UK Birth Certificate
 

Right, does anybody out there know what the GRO Index Ref on a UK birth certifcate is supposed to look like, and where it is on the cert? I've got an abbreviated birth certs (parents lost the original - charming) and I need to get a full one for residency application.

My abbreviated version as 2 reference numbers on it:
'GG 338264' and at the bottom, under the date is a reference: 'IKCNJ 215'. Are either of these the GRO ref?

I know it's a bit of-topic but I'm having trouble contacting the GRO and thought I'd pick the old collective brain.

Re: UK Birth Certificate
 

Bundy
Not sure which is the reference number you need, but there are plenty of ways to get a full birth certificate issued without the ref no.

Here's a link to the General Register Office online, where you can order copies of your birth certificate. You can order online or by phone or by post.

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/nsbase/...rtificates.asp

If you do this by post and send a cheque the charge is £11.50 for the standard service or £27.50 if you want the fast service, where they dispatch the next working day. Ordering online is a bit cheaper I think. Full details of the fees are on the website above.

Hope this helps

Re: UK Birth Certificate
 

Getting your birth certificate is easy. If you live where you were born apply for it at the register office, costs £7. If not you can apply online with reference number £7 or without for £11.50. The numbers you have given are not gro reference numbers, they would look like this:- 7a 456. If you can get to your main library look up your reference in the St Catherines index.
George

Re: UK Birth Certificate
 

hi,

We just went to our local registry office and went into see the superintendant registrar and filled a form out with parents names etc and paid and they printed us one and posted it to us within 2 days simple as that !

Just looked at mine and i cant see a GRO number...could it be the NHS number they want??

Tigger

Re: UK Birth Certificate
 

Thanks guys for your posts...BUT...I know how to get hold the certificate, and I know it's really easy. It's just that if you can provide the GRO index ref it costs £7 rather than £11.50...and that £4.50 makes all the difference to those of us saving for the big move.

As I have the abbreviated version of my birth cert, it's immensely frustrating that I can't find out which of the flippin' numbers on it is the GRO ref! Even the GRO won't tell me - they just keep sending me emails telling me how to apply. :mad:

Arrgggghhhh!:scared:

Re: UK Birth Certificate
 

Oh. Think you just answered my question/rant. Off to the library then!

1. What is a GRO?

2. Why do you need a GRO?

3. A certified copy of the birth certificate is sufficient isn't it?

4. I have my copy and can't see any reference number like that one stated above! I have 4 letters and 6 numbers printed in the top right hand corner.

5. Confused? Well, I wasn't, but I am now! LOL

Answers on a postcard please! LOL

Don't panic - it's really only a minor thing connected to the fact that my permanently chaotic parents have lost my full birth certificate and I have to get a new one. I have an abbreviated version at present, but it needs to be a full one. So, in answer to your panic...

1 & 2. It's a number that I have yet to find that means you can get a copy of your certificate for £7 rather than £11.50. Yes, the whole quibble is over £4.50. I have Scottish blood.

3. Yes, you only need a certified copy.

4. You don't need to know your GRO if you already have your certificate.

5. DOn't be confused! All is well. You have all you need. Forget you ever read this post. Be calm.

Not quite a postcard, but near enough!
:D

........controls breathing.........gasps........heart beats down to a natural level..........

LOL :D

You're worse than me! ;)

I'll have 3 fingers of that liquid refreshment in your piccie......mmmmm......I have just a little left from the bottle my girlfriend mother brought me when she came to visit a while a go!

mmmmmmmmmm:beer:

Maybe now would be a good time to drink it...it sounds like you need to calm your nerves! Have a gulp on me...I haven't had any for weeks. Bundy of course

:eek:

LOL

Well, just in case anyone took that the wrong way. Or that, indeed. I shall put my spade away now and stop digging. :D