Register a birth

Making changes to a birth record

To make changes to a birth record, you need to re-register a birth if you want to do either of the following:

  • add the father's name
  • amend the registration to reflect that the parents have married since the birth

For any other changes, you will need to contact the Ealing register office and book an appointment

Add the father's name

If you are unmarried and would like the natural father's details added to the birth record, you need to re-register the birth so that a new birth record replaces the original one.

Download the form to add the father's details (GOV.UK)

Both parents need to attend the register office.

If this isn't possible, the absent parent needs to complete the statutory declaration of acknowledgement of parentage form.

Download the GOV.UK statutory declaration parentage form

If you have married since the birth

If you have got married since the birth, you need to re-register the birth so that a new birth record can be created showing the child as a child of the parents' marriage.

Download the GOV.UK form following parents' marriage