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The authorised persons newsletters from GRO contain news, guidance and useful information for people authorised to register marriages.
The GRO's clergy newsletter contains guidance, reminders, news items and helpful information for registering marriages.
This newsletter provides marriage registrars in synagogues with information to help you perform your registration duties.
This series brings together documents about places of religious worship and the solemnisation of marriages.
Use this form to apply in advance for a passport using your new name.
This scheme allows certain organisations to access death registration information to help detect, prevent, investigate or prosecute offences.
Guidance notes and application forms for birth, adoption, death, marriage or civil partnership certificates.
Passports policy publications.
The certificate of appointment form for an authorised person to be completed by the trustee or governing body of a registered building.
If you've been appointed to register religious marriages and your personal details change, notify GRO using this change of contact details form.
Complete this application form to apply to register a place of religious worship for the solemnisation of marriages.
Explains the roles and responsibilities of authorised persons at marriage ceremonies.
Application form to order a birth certificate for a birth that was registered overseas.
Application form and guidance notes about correcting the details on a birth registration.
Complete this form to inform the GRO when a building no longer needs registration.
Explains the roles and responsibilities of secretaries (for marriages) of synagogues at marriage ceremonies.
Application form for British applicants outside the UK.
Application form to order a death certificate for a death that was registered overseas.
These guides explain how to use the General Register Office when researching your family tree and family history.
Application form to order a marriage certificate for a marriage that was registered overseas.
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