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Re-register your child’s birth to add the father's name to the birth record or certificate at the register office
Application form and guidance notes on how to remove the wrong fathers details from a birth registration.
Form GRO 185 to apply to re-register a child's birth and add the natural father's details.
Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate
Correct the original registration with the register office or GRO - find out what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes, what they look like
Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
Register as a British citizen if you were born after 1 July 2006 to a British father where your mother was married to someone else.
Leaflet for expectant fathers explaining antenatal screening for sickle cell and thalassaemia.
Applicant born after 31 December 1982, father born while his father was in British Crown Service and was recruited in the UK
Invite expectant fathers for sickle cell and thalassaemia screening when the mother carries an unusual haemoglobin gene.
Apply by post to register as a British citizen if you were born before 1 July 2006 to a British father and your parents were not married.
Applicant born outside UK, father registered or naturalised as a British Citizen.
What to do if you need to get child maintenance and one of the parents lives abroad.
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