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Verify your child for the childcare service

Use form CVF1 to verify your child for the childcare service.

Updates to this page

From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published:
1 February 2017
Last updated:
16 September 2026
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  1. Information about the documents you need to send with form CVF1, to verify your child has been updated.

  2. Added translation.

  3. Information about applying for a National Insurance number has been removed.

  4. Update to documents you need to send to verify children born in the UK or elsewhere.

  5. First published.

Documents

Verify your child using the CVF1

https://public-online.hmrc.gov.uk/lc/content/xfaforms/profiles/forms.html?contentRoot=repository:///Applications/Benefits_and_Credits/1.0/CVF1&template=CVF1.xdp

Details

To verify your child for the childcare service, you will need to use the Child Verification form (CVF1).

How to use the print and post form

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Documents you need to send with the form

You will need to send one of the following documents for your child:

  • passport
  • birth certificate
  • adoption certificate

Do not send photocopies.

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