Birth and Marriage Certificates

Where to apply for certificates of birth or marriage

Original civil long form Certified Registration certificates of birth and marriage, as applicable, must be submitted with your application in all cases – photocopies or laminates are not accepted, nor are baptismal certificates or Church marriage certificates.

Original documents are those issued by the relevant civil registrar authorities for the country of your birth/ marriage. If you do not have your original certificates you can apply for new Certified Registration certificates from these locations in Ireland, Jamaica and the Bahamas:

Ireland: long form certificate

General Register Office,
Joyce House,
8-11 Lombard Street East,
Dublin 2.
Tel:+353 1 635 40 00
Website: www.groireland.ie

Northern Ireland: long form certificate

General Register Office for Northern Ireland,
Oxford House,
49-55 Chichester Street,
Belfast,
BT1 4HL.
Tel: 0300 200 7890
(028 9151 3101 if calling from outside Northern Ireland)
Website: www.nidirect.gov.uk

Jamaica

Certified Registration of Birth/Marriage Certificate
Registrar General’s Department
Twickenham Park
St. Catherine
Jamaica
Phone: 876-749-0550
www.rgd.gov.jm

Bahamas

Certified Registration of Birth/Marriage Certificate

Registrar Generals Department Shirley House
#50 Shirley Street
P. O. Box N-532
Nassau, N.P., The Bahamas
registrargeneral@bahamas.gov.bs
Phone: (242) - 397-9143-58
www.bahamas.gov.bs/rgd

If the birth or marriage took place outside of the countries listed above, please contact the relevant civil registrar authorities for that country.