In cases where the father was a documented migrant worker and the couple had marriage documents, their children could until 2014 be registered for residency permits with GDGS.The renewal of residency permits of children below 4 years old was permitted without cost, with the subsequent extension of the residency permit dependent on school enrolment (Insan 2015). Migrants in Lebanon are at a disadvantage in registering the birth of their children with authorities, a survey by Insan Association found that while o per cent of Lebanese children are not registered, io percent of children of documented migrants and 63 per cent of children of undocumented migrants are not registered (Ibid). Although GDGS did not make public any policy directive regarding non-renewal, civil society organizations noticed that this was systematically happening even when both parents were regular migrants and had not had previous problems registering their children.