Reasons you may need a Replacement Birth Certificate Copy
Typical reasons are passport applications or renewals, job applications, school or nursery enrolment, house buying or tenancy agreements, pension or benefit claims.
Information commonly found on a Birth Certificate
You will find the child’s sex, full name, date and location of birth, and parent’s names if present at the registration. You will also find the parent’s occupations and address at the time of birth and the registrar’s name and signature.
What will i receive?
You will receive a full certified long version Devon Birth Certificate. Sometimes called extracts issued from the film images in the archives. They are not photocopies. You will receive a fresh printed certificate with the new issue date printed.
Which years are available to order?
You can order registrations from 1837 to present day although it was not mandatory to register a birth until 1875.
Quick turnaround
We have access to all the relevant databases which means should any problems arise we can resolve them quickly without delay. If a problem does present itself we will contact you immediately to seek a resolve.
We understand that your order of a Replacement birth certificate is important. We have tailored the full online process to be simple from start to finish. Many other online services overlook mistakes that cause delays or even the annulment of an order. We use the necessary care and attention to ensure your certified birth certificate copy order is successful.
I don’t live in the UK. Will my Devon birth certificate be accepted abroad?
You may need an apostille stamp if the certificate is for official purposes overseas. The Apostille stamp validates a document’s authenticity when presenting it to foreign officials. Apostille stamps are not always needed, we would suggest that you check before ordering one as it may be an unnecessary expense.
UK Delivery
We use Royal Mail and the timescales for each service level are given at the time of order. When possible we will despatch an order ahead of the quoted timescale. Our priority option includes next working day delivery so if you are in urgent need we ensure your Replacement Devon Birth Certificate copy arrives quickly.
International delivery
Orders to overseas addresses with priority service include a tracked DHL delivery service. The standard and standard plus options include standard airmail.
Contact Us
You can call us at 0800 0025542 from the UK or anywhere in the world!, we are more than happy to assist you with your Devon replacement copy birth certificate request. Or if more convenient to you simply complete the secure online contact form here.
If there are questions that we haven’t covered here regarding why you may need your replacement certificate there is more information available here in the blog articles: Birth Certificate News and Information Articles.