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Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers

Correct an original registration with the register office or GRO - what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes

• What corrections can be made

  You cannot change a death certificate once it’s been issued, but you can…

• Who can apply

  Anyone can apply to correct a death entry. However, the General Register…

• How to apply

  It costs £83 or £99 to apply to correct a mistake in a death registration.…

Re-register your child’s birth to add the father's name to the birth record or certificate at the register office

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

Information about moving to, living or retiring in the USA – including visas, working, healthcare and driving.

• Updated: 11 December 2025

If you were adopted you can access your birth records or get on the Adoption Contact Register to find birth relatives - how to apply, forms and information for birth relatives

Application form to get your birth certificate information from before your adoption, if you live in the UK.

Find out how to register a birth - who can register, birth certificates

Annual UK and constituent country figures for births, deaths, marriages, divorces, civil partnerships and civil partnership dissolutions.

• Updated: 4 October 2018

Application form to order a birth certificate for a birth that was registered overseas.