, divorces, adoptions, changes of first name and surname, changes in residence, as well as modifications, amendments, and cancellations of family registrations; to issue new certificates in the event that old certificates are lost; to maintain the record of family registration books; to issue family registration certificates; and to monitor and inspect family registrations.

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

Please provide the need for the procedure. e.g. Birth Certificate - why do we need to have a birth certificate? 
 

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Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Ministry of Home Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Promulgation of the Law on Family Registration

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