Order UK Replacement Birth Certificates Online

How can we help you? Choose below to order a Duplicate Birth Certificate.

• Official & Certified Legal Certificates
• Fastest UK National Replacement Service
• Suitable for All Official Purposes (see below)
• Long-Form (A4) Including Parent's Names
• Specialist International Supply Services Available

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Duplicate British Birth Certificates are often essential to prove identity when applying for:

Additional Information:

All birth certificates supplied are 'long-form' and include details of the individual's parents. Long form birth certificates are essential for proving identity or for establishing that next link in your family history research. For full details of exactly what is included on a UK certificate, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page.

These replacement documents are certified for use for all legal purposes, including passport applications and employer identification. The certificates are always produced by an official registration office and can be validated at any time.

Where British nationals are born abroad, we can additionally supply copies of certificates relating to any United Kingdom 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 Great Britain, 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.

Are you based outside the UK? Why not try our Scan and Send service where you will received an electronic copy of the certificate by email as it leaves the UK? Just add the Scan and Send service on the certificate order page.

If you have any further questions that aren't covered within our FAQ section, please feel free to call a member of the Vital Certificates sales team, or email us. Full details can be found in the Contact Us section.