From Monday 9 November, when you register or re-register a birth you will need to provide proof of your identity.
You will need to bring either:
- 1 document from List A or
- 2 documents from List B
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
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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
- Bank or building society statement
- Mortgage statement
- Credit card statement
- State benefit, pension or tax credit entitlement letter issued by DWP or HMRC
- P45 or P60
- Letter from a government agency
- Letter from the National Health Service
- HMRC notification
- Document issued by the person's local authority
- Proof of receipt of state pension
- School or college letter (for 16 to 19-year-olds)
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You will also need to bring:
- baby's Red Book
- marriage / civil partnership certificate (if relevant)
- proof of your address
- documents showing a change of name
- your spouse’s, or civil partner's passport or other evidence of their name (if you are married or in a civil partnership).
