Re-registration of your children
According to law, a child’s birth will need to be re-registered if the parents have married or formed a civil partnership with each other since the birth
At this time, a new birth record will be created showing the child as a child of the parents’ marriage or civil partnership. It will replace the original registration and all future copies of the birth certificate will be issued from this new record.
To complete the re-registration process, both parents need to fill in a form that can be obtained from the government’s website.
Once you have both completed and signed the form and submitted it to us along with an original certified copy of your marriage or civil partnership certificate to us, we will process the application and contact you to book an appointment to make the re-registration.
If you have moved since your child was born, you do not have to return to the same Register Office where you originally registered your child’s birth. Your local Register Office will take all the relevant information from you and forward it on your behalf to the Register Office holding the original birth entry for processing.
The new birth certificate will then be sent to you.
Only one parent needs to attend the re-registration appointment and there is no charge for this service. The only charge you will incur is if you wish to purchase a new full birth certificate for your child which you will need for official purposes, for example, passport application.