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Can't register baby until jan - how do I claim cb?

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themiddlee · 21/10/2022 14:57

Or can't I? I know you usually need the birth certificate which we obviously won't have for ages, and usually has to be done in 42 days isn't it ? I'd be adding the baby to an existing claim

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dementedpixie · 21/10/2022 15:03

Why such a delay?

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themiddlee · 21/10/2022 15:08

No idea? I'm presuming backlog from Covid

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Regularsizedrudy · 21/10/2022 15:10

very odd. Never heard of such a delay. You need the birth cert number for Cb claim form but you could send it off without it and see what happens?

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AriettyHomily · 21/10/2022 15:26

That's ridiculous!

Chewmebacca · 21/10/2022 15:28

Has the baby been born? Was it in hospital? Aren't they already technically registered when you have them in hospital?

I don't remember sending off the BC with either of mine for CB.

Regularsizedrudy · 21/10/2022 15:34

Chewmebacca · 21/10/2022 15:28

Has the baby been born? Was it in hospital? Aren't they already technically registered when you have them in hospital?

I don't remember sending off the BC with either of mine for CB.

No, parents have to register them. And you don’t send the birth cert but it has a number on it you need to quote.

WhiteHorse92 · 21/10/2022 15:36

I had a baby last year, there was a 2 month wait for an appointment to register the birth so I was worried, but on the CB claim form where it asked for the certificate number I just wrote a note to say not registered yet and the date the appointment was. They processed it and started making CB payments straight away no problem. When I got the birth certificate I just rang them and gave them the number on the certificate.

Mawface · 21/10/2022 15:36

We didn't get our DD birth certificate until she was nearly 3 months last year which meant we couldn't claim CB until then. The only plus is you will get it backdated.

Flowerfairy101 · 21/10/2022 15:43

I had this in 2020, as pp says I just wrote a note explaining with the date time and location of my appointment to register baby.

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themiddlee · 21/10/2022 15:44

Thanks everyone, I managed to get through to them. They said to fill in the claim form anyway so it's on the system and once I have the BC give them a call then they will process it, I won't receive any payments which I thought would be the case anyway, but yes it will get backdated by 3 months.

It's Birmingham register office, not sure if that's why there's such a delay because it's a big city maybe ?

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Iheartmykyndle · 21/10/2022 15:58

Have they got a local registrar's office you can "declare" at - you have to declare the birth and you get the birth certificate through the post. We had this when DD1 was born, our City centre registrar's office was a 3 month wait but we could declare it at our local town hall office and we were all sorted in 5 weeks.

Weirdly DD2 was born in one of the local lockdowns and was registered on day 8!

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