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What do I need to bring to register a baby?

Question	What do I need to bring to register a baby?
Answer	You do not need to bring anything when you come to register the baby. As long as the child was born in Westminster, either at home or in St Mary's, The Portland Hospital for Women and Children or Hospital of St. John and St. Elizabeth, we will have a notification from the Health Authority telling us where and when the birth took place. However, it is useful if the following are available at the time of registration:- passports or birth certificates of parent/s birth certificates of previous children [if applicable] your marriage certificate if the mother & father are married to each other. If you come to register the baby very soon after the birth it would be helpful to bring the baby's discharge papers with you, as we will have to check the date of birth with the maternity unit. It is not necessary to bring the baby with you.
Topic	Registering a birth

Question

What do I need to bring to register a baby?

Answer

You do not need to bring anything when you come to register the baby. As long as the child was born in Westminster, either at home or in St Mary's, The Portland Hospital for Women and Children or Hospital of St. John and St. Elizabeth, we will have a notification from the Health Authority telling us where and when the birth took place.

However, it is useful if the following are available at the time of registration:-

passports or birth certificates of parent/s
birth certificates of previous children [if applicable]
your marriage certificate if the mother & father are married to each other.

If you come to register the baby very soon after the birth it would be helpful to bring the baby's discharge papers with you, as we will have to check the date of birth with the maternity unit.

It is not necessary to bring the baby with you.

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Registering a birth

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