The National Identification & Registration Authority (NIRA):

• NIDS card (NIC)

  • NIC application or replacement

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• Island Records Office (IRO)

  • Deed polls & other documents

• Office of the Registrar-General (ORD, formerly The RGD - Registrar General's Department)

  • Birth certificates & corrections

    • Birth certificates lost or destroyed due to Hurricane Melissa

    • Operation Birthright: "The Operation Birthright Project ensures all Jamaicans have a legal identity. The initiative aims to bridge the legal divide of the undocumented persons, by providing support to children and adults without legal identification, who are financially unable to apply for a birth certificate, to register and obtain a birth certificate. A birth certificate is required by the public and private sectors for Jamaicans to access several vital services such as immunization, education, financial services and formal employment."

    • Corrections include Late Entry of Name, Correction of Error, Addition of Father's Particulars

  • Death certificates & corrections

  • Marriage certificates & corrections*

    • Marriage certificates lost or destroyed due to Hurricane Melissa

  • Burial orders

  • Registry weddings, marriage officers, civil registrars

  • Adoption certificates

  • Record Search for certified copies of birth / death / marriage records

*Divorce decrees are issued by and obtained from the Supreme Court of Jamaica in Kingston (both decree nisi and decree absolute - your divorce is not final without decree absolute!)

Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH)

by MLSS

• PATH applicants are invited to visit the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s office in their parish of residence to complete the application process. 

  • The process may also be undertaken at designated centres, communities or within homes of the elderly or persons with disabilities.   

• Demographic and other socio-economic data are collected on individual family members and the information entered into the Beneficiary Identification System (BIS).  

• Benefits are delivered to families for a period of four years, after which they are required to re-apply and be reassessed for continued eligibility. 

Documents Required for PATH Application Processing 

• Birth certificates for:

  •  The Family Head 

  • All Adults 60 and over who live in the household

  • All children living in the household 

• Valid ID for the Family Head 

• TRN for the Family Head 

HEART provides vocational training after high school, and the government has now made the courses free up to Level III!  See the HEART Programme Catalog for more information on courses.

Apply for skilled training in the areas such as:

• Agricultural Equipment

• Allied Health* (high demand nationwide!!!)

• Automotive Services Repairs

• Beauty Services

• Business

• Education

• Electrical Engineering Maintenance

• Food Processing

• Furnishing

• General Construction* (high demand nationwide!!!)

• Graphic Art

• Horticulture

• Hospitality

• Information

• Livestock

• Maintenance (Metal Engineering)

• Processing

• Technology (Mechatronics)

• Transportation (Logistics)

• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) System Operations