To ask if I can register my baby's birth in another county?

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I'm in a bit of a pickle-DC is 3 weeks old and I am having trouble getting an appointment to register the birth before I move counties. I booked an appointment 2 weeks ago for this week and Sod's law my other DC has something really important we have to attend.

Can I register her in the new county I move to? Will be moving 100 miles away, so can't just pop back to do it really.
I've been waiting for a call back all day from the registry office!

I know you can in most countries when you have the baby abroad. I couldn't because of the country.

You can make the appointment in the new county but the birth cert will still have to be issued from the county in which baby was born. Just means you may have to wait a few days to receive it.

My daughter was born in a different county from where we lived (were on the border of two counties). She was registered in the county where she was born rather than where she lived but I'm not sure whether that was just because it was actually nearer.

Have found this on the gov uk website that mentions if you can't do it near to where the baby was born it will be sent on there so think it's all right

Register birth

Thanks.

The lady on the phone (not a registrar) was sure I couldn't. I didn't think this was the case!

Wish she would just let me book an appointment! I only have until the 4th of august.

Forgot to say, if you do make the Appt in the new county you need to take a cheque or postal order to pay for your certificate as the paperwork including payment will need to be sent over to the old county. Good luck with your move.

justgivemethepinot-thanks for the help. Will dig out the cheque book.

Yes, dd1 and ds1 were both born in a different county to where we lived, they were registered in the county we lived in, but it took about a week for the birth certificates to come through. We had to pay by cheque too.

You could try ringing the helpline of the GRO (general register office). It'll be a .gov address.

I had to do this as the registrar refused to accept DH's occupation, bizarrely. Total farce but I rang the GRO helpline for clarification.

Deux surely you have to tell us the occupation now!

Did he pretend to be Chief Beekeeper when he's really just Hive Cleaner or some other niche thing

Or, 007?

I had to register my Mum's death within county - I know as I'd made an appointment in the local City, but we're just over the border so had to re-arrange!

Come on Deux - spill!

We've recently done this. We made an appointment with our local registry office to 'declare' the birth,

They send paperwork to county of birth to register.

We paid over the phone using debit card to order certificates (they phoned us).

Frustrating to see others have done it and yet they are messing me around!

Duex do tell! How bizarre they wouldn't accept his occupation.

99.9% sure you have to register baby in area of birth (work with newborns). If you have a DH (as opposed to DP) then he could register the baby on his own whilst you stay with the other DC?

Even though we live in Southwark and thought King's College was in Southwark, it's actually just inside the Lambeth border. So I called Southwark town hall and they were happy to help register the birth, but the cert would come from Lambeth. When DD needed a long version of the cert for a passport, off we trucked to Brixton for the copy, and not Peckham. Annoying, as it was further away!

Oh my I realise that sounded so much more cryptic than I intended. It's really dull in fact. Sorry to disappoint.

OK, here's the dull bit. It was Company Director. See, dull.

She kept saying yes, but director of what? And DH kept saying I'm a company director, not of anything particular right now just a director of the business. And then she wanted to put the business category. Then she wanted to put his profession (accountant). And DH was saying yes, I am an accountant but right now I'm a company director and so it went on in a loop. Then she said, oh so you're a Finacial Director then?

DH got really pissed off and refused to register the birth until this occupation business was clarified.

Hence why I rang up to clarify. Short answer - you can put anything you want as your occupation as long as it is truthful at the time of registration. So, how do you earn your money? Answer, Comapny Director.

DH went to a different register office as he couldn't face having to deal with the same person again and the second office didn't question it all.

(He's really an international espionage expert )

If I register the birth without DH, what do they do with regards to the bit when you sign it? Is it left blank on his part?

Deux-sounds like a total jobsworth!

If you're married only one person needs to sign the birth certificate.

My son was born in Glasgow but registered in Eastwood, Renfrewshire

I'll be honest, based on your wording it sounded like you were asking whether you could register the baby as having been born in a different country than it was actually born in, rather than could you mail paperwork from your new country to the country of birth (register the birth in the UK from another country)... that could by why the person you spoke to was confused.

www.gov.uk/register-birth

County @sykadelic, not countRy

This is the first time I've ever got an e-mail telling me I was mentioned @SerfTerf !

sykadelic-nope, she definitely knew it was just another region of the UK m. Told her the hospital even!