MyKid is the identity card or identification document with a chip issued to a child under the age of 12. Its features are similar to those of MyKad except that it does not contain a photograph and thumbprints.

‘My’ denotes ‘Malaysia’ and 'Kid' is the Malay abbreviation for ‘personal identity card’. The identification number on MyKid will be used in all matters from birth to end of life.

The MyKid chip contains three main applications:

• NRD application (birth data)
• Health information
• Education information

The registration of births in Malaysia is overseen by the NRD, short for the National Registration Deparment (Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara, JPN). All births in Malaysia must be registered within 14 days of the date of birth. Registration is free unless you are late - then you pay a RM5 fine.

Go to the nearest NRD counter with the following documents:

• The letter of declaration from the hospital (your hospital will issue one when you are discharged).
• Your marriage certificate.
• MyKad of both parents, or informer (an informer must be a parent, a relative or a "person who knows about the birth"). If one parent is a foreigner, then his or her passport.
• Fill out form JPN.LM01 and attach the supporting documents.

The birth certificate will be issue immediate after all the submitted documents and information been verified.