Guidance

Birth registration: caseworker guidance

Tells HM Passport Office staff about birth registration and how to deal with applications where the birth is not registered, registered late or re-registered.

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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff working on applications:

  • about birth registration, re-registration, late registration and unregistered births
  • how to deal with an application if the customer’s birth was:
  • not registered
  • re-registered
  • registered late

Updates to this page

Published 21 December 2022
Last updated 29 April 2024 + show all updates
  1. Birth registration guidance has been updated. A list of changes can be found in the guidance.

  2. First published.

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