Documents needed when registering a birth

List A

(1 document needed)

Original physical documents

• Current passport, or a passport that expired no more than 18 months before the date of registration

• UK valid travel document

• UK refugee travel document - issued under Article 28 of the 1951 Geneva Convention

• UK stateless person travel document - issued under Article 28 of the 1954 Geneva Convention

• UK driving licence - full or provisional, photocard only (paper counterpart is not acceptable)

• UK birth certificate

• UK adoption certificate

• European Union driving licence

• European Union member state identity card

Original physical or digital documents

• UK Biometric Immigration document

• PASS (Proof of Age Standards Scheme) card

List B

(2 documents needed)

Original physical documents

• Marriage certificate or civil partnership certificate

• Police warrant card or Armed Forces identity card

• Signed firearms certificate

• Proof of Royal Mail redirection - on Royal Mail letterhead

Original physical or digital documents

• Utility bill (excluding mobile phone bills)

• Council tax statement