From here you can safely purchase a full legal British Birth Certificate, suitable for both legal and family history uses. These certificates include parents details, which is often referred to as a Long-Form or A4 version.
For your protection, Vital Certificates Ltd is a registered organisation under the UK Data Protection Act (DPA).
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Duplicate British Birth Certificates are often essential to prove identity when applying for:
- Passports
- Visas
- Bank accounts
- Pensions
- Social Security
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- Employer ID
- Driving licence
- Visas & Immigration
- Marriage
- Adoption
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For full details of excatly what is included on a British Birth Certificate, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page.
Where British nationals are born abroad, we can additionally supply copies of certificates relating to any UK births abroad registered at a Consulate, High Commission, or with the Armed Forces. This service only applies to those births that have actually been registered with the UK authorities. Please note that it can take up to 18 months for the records to reach the UK from the overseas authorities so requests for recent births would need to be made to the specific in-country birth registrations department.
For overseas clients needing to validate the authenticity of the certificate as having been produced in the UK, we also offer a legalisation service whereby the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office will attach a dated Apostille to the reverse of the certificate. This is sometimes known as Attestation and is carried out by a Notary Public.We would always recommend that clients check with the relevant authority as to whether this is necessary for their purposes.
If you have any further questions that aren't covered within our FAQ section, please feel free to call or email us. Details can be found in the Contact Us section.
