Registration Service Certificate Ordering Service

Information about ordering or correcting birth, death, marriage and civil partnership certificates

News update

Due to the sporadic nature of Royal Mail strikes we cannot guarantee that next day deliveries will be met by them.

You may therefore wish to order through our standard service.

Please note – once the certificate(s) leave us we cannot be held liable for any losses.

Certificate Services

Services
Service	Price	Production	Delivery	Sent via
Express Service	Statutory price per certificate £35.00	Ordered before 12:00pm: production same working day Ordered after 12:00pm: production next working day	Ordered before 12:00pm: delivered next working day Ordered after 12:00pm: delivered within 2 Working days	Sent via Royal Mail Special Delivery (tracking provided, signature required on delivery)
Standard Service UK	Statutory price per certificate: £11.00	Statutory production time for this service is within 15 days of ordering. We will endeavour to despatch within 5 working days.	Delivered within 2-3 working days from despatch.	Sent via Royal Mail 1st Class Signed For (recorded mail, signature required on delivery)
Standard Service Overseas	Statutory price per certificate: £11.00 Postage cost: £6.00	Statutory production time for this service is within 15 days of ordering. We will endeavour to despatch within 5 working days.	Delivered within 5-7 working days from dispatch.	Sent via Royal Mail International Tracked and Signed For (tracking provided, signature required on delivery)

Type of certificate issued

All certificates issued by Worcestershire Registration Service are known as 'certified copies of an entry'. This means that it is a legal copy of the registration contained within the Birth, Marriage, Death or Civil Partnership Register.

Birth certificates issued by Worcestershire Registration Services are the 'full birth certificate'. This is the one that includes parents' details and is used to obtain passports, open bank accounts, for Job applications, Driving licences etc. We no longer issue short birth certificates.

Unable to apply and pay online?

If you are unable to pay by debit/credit card you can apply by post and pay by cheque, please download and fill in an application form:

Your completed form should be returned by post to:

Worcestershire Registration Services
County Hall
Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2NP

Cheques should be made payable to Worcestershire County Council.

Please be aware Self Addressed Envelope's (SAE's) or Return Business class envelopes are no longer accepted and cannot be used as a substitute to the payment of the service charges above. Any application received with the incorrect fee will be returned and any SAE's received by Worcestershire Registration Services will also be returned to you unused.