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Hi All,

I have (yet another) question on the registering of a birth with the embassy please......I have all the docs ready to send for our 1 month old, but the birth registration form says that the marriage certificate must show the marital status of both parties. Ours doesn't, but I can't find anywhere on the gov.uk site where I can download the 'marriage declaration' form. Am I missing something or has the requirement changed at all so I no longer need it? It also says to read the guidance notes for children born after July 1986, but again I can't find these notes on the site.

Secondly, I need to order UK passports for both my kids as we are planning to move back to the UK - I know that the initial application is done online but does anyone know if having the certificate of birth registration from the embassy is one document they ask for, and if so, does it reduce the amount of docs we will need to send? I'm guessing not but always worth hoping!

Thanks all

BritInParis

I shouldn't think it'll be required for your child since he or she were born after 2006 when the martial status of the parents became irrelevant for nationality purposes. If it is required then the Embassy can always send you a copy as it doesn't seem to be available online.

If you have a consular birth certificate then you won't need to send any other certificates, i.e. birth certificates, marriage certificates, etc.. They'll still want copies of the various passports involved however.