I am adopted, can I apply for a copy of my birth certificate?
If you have been adopted you can apply for a certificate of adoption which is the equivalent of a normal birth certificate but in your adopted name.
Contact Details:
Address: The Register Office,
6a Bugle Street,
Southampton
Postcode: SO14 2LX
Telephone: 023 8091 5327
Email: registrars@southampton.gov.uk
Details of service:
If you have been adopted you can apply for a certificate of adoption which is the equivalent of a normal birth certificate but in your adopted name. These are only available from the General Register Office, Southport (see link on right hand side of page).
If you want to obtain a certificate of your original birth entry you must be able to provide the Register Office with enough information for the correct entry to be identified.
However, if you were adopted prior to 12th November 1975, you must first attend a counselling interview before the certificate can be issued (if you were adopted on or after 12th November 1975, a counselling interview is optional).
More information regarding this is available on the external link on the right of this page.
Last updated: 12 September 2007
