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Application to re-register a child’s birth and add the father's details

Form GRO 185 to apply to re-register a child's birth and add the father's details.

Updates to this page

From:
HM Passport Office
Published:
1 April 2013
Last updated:
28 July 2026
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  1. The application form has been updated to add an option to add the child’s date of birth and to make the wording clearer of what section to view in the how to apply guidance document.

  2. Updated 'parental responsibility order' to 'parental responsibility agreement'.

  3. Separate guidance notes added and form updated.

  4. Form updated to account for opposite sex civil partnerships.

  5. First published.

Documents

Application to re-register a child’s birth and add the father's details (English)

PDF, 123 KB, 2 pages

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Application to re-register a child’s birth and add the father's details (English and Welsh)

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How to apply for a birth re-registration to add the father’s details (English accessible)

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How to apply for a birth re-registration to add the father’s details (English)

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How to apply for a birth re-registration to add the father’s details (English and Welsh accessible)

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How to apply for a birth re-registration to add the father’s details (English and Welsh)

PDF, 259 KB, 7 pages

Details

Use form GRO 185 to re-register a child’s birth if the parents were not married to, or in a civil partnership with, each other when the child was born, and have not married or formed a civil partnership with each other since.

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