Child benefit claim help please

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I'm finally getting round to applying for child benefit for my baby and I'm a bit confused. Loads of sites say I need to send birth certificate in with application, but I think the form says I don't need to because he was born in England.

Can anybody advise please?

Many thanks!

www.gov.uk/child-benefit/how-to-claim says you don't need to send the birth cert

You can do it over the phone, they ask for a reference number from the birth certificate