{"id":1316,"date":"2023-05-04T17:02:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T16:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/registrationservice\/births\/birth-certificates\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T11:51:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T10:51:42","slug":"birth-certificates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/births\/birth-certificates\/","title":{"rendered":"Birth certificates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Birth certificates can be bought from the registrar on the day of registration and cost \u00a312.50 each.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is likely that you will need a certificate \u2013 for example, full birth certificates are required for first-time British passport applications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find out how to apply for a copy of a birth certificate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Correct a birth registration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you wish to amend details or record new information on birth certificates you should first contact the registration office<\/a> where the birth was registered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will be given advice on how to make an application and how much it will cost. If a correction can go ahead and be authorised locally it will cost \u00a383. If the correction needs the authority of the Registrar General the cost is \u00a399.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about the types of corrections that can be made and who can apply see GOV.UK: Correct a birth registration<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may record new or different forenames(s) in a birth record within 12 months of the date of registration. Please note that this will cost \u00a344.00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may also add the natural fathers\u2019 details where the parents marry, where a Declaration of Parentage is issued by the court and where a Parental Order is issued for a child born through surrogacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Birth certificates can be bought from the registrar on the day of registration and cost \u00a312.50 each.\u00a0\u00a0 It is likely that you will need a certificate \u2013 for example, full birth certificates are required for first-time British passport applications.  Find out how to apply for a copy of a birth certificate. Correct a birth registration […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":6268,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1316","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 16:03:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1316"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7794,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1316\/revisions\/7794"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}