Approved ID for registering a birth
You must legally bring ID with you to register a birth. We will not be able to proceed with the registration if the ID criteria is not met.
Please also bring the RED BOOK to your appointment.
Primary forms of ID:
- Passport (current or expired)
Expired passports may be accepted up to 18 months after the date of expiry. Applies to UK and overseas passports. - UK biometric immigration document
- 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)
The paper counterpart driving licence is not acceptable. - UK birth certificate
- UK adoption certificate
- EU driving licence
- EU Member State identity card
- PASS card
Proof of Age Standards Scheme
Secondary list (2 documents are required from this list)
- Utility bill (not mobile phone bill)
- Council Tax statement
- Bank or building society statement
- Mortgage statement
- Credit card statement
- State benefit, pension or tax credit entitlement from DWP/HMRC
- P45 or P60
- Marriage or civil partnership certificate
- Letter from a government agency
- Letter from the National Health Service
- HMRC notification
(or successor body) - Police or Armed Forces ID
- Signed firearms certificate
- Proof of Royal Mail Redirection
- Document issued by the person’s local authority
- Proof of receipt of State Pension
- School or college letter
(16 to 19 year olds)