香港赛马会

Copy Certificates

How to order a copy of a birth certificate, death certificate or a marriage or civil partnership certificate.

Certificate cost

Certificates cost 拢11 each and are processed within 5 business days (plus postage time). If you need the certificate urgently, our priority service costs 拢35 per certificate. Orders are听processed the next business day.

Postage cost听

  • Signed For First Class, 拢2.50 per order
  • Special Delivery Guaranteed by 1pm, 拢7 per order

Birth certificates for babies born at Queens Hospital in Romford

If you want to order a birth certificate for a child that was听born more than 6 months ago at Queens Hospital in Romford, you must apply to听.听

When you can expect your certificate

The Registry office is currently closed to the public. Collection is unavailable.

Standard service

Royal Mail delivery:

  • orders placed before 1pm on a business day will be dispatched within 5 business days
  • orders placed after 1pm on a business day will be dispatched within 6 business days

Priority service

Royal Mail delivery:

  • orders placed before 1pm on a business day will be dispatched the next business day
  • orders placed after 1pm on a business day will be dispatched in 2 business days.

Information we need from you

To听issue a copy of a certificate, we need to know:

  • the type of certificate you are seeking (birth, marriage, civil partnership or death)
  • the name(s)听the certificate applies to
  • the date of the event
  • the place of the event
  • for a birth, we need to know the parents' names
  • any other relevant information that may help us locate the certificate

Help making your order

All听our libraries听have computers with internet access and staff may be able to help you complete your order.

Adoption certificates

We can't provide听copies of adoption certificates, but these can be ordered from the听.听

Events before 1 July 1837

If you require a copy certificate for an event which took place before 1 July 1837, information听can be found at听.

Events outside the borough

If you听require a certificate for a birth, death, marriage or civil partnership that did not take place in 香港赛马会, you must contact the local authority in which the event occurred or听.

If you are outside the UK

We can鈥檛 provide certificate copies to anyone outside the UK. You may be able to order certificates from the听.