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Book a birth registration appointment online

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Thank you for choosing to book your appointment online.

Current legislation states that a child must be registered in the Registration District where the birth took place.  This online booking system can be used to make an appointment at the appropriate Register Office in Cumbria.

Please bring to the appointment your Notification of Birth sheet from the hospital.  A Short Birth Certificate is issued free at the time of registering a birth. However, this only shows limited information and is not suitable for many legal requirements, such as applying for a passport. For such purposes a ‘full’ Standard Birth Certificate is required, available at the time of registration at a cost of £3.50 per certificate.  Payment may be made by cash, cheque, postal order or credit/debit card.

If your child was born outside Cumbria (or you wish to register the birth in a different district in Cumbria), it is possible for you to make a ‘Declaration’ at any of the Register Offices in Cumbria.  A Declaration involves the registrar taking the required information and passing it to the Register Office located in the Registration District where the child was born.  That office will then issue the Birth Certificates.  If you make a Declaration, payment may only be made by cheque or postal order as it has to be sent on by post.

Once the booking has been completed a confirmation page containing a booking reference may be printed for your records.

Book a birth registration appointment online

Data Protection
The information you provide on this on-line booking will only be processed for the purpose for which it has been given and will not be used for additional purposes without your consent.
All personal details will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and you have the right to see records relating to yourself and ask that they be amended where they are inaccurate. You can find more detailed information by using the Privacy and Access to Information links at the bottom of each Cumbria County Council web page.