Scotland 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 three types of service
- Regular Service
We aim to despatch Certificate within 8 to 10 working days.
- Rapid Service (Recommended)
If you need record index search to find the match of your details and certificate, we offer a Rapid Service where the certificate is despatched within 4 to 5
working days with the search results for future reference.
- 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.
Scotland Birth Certificate Cost (per certificate)
A range of service levels are available to suit your requirements.
-
Birth Certificate - Regular service for £28.90 (Despatched within 8 working days)
-
Birth Certificate - Rapid service (Recommended) for £36.50 (Despatched within 4 to 5 working days )
-
Birth Certificate - Urgent service for £48.50 (Despatched within 2 to 3 working days)
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Birth records are limited to the beginning of civil registration within each
country. For Scotland this dates back to January 1st 1855.
1855 birth records were very detailed and are a boon to the family historian. In
addition to details about the child (date, place and time of birth, full name,
sex), the parents' names (including maiden surname of mother), father's
occupation, name of informant and relationship to child, an 1855 birth
certificate also contains information on siblings, the ages and birthplaces of
both parents, their usual residence and the date and place of their marriage.
Such detail proved difficult to sustain and entries were modified from 1856.
Information on siblings was removed, as were ages and birthplaces of parents and
date and place of parents' marriage. In birth certificates since 1861 however,
the date and place of the parents' marriage was reinstated.
Birth certificates of full version shows the following information:
- Registration district, sub-district and county
- Full name of person born
- Date of birth - please note this does not usually include the time of birth
- Place of birth
- Father's full name, if named
- Mother's full name
- Mother's maiden name (and any other previous names)
- Father's Occupation, if named
- Signature, description and residence of informant
- Date the birth was registered
- Signature of registrar
- Date the certificate was produced
These replacement documents are certified for use for all legal purposes, including
passport applications and employer identification. Any birth certificate within
England, Wales, Scotland,
Northern Ireland States
of Guernsey, States of
Jersey, Isle of Man
and Ireland can be re-issued, as well as Birth
registered overseas
but were registered with the appropriate Scotland authority within the country
of Birth. These would include Armed Forces, Consular, High Commission or Embassy
registrations. Please bear in mind that Birth registration with the British authorities
is not compulsory when overseas, and a duplicate certificate can only be issued
if the Birth certificate has been deposited with either the Embassy or Consulate
within the country of Birth, or at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London
upon return to the Scotland.
The certificates are always produced by an official registration office and can
be validated at any time.
What is Public Records?
Under Scotland 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.