Sending original birth certificate through the post

bryanb

soolin wrote: »

Order as many long or short versions of anybody's birth certificate here:

Full name and postal address
An e-mail address
Details of the registration event you are applying for - e.g. birth, death, marriage or adoption

So if you suspect any of your frineds have shaved a few years of their age, you can even check that and get their birth certificate if you are prepared to search.

If they've "shaved" a few years off how would you quote their date of birth?

soolin

bryanb wrote: »

If they've "shaved" a few years off how would you quote their date of birth?

If you are a registered user you can search..so if the actual date of their birthday is correct you can search backwards year by year.

if you go to the public records yourself you can even browse completely at random..so you can choose a surname and just search the books.

soolin

miaxmia wrote: »

Send it recorded delivery.

Recorded is just standard mail with a signature required, so no safer than just using 1st or 2nd class. For additional security it is best to use special delivery..but then it starts to look cheaper to just buy a duplicate certificate.

dzug

I don't recall either myself or Mrs dzug being asked to send a birth certificate with the application form - only last year.

Has the system changed in the last few months?

Errata

soolin wrote: »

Recorded is just standard mail with a signature required, so no safer than just using 1st or 2nd class. For additional security it is best to use special delivery..but then it starts to look cheaper to just buy a duplicate certificate.

It won't be returned using either recorded delivery or special delivery and could get lost, so it's worth getting a duplicate and sending that.

dzug

Errata wrote: »

It won't be returned using either recorded delivery or special delivery and could get lost, so it's worth getting a duplicate and sending that.

Not really - you don't need to get a duplicate unless it ACTUALLY goes missing. Save your money until then - in reality it's unlikely to do so.

seven-day-weekend

You can't send your 'original' birth certificate as that is in the register.

Anything you have is a copy from the register and you can have as many copies as you like, of yours or anyone else's.

So, no problem witrth sending it through the post.

Errata

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

You can't send your 'original' birth certificate as that is in the register.

Anything you have is a copy from the register and you can have as many copies as you like, of yours or anyone else's.

So, no problem witrth sending it through the post.

Is this right? My original birth certificate is beautifully handwritten, surely a duplicate one won't be.

dzug

Errata wrote: »

Is this right? My original birth certificate is beautifully handwritten, surely a duplicate one won't be.

The new copy will these days usually be typed.

Your 'original' is still a copy. The wording on it and the one you get now is to the effect that it is a copy of the entry in the register, which is the actual original.

Yes it would be a pity to lose it but the chances of that happening are low.

seven-day-weekend

Errata wrote: »

Is this right? My original birth certificate is beautifully handwritten, surely a duplicate one won't be.

Yes, it is still a copy, it was just in days of yore they copied them beautifully in handwriting and now they use laser printers.

If you look on it near the top it will say something like 'copy of an entry in the register'.

So although you may like your copperplate written copy, it is as much a copy and no more important than one you get today.