British Overseas Citizen's Birth Certificate
UK GRO Certificates provides a fast and simple service to obtain an official Birth
Certificate.
We provide only the Long/Full version
Birth Certificates and these can be used when applying for a first
British Passport, driving licence, job application or providing proof of age when
claiming a pension.
We offer two types of service
- Regular Service
We aim to despatch Certificate within 8 to 10 working days.
- Urgent Service
If you need a certificate urgently, we offer a fast Urgent service where the certificate
is despatched within 2 working days.
96%* of our customers confirm that they are satisfied with our service and would
recommend it to others and we hope you will also. So that you can make an informed
decision when ordering, please be aware that there are other certificate ordering
services available and that costs do vary.
British Overseas Birth Certificate Cost (per certificate)
A range of service levels are available to suit your requirements.
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Birth Certificate - Regular service for £24.95 (Despatched within 10 to 12 working days)
-
Birth Certificate - Urgent service for £42.50 (Despatched within 2 ot 4 working days)
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We offer Overseas British Citizen's Birth Certificates service
- Birth registered by the British Forces and the
British Consul or High Commission in the country where they took place, from 1849..
- British Army Regimental records of births, baptisms and marriages dating back to
1761.
- Marine Births, from 1837, which took place on British registered vessels.
- Aircraft Births, from 1948, which took place on British registered aircraft.
Due to the variety in format of overseas records, it depends on the type of record
the certificate is produced from.
Birth certificates normally include:
- Full name of person whose birth certificate is required
- Date and place of birth (district or street and town)
- Names of parents (including mother's maiden name
- Mother's address at time of birth
The certificates are always produced by an official registration office and can
be validated at any time.
What is Public Records?
Under UK law, birth certificates are known as Public Records which means that any
person can apply for a copy of any certificate, providing that they know the details
of the birth that is required. This can be helpful for both government and legal
services needing proof of birth, as well as family history (genealogy) researchers
looking to discover new ancestors. Please note however that where we believe an
application to be connected with an attempt to obtain information for the purposes
of identity fraud, the application may be rejected and details passed to the relevant
police authority.
Adopted Child Birth Certificate
If the child has subsequently been adopted, the birth certificate can only be obtained
if the original birth name of the child is known. We cannot issue a birth certificate
under an adopted name, unless the adopted name is the same as the birth name. In
these cases, you should apply for an Adoption Certificate
instead. The birth certificate of an adopted person will be written on showing that
the birth certificate is now out of date as it has been superseded by the adoption.
Therefore it will rarely be needed for any official purpose, with the Adoption Certificate
replacing the birth certificate for official purposes.