Documents for registering a birth
You should take with you:
- The card issued by the hospital;
- The marriage certificate of the child's parents if available.
Do not worry if any of these documents are not available as the registrar can still proceed to register the birth.
When the registration is complete the registrar will give you free of charge an abbreviated extract (i.e. excluding parentage details) of the birth entry.
You can obtain a full extract of the birth entry for a fee of £10.00.