Form

Application to re-register a child’s birth and add the father's details

Form GRO 185 to apply to re-register a child's birth and add the father's details.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Published: 1 April 2013
• Last updated: 5 September 2025 — See all updates

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How to apply for a birth re-registration to add the father’s details (accessible)

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How to apply for a birth re-registration to add the father’s details

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Application to re-register a child’s birth and add the father's details

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Use form GRO 185 to re-register a child’s birth if the parents were not married to, or in a civil partnership with, each other when the child was born, and have not married or formed a civil partnership with each other since.

Published 1 April 2013

Last updated 5 September 2025 + show all updates

1. 5 September 2025

   Separate guidance notes added and form updated.

2. 2 December 2019

   Form updated to account for opposite sex civil partnerships.

3. 1 April 2013

   First published.