Guidance
Birth registration: caseworker guidance
Tells HM Passport Office staff about birth registration and how to deal with applications where the birth is not registered, registered late or re-registered.
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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff working on applications:
- about birth registration, re-registration, late registration and unregistered births
- how to deal with an application if the customer’s birth was:
- not registered
- re-registered
- registered late
Details
This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff working on applications:
- about birth registration, re-registration, late registration and unregistered births
- how to deal with an application if the customer’s birth was:
- not registered
- re-registered
- registered late
Updates to this page
Published 21 December 2022
Last updated Update history
2025-11-04 16:57
Changes are detailed in the ‘changes from last version of this guidance’ section.
2024-12-11 10:23
Updated the Birth registration guidance, a list of the updates can be found in the guide.
2024-04-29 16:54
Birth registration guidance has been updated. A list of changes can be found in the guidance.
2022-12-21 16:22
First published.