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Re-register your child’s birth to add the father's name to the birth record or certificate at the register office
This guide explains what civil registration records you can order from the General Register Office, and how to order and pay for them.
Form GRO 185 to apply to re-register a child's birth and add the natural father's details.
If you were adopted you can access your birth records or get on the Adoption Contact Register to find birth relatives - how to apply, forms and information for birth relatives
Guidance notes and application forms for birth, adoption, death, marriage or civil partnership certificates.
Use this form to apply in advance for a passport using your new name.
A list of premises that have been approved for civil marriages and civil partnerships in England and Wales.
Help completing the passport application form from outside the UK.
Leaflet explaining how to renew an adult passport online in simple steps.
How your personal information is used in His Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO).
A list of the supporting documents you need to provide when applying for a passport from outside the UK.
HM Passport Office is the sole issuer of UK passports and responsible for civil registration services through the General Register Office.
Credit/debit card payment authorisation form for overseas passports to print out and complete.
Contact information for the National Records of Scotland
Leaflet explaining in simple steps how to apply online for your first passport, if you are applying as an adult.
Application form to order a copy of a marriage certificate registered in England and Wales.
Application form and guidance notes about correcting the details on a birth registration.
How to send a deceased person's passport back to His Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO).
Application form to order a copy of a death certificate registered in England and Wales.
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