Registering a birth in Scotland

Hello David,

Congratulations, first of all!

In the hospital where the baby was born they shoudl give you a paper with the birth details: place, time, etc, ...

That paper you have to take it to any registry office in Scotland (you should have a list of the closest ones to the hospital in that same paper).

To register the birth one or two parents must be present (two if they are not married). There is a small fee to pay and you are given the choice of a summarised certificate or a full certificate, which is more useful when applying for British Pasports, etc...

I forgot to mention you are given 3 weeks to register the birth.

That is pretty much all. Just registered my daughter on Friday, so its fresh in my mind.

Cheers,

E

Oh, well, no congratlations yet I thought it was a personal question, hahaha!

Cheers, anyway!