Tuesday 4th May 2004
As of 4 May 2004, anyone born on or after 1 January 1983 who is applying for a UK passport for the first time will have to provide their full birth certificate, which includes details of parentage, to prove identity and nationality. The move is one of several recent initiatives to improve passport security to combat fraud and identity theft.
To obtain a long birth certificate.
If you live in, or close to, your place of birth you should go to your local registrar. Alternatively, you should apply (depending on where you live at present) to one of the General Registrar Offices, the contact details of which, including website links, are given below:
General Register Office (England and Wales)
Smedley Hydro
Trafalgar Road
Southport
PR8 2HH
www.gro.gov.uk
General Register Office (N. Ireland)
Oxford House
49 -55 Chichester Street
Belfast
BT1 4HL
www.groni.gov.uk
General Register Office (Scotland)
New Register House
Edinburgh
EH1 3YT
www.gro-scotland.gov.uk
