Birth registration fees, quick question.
Jun 9th 2012, 9:44 am
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Birth registration fees, quick question.
OK I've tried to find the answer to this myself but I can't seem to find it anywhere.
I've filled out out the form and got all my evidence ready to send off. I am just looking at the credit card form, it doesn't seem to indicate whether or not I want an actual birth certificate or not. (Also the price says $35 for registration, I wish!) I don't want one as I will be in the UK in a few months and I'm planning on picking one up while I'm there.
Just making sure that I'm not missing anything, sorry if this has been discussed before.
I've filled out out the form and got all my evidence ready to send off. I am just looking at the credit card form, it doesn't seem to indicate whether or not I want an actual birth certificate or not. (Also the price says $35 for registration, I wish!) I don't want one as I will be in the UK in a few months and I'm planning on picking one up while I'm there.
Just making sure that I'm not missing anything, sorry if this has been discussed before.
Jun 9th 2012, 4:03 pm
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Re: Birth registration fees, quick question.
If you don't want the certificate, you don't pay for it....but you won't be able to pick it up in the UK till the following September, apparently.
Jun 10th 2012, 5:07 am
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Re: Birth registration fees, quick question.
Yes I understand that I don't pay for it if I don't want it, but it just asks for my credit card information...It doesn't ask me exactly what I want to pay.
Jun 10th 2012, 5:49 am
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Re: Birth registration fees, quick question.
I believe there is a small box bottom right corner of the main page of the form that asks how many copies you want. The credit card form has a generic formula on it for calculating the fee.
Jun 10th 2012, 6:52 am
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Re: Birth registration fees, quick question.
Jun 10th 2012, 10:34 am
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Re: Birth registration fees, quick question.
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-...tering-a-birth
"After September of the year following the registration copies can be obtained from the General Register Office."
Jun 10th 2012, 11:51 am
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Re: Birth registration fees, quick question.
Actually it's the September following the year of registration. So if you register in 2012, you won't be able to get a birth cert from the General Register Office until after September 2013.
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-...tering-a-birth
"After September of the year following the registration copies can be obtained from the General Register Office."
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-...tering-a-birth
"After September of the year following the registration copies can be obtained from the General Register Office."
