Death Registration
Fijian national Death in Fiji
- Informants (as defined by the BDM Act 1945) valid photo ID
- Stamped medical certificate cause of death – original from the hospital
- Informant to provide information on the burial/cremation details.
(please ensure that the Medical certificate of death is stamped by the hospital)
Foreigner death in Fiji
- Informants valid photo ID
- Stamped medical certificate cause of death – original
- Informant to provide information on the burial/cremation details.
- Foreigner’s valid photo ID/Passport bio data/marriage certificate/birth certificate.
(please ensure that the Medical certificate of death is stamped by the hospital)
Fijian national declared dead Overseas (War Service)
- Informant valid photo ID
- Court order proving the death in any place out of Fiji or
- Death certificate under the hand of a member of the naval or military forces or
- Medical certificate cause of death from next of kin
Fijian national declared dead Overseas
*To update birth certificate status of death overseas.
- Informant valid photo ID
- Translated medical certificate cause of death
Special Death Registration – Inquest Death
* Death will be registered if unable to find the missing person after 7 years.
- Informant valid photo ID
- Court Order
Special Death Registration – Death in Circumstances
*To register death in natural disasters where the body cannot be found
- Informant valid photo ID
- Statutory declaration from informant is mandatory if person is deceased outside hospitals or medical center.
- Confirmatory letter from MOH
- VKB certificate (if iTaukei)
- Statutory declaration from the village head/witness
- Signed Police report
Death Update – Old Death Transfer
*This process will enable BDM office to update old deaths records into the system records
- Informant valid photo ID
- Death Certificate
- Marriage certificate and birth certificate if foreigner
- VKB certificate (if iTaukei)
Addition of issues to Pre-Registered Death
*This process will enable BDM office to add issues to pre-existing death registration.
- Informant’s valid photo ID
- Birth certificate of Issues from De Facto
- 2 credible persons’;
- 1 person – Legal spouse or issues from legal spouse
- 1 person – De Facto or issues from De Facto
De Facto Registering Death (Legal spouse and issues from legal spouse not present)
*This process will enable BDM office to proceed with death registration in the absence of Legal spouse and issues from legal spouse.
- Informant valid photo ID
- Statutory Declaration
- Medical certificate cause of death
De Facto Death Registration in the absence of legal spouse
- *This process will enable BDM office to proceed with death registration by De Facto in instances where no legal spouse exists or is noted.
- Informant valid photo ID
- Medical certificate cause of death
- Statutory declaration if De Facto