How do you get a passport?

WestonDave

The critical part is that it has all the information on it like parents occupations rather than being the shorter form one that has less information on it.

Mojisola

WestonDave wrote: »

The critical part is that it has all the information on it like parents occupations rather than being the shorter form one that has less information on it.

Unless it's changed, you only get a short certificate at the time of registration. When you buy from the GRO, you always get the long version with all the information.

UKSBD

Why on earth do they make it so confusing?


They say photocopies or certified copies won’t be accepted, but the ones they do accept have certified copy plastered all over them!

Mojisola

UKSBD wrote: »

Why on earth do they make it so confusing?


They say photocopies or certified copies won’t be accepted, but the ones they do accept have certified copy plastered all over them!

It does cause confusion. The information on the Passport Office site should explain things more clearly.

UKSBD

It's also cost me another £9.25 as I've now read;


"If you send documents related to your father, you must also send your parents’ marriage certificate"


As I'm applying for my daughters too, it means I also need to send marriage certificate.

TonyMMM

GRO certificates are copies of a copy (submitted by the local registrars every quarter).

they will say "Certified to be a true copy of an entry in the certified copy of a register .."

Locally issued certificates are copies from the original register.

They will say " Certified copy of an entry of birth".

Both are valid as original documents for the purposes of the passport application.

eDicky

Mojisola wrote: »

And, yes, even the official certificates say that they are not evidence of identity.

That's true, a birth certificate is never proof of identity, only that such a person was born, as information of their existence. The Passport Office uses further means and requirements to actually confirm identity.

Voyager2002

UKSBD wrote: »

It's also cost me another £9.25 as I've now read;


"If you send documents related to your father, you must also send your parents’ marriage certificate"


As I'm applying for my daughters too, it means I also need to send marriage certificate.

Unlikely to be needed so long as your daughters have their own birth certificates (proving that they are British citizens). This requirement is there because the child of a British man born abroad during certain years is only British if the parents were married.

UKSBD

Voyager2002 wrote: »

Unlikely to be needed so long as your daughters have their own birth certificates (proving that they are British citizens). This requirement is there because the child of a British man born abroad during certain years is only British if the parents were married.

I've ordered it now, so will send it too to be on the safe side.


it says you need it for children born between 1983 and 2006
https://www.gov.uk/apply-first-adult-passport/documents-you-must-send-with-your-application

smudge56

If you were born before 01/01/1983 a short birth certificate is all you need for nationality. People born after 31/12/1982 must provide their full birth certificate with parents details and their mother's birth certificate or passport number, If nationality is coming through the father you must provide father's birth certificate or passport number and marriage certificate - MC not required if born after july 2006.
You will be able to tell if its a genuine birth certificate by holding it up to the light and you will see the GRO watermark
Photocopies certified by a solicitor are not accepted