Information for Parents on registering the birth of a baby

 

Make an appointment to register my Baby

 
If you are unable to book online please call 0161 342 5032.
 
(If you are booking via a mobile phone: when you get to the section to choose an appointment, find availability nearest to this date and click in the grey box under the date and this will give you the times available)

Please note all appointment availability is shown online
 
If your baby not born in Tameside, please contact the Register office in the district in which your baby was born. Do not book an online appointment with Tameside if your baby was born outside the district.
 

 

Register a baby's birth

The registration will take about 15 to 20 minutes, and, by law must be completed within 42 days of the baby's arrival.

• If the mother and father were married to each other at the time of the child's birth either parent may register
• If the mother and father are not married to each other at the time of the child's birth, the mother alone may register the birth
• Same sex couples can now become equal legal parents of children they conceive together or conceive through a surrogate. Contact the Register Office for more information.

However,

• The father's details can only be entered in the register if he is also present at the time of registration or the mother and father both make a statutory declaration.

 

Where to register

A birth must be registered in the district where it occurred. However, you may attend any Register Office in England and Wales to supply the details required for the entry (known as 'registering by declaration').
 
The registrar will send the details electronically to the appropriate office on your behalf, where the birth will be recorded in the register.
 
You will need to make payment for the birth certificate direct to the Register Office where the birth took place once the birth has been registered.

 

Needed to register

The baby's parents must provide the registrar with the following information:

• Baby's date and place of birth, forename(s) and surname.
• Mother's full name, date and place of birth, current or last occupation and, if applicable, date of marriage.
• If the father's details are to be entered in the register then the registrar will need the same details as are required from the mother.

To help ensure the accuracy of the information recorded it would be useful if you could bring supporting documentation with you:
 

Proof Required	Accepted supporting documents
Mothers full name, date and place of birth, current or last occupation, and if applicable date of marriage.	Passport or birth certificate and if applicable marriage certificate.
If fathers details are to be entered into the register the same information is required as that of the mother.	Passport or birth certificate and if applicable marriage certificate.

If these documents are not available the Registrar can still proceed to register.

  

Where we are

You can register the birth of your baby at: Dukinfield Town Hall, King Street, Dukinfield SK16 4la

 

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