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- Changing your name at marriage
- Renewal of vows
- Certificates
- Naming ceremonies
- Stillbirths
- Cemeteries
- Exhumation
- Civil funerals
- Cremation
- Registering a death
- Repatriation
- Registering a venue for marriage
- Births
- Exceptional circumstances
- Ceremonies
- Contact us
- Changing a child's forename
- Useful links
- Notice of marriages or civil partnership
- Corrections to a certificate
- Fees and charges
FAQs
- Can I change my child's surname?
- How do I correct an error?
- Can the details be changed if a court has issued a Declaration of Parentage since the original registration?
- I was adopted - how do I find out more?
- I live in Ealing but my baby was born in another district what should I do?
- Can the natural father's details be added to the birth record if the parents are unmarried?
- When do I get the birth certificate?
- How do I register a baby born abroad?
- Can I register a birth when a child is older?
- How do I register a child conceived after fertility treatment?
- What information will I be asked for?
- How do I re-register a child born via a surrogacy arrangement?
- How can I re-register a child where the father died before the child was conceived?
- Can I use a name different from my birth record?
- Where and when should I register the birth?
- Who should go to register?
- Can I change my child's forenames?
- Do you arrange cremations?
- Where can I buy a cremation plot?
- Why are graves dug so deep?
- Why have I only been sold the grave for a set period of time, I want it forever?
- What is a green burial?
- Why is a memorial permit needed?
- Who is responsible for a memorial?
- Are there any Muslim burial areas?
- Where can I buy a new grave?
- When are the cemeteries open?
- Can anyone else be buried in the grave I own if I don't want them to/ without my permission?
- Can I pre-purchase grave space?
- Can you trace my ancestors?
- Is the grave filled in straight after a funeral or left until the next day?
- Why do some people stay until the grave is filled before leaving?
- Can anyone witness the grave being filled?
- The death has been referred to the coroner for a post mortem or inquest what should I do next?
- What documents will I be given after registration?
- How do I register a death?
- A death occurred abroad what is the process to register the death and bring the body back to the UK?
- What documents do I need to bring?
- I wish to take the body of the deceased out of England and Wales how should I proceed?
- Can I get married at home?
- Can I get married abroad?
- Where can I arrange for a civil marriage?
- Where can I get married?
- I am already married outside of the United Kingdom. Do I need to register here?
- Can I give notice of marriage if my partner doesn't live in England or Wales?
- I have married in the UK by religious or custom marriage outside of the Marriage Act 1949 - what should I do?
- What happens if the father died before the child was conceived (by fertility treatment)?