help!...about to give notice but cant find birth certificate!!

debtfreeatlonglast

hi, as title says i am travelling down to england tomorrow to give marriage notice on tues 13th and have just realized i cant find birth certificate...have looked online and i think i will be ok just taking my passport but am terrified it wont be enough i.d... registry office in england is shut so cant ring them to ask... can someone please reassure me that my passport, divorce certificate and proof of address will be enough i.d....has anyone else given their marriage notice just using these????....am so upset with myself that i did not look earlier, i am such a fool:eek:thanks

MrsDrink

We just took our passports as proof of identity, and driving licences as proof of address

jemb

I dont think you need birth certificate. I called my registry office about notice and got told utility bill, Passport, driving license, but not Birth certificate. Take down as many other forms of ID you can? Just found this for you though on a .gov site;

When you attend a Registration Office to give notice of marriage, you will need to produce certain documents to confirm your name, age, marital status and nationality.
Each person giving notice must bring in the following:

• A valid British/EEA passport
  
  If you do not have a valid passport then you must provide a full birth certificate (showing parents’ details) and one other form of ID – eg: full/provisional driving licence (preferably ID with a photograph).
  
  If you were born after 1 January 1983 your own valid passport is enough to prove nationality.
  
  If you do not have a valid passport you need to bring your own full birth certificate AND your mother’s valid passport or mother’s full birth certificate.
  
  The reason you need to provide this information is that if you were born before 1 January 1983 nationality was determined on the birth certificate, but if you were born after 1 January 1983 nationality is not proven.
• Proof of residency in the form of council tax bill, utility bill or bank statement (dated within the last 3 months).
• Proof of marital status – Decree Absolute/Death Certificate/ Dissolution of Civil Partnership.
• If changed name by deed poll or statutory declaration, must provide original document.
• Fee of £33.50 per person payable by cash, card or cheque.

Solstice_Twilight

jemb wrote: »

Each person giving notice must bring in the following:

• A valid British/EEA passport
  
  If you do not have a valid passport then you must provide a full birth certificate (showing parents’ details) and one other form of ID – eg: full/provisional driving licence (preferably ID with a photograph).
  
  If you were born after 1 January 1983 your own valid passport is enough to prove nationality.
  
  If you do not have a valid passport you need to bring your own full birth certificate AND your mother’s valid passport or mother’s full birth certificate.
  
  The reason you need to provide this information is that if you were born before 1 January 1983 nationality was determined on the birth certificate, but if you were born after 1 January 1983 nationality is not proven.

:eek: Really?! I have a passport that is currently in-date but has my previous married name on it - I have no plans to leave the country, so didn't see the point in spending £70+ changing it. I have a deed for my change of name, and everything else is updated, i.e. utilities, driving license. I also have a full birth certificate, but it's a completely different name again (adopted my mother's surname when I was two after they divorced) with no "proof" to link names (my dad wrote a letter at the time but when I married my ex I tried to find it and couldn't turn it up, and my original surname is on my first marriage certificate but I've no idea where that is). Getting my mother's passport/birth certificate will be interesting, as she lives 300 miles away so it's not like I can nip round and borrow one of them.

debtfreeatlonglast

thank you all so much you really have all put my mind at ease, knew i would get an answer here...you are all such a lovely helpful bunch:j

bubbles0169

Solstice_Twilight wrote: »

:eek: Really?! I have a passport that is currently in-date but has my previous married name on it - I have no plans to leave the country, so didn't see the point in spending £70+ changing it. I have a deed for my change of name, and everything else is updated, i.e. utilities, driving license. I also have a full birth certificate, but it's a completely different name again (adopted my mother's surname when I was two after they divorced) with no "proof" to link names (my dad wrote a letter at the time but when I married my ex I tried to find it and couldn't turn it up, and my original surname is on my first marriage certificate but I've no idea where that is). Getting my mother's passport/birth certificate will be interesting, as she lives 300 miles away so it's not like I can nip round and borrow one of them.

they just need your passport to confirm your nationality and your household bill/bank statement will confirm your name so i wouldnt worry about that, the best thing to do is to ring them up directly and explain before you go