Birth registration and certificate information
Birth registration
and
certificate information
ACCESS CANBERRA
May 2017
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Birth registration and certificate information
Content
Introduction ................................................................................................................. 3
How to lodge your birth registration form .................................................................... 3
Getting a birth certificate ............................................................................................. 3
Further information ..................................................................................................... 3
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Birth registration and certificate information
Introduction
Have you just had a baby?
Complete the Birth Registration Statement Form provided by the hospital.
How to lodge your birth registration form
You can lodge it in the following two ways:
1. Post to:
Access Canberra
GPO Box 158
Canberra ACT 2601 or
2. Lodge in person:
At an Access Canberra Service Centre located in Belconnen, Gungahlin, Tuggeranong
or Woden.
Getting a birth certificate
To apply for a birth certificate at the same time, complete the ‘Birth Certificate Order’
section of the Registration Statement Form.
Current fees and processing times are available by searching ‘birth registration’ at
www.act.gov.au/accessCBR (Note: Gungahlin and Belconnen Services Centres are electronic
payments only.)
Requests for certificates lodged by post can be paid for by credit card, cheque or money
order.
Birth certificates will be sent by registered post to the person listed as the informant on the
Registration Statement Form.
Further information
Contact Access Canberra on 13 22 81 or visit www.act.gov.au/accessCBR
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Birth registration and certificate information
Accessibility
The ACT Government is committed to making its information, services, events and venues as
accessible as possible.
If you have difficulty reading a standard printed document and would like to receive this
publication in an alternative format such as large print, please contact Access Canberra
through the online feedback form on the website at www.act.gov.au/contact or phone
13 22 81.
If you are deaf, or have a hearing or speech impairment, contact us through the National
Relay Service. For more information, visit: www.relayservice.gov.au/.
If English is not your first language and you require a translating and interpreting service,
please phone 13 14 50.
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