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General Register Office certificate application forms

Guidance notes and application forms for birth, adoption, death, marriage or civil partnership certificates.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Published: 15 October 2012
• Last updated: 11 April 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

• Publication for Northern Ireland
• Publication for Scotland

Documents

General Register Office (GRO) application form guidance notes

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Birth certificate application form

PDF, 344 KB, 2 pages

Marriage certificate application form

PDF, 219 KB, 2 pages

Death certificate application form

PDF, 221 KB, 2 pages

Adoption certificate application form

PDF, 438 KB, 2 pages

Civil partnership certificate application form

PDF, 225 KB, 2 pages

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Overseas birth certificate application form

PDF, 205 KB, 2 pages

Overseas marriage certificate application form

PDF, 260 KB, 2 pages

Overseas death certificate application form

PDF, 206 KB, 2 pages

Overseas civil partnership certificate application form

PDF, 230 KB, 2 pages

Details

Guidance notes and forms to order birth, adoption, death, marriage or civil partnership certificates for events registered:

• in England
• in Wales
• overseas

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Published 15 October 2012

Last updated 11 April 2025 + show all updates

1. 11 April 2025

   Updated the marriage certificate application form.

2. 8 August 2022

   Updated 2.1 on marriage certificates section and added accessible version of application guidance.

3. 25 September 2019

   Updated the adoption certificate application form.

4. 28 February 2019

   Adoption certificate application form updated to show new email address for General Register Office.

5. 19 February 2019

   New adoption certificate application form uploaded.

6. 18 February 2019

   Replaced all the documents with new versions.

7. 28 February 2018

   Updated the guidance notes document.

8. 15 October 2012

   First published.