Birth Certificate (UK) Services

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If you intend on moving abroad, you may be required to provide an apostille stamp on your birth certificate.

At Notary.co.uk, our team of professional and expert notaries can assist you with authenticating your certificate.

Find out more about what a birth certificate is and our process for legalising this document.

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  1. Process to Notarise and Apostille a Birth Certificate
  2. What Information Is Required When Applying For An Apostille Certificate On a Birth Certificate?
  3. What Is A Birth Certificate?
  4. What Do You Need a Birth Certificate For?
  5. Why You Might Need to Notarise and Apostille a Birth Certificate
  6. What Is The Difference Between Full Certificates and Short Certificates?
  7. Check your document
  8. Crown Copyright
  9. Foreign Birth Certificates
  10. Frequently Asked Questions

Process to Notarise and Apostille a Birth Certificate

To obtain an apostille, you will need to submit your birth certificate to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Legalisation Office.

Currently there is only one Legalisation Office – in Milton Keynes. We will personally submit your birth certificate and collect it the following day.

Notary.co.uk can assist you with our fast and cost-effective services and walk you through every step of the process:

  1. If you have a non-UK issued birth certificate, you will need to provide us with the original document. The notary will then make a copy and notarise the copy as a “true copy” the document.
  2. If you have a UK-issued birth certificate, it won’t need to be notarised and can be apostilled directly from the FCDO.
  3. After completing the Client Registration Form, you will need to provide us with the original birth certificate.
  4. We will then have the document notarised if required, otherwise, we will proceed to apostille the document.
  5. Once this has been completed, we will share a PDF scan of the document. You can then collect it from our office, we can post it to a UK address via Royal Mail Special Delivery or we can courier the document internationally via DHL.

If you intend to use your birth certificate in another country that is not a member of the Hague Convention, then you may need consular legalisation for your birth certificate. Find out more information about individual countries on our Country Requirements List.

If you need your birth certificate notarised or issued with an apostille or consular legalisation, we’ll handle all the steps for you.