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Most countries in the world record births and issue a special certificate against such developments. This in particular is very important in keeping track of social and health cases to get accurate statistics. In the past, birth certificates were issued by Ministry of Health and registered in its records.  At present, the certificate is recorded in the system of the civil register and issued by the Royal Oman Police to avoid any duplication with extra security measures to protect it from fraud and forgery.

Made of blue cardboard. The data is written by hand and quite often it is unclear and hard to understand.

Special type of paper with high security standards laminated with a transparent layer of plastic. The data is typed by computer. 

It contains personal and medical data which are not essential

They are few and organized including: data about the newborn child, data about the father, data about the mother, and data about the issuance.

It does not have any security standards. The data is written by hand. Therefore, they could change or modified.

There is little room for forgery or manipulating with the certificate because the data is written by computer. The other reason is that the card is laminated with plastic and has high security standards.

It takes a long time of around a week or more.

It takes a short time of around quarter an hour.

After the application form is filled at the health institution, it has to be endorsed by the health directorate after which the data is registered in special medical records. The certificate is issued by hand without a transparent cover to protect it from damage. There is no electronic family link through which one can refer to the data of the newborn child and his parents.

In the modern way where employee sits in front of the employee to ensure the confidentiality of the data. First, the data is checked. Then, the data is entered into the system and finally the certificate is issued. There is an electronic family link in the system through which one can refer to the personal and medical data of the newborn child and his parents. It is issued electronically and laminated with a transparent layer of plastic to protect the data.