Hong Kong admin steps

Register the baby at the Maternal and Child Health Centre

The Maternal and Child Health Centres run the free child health service: the whole Hong Kong Childhood Immunisation Programme, developmental checks and feeding advice from birth to five. Register at the centre for your district as soon as the birth certificate exists and bring it, because the free service is for children with a Hong Kong birth document; without one every visit is charged at the non-eligible rate. Checked against fhs.gov.hk on 21 September 2026.

Who it applies to

Everyone having a baby in Hong Kong

On your timeline

Paperbump schedules this between 7 days and 4 weeks after the birth

Official source

fhs.gov.hk

Last checked

21 September 2026

What else to know

The first jabs, BCG and hepatitis B, are given in the hospital at birth; the rest run from 2 months.

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• Get the baby a passport, then a dependant visa between 7 days and 8 weeks after the birth
• Register the birth within 42 days, by appointment within 3 weeks of the birth
• Claim the Newborn Baby Bonus if either of you is a permanent resident within 6 months of the birth