BIRTH CERTIFICATES · SERVING LONDON
Birth certificate translation in London.
Certified birth certificate translation from £35, with a signed certification letter. Accepted for UK visa, passport and university applications.
Accepted by UK courts, the Home Office, universities, HMRC and banks
- From £35
- Signed Statement of Truth
- Same-day PDF before 12:00
COMMON USES
Who asks for a translated birth certificate.
A birth certificate from abroad is usually what links a person to their parents. These UK processes ask for one.
A British passport if you were born abroad
HM Passport Office asks for your full birth certificate showing your parents' details. If your documents are not in English or Welsh, it wants a certified translation.
Your child's first passport
The application needs the child's full certificate, the version that lists the parents, sent as an original with certified translations alongside.
School and GP registration
GOV.UK says a birth certificate from abroad should be accepted when you register with a school or doctor, but it needs translating if it is not in English.
Student visas for under-18s
Young applicants provide a copy of their birth certificate, or another government document, that shows the names of their parents.
Children joining a parent
GOV.UK lists a birth certificate as proof of the relationship for a student's dependant child and for EU Settlement Scheme family members.
A deed poll with the High Court
Enrolling a name change can use a copy of your birth certificate, or your child's full certificate, with certified translations of anything not in English or Welsh.
WHAT WE CHECK
Details that matter on a birth certificate.
The Home Office and HM Passport Office ask for the original-language document alongside a full translation, so every entry must be there and must match.
- The parents' section, field by field. Names, nationalities, ages and places of birth of both parents are translated in full. A field left empty on the original stays empty in the translation.
- Names in another script. Arabic, Cyrillic or Chinese names have no single English spelling. Tell us how they appear in the passport and the translation uses that spelling throughout.
- Two different dates. Many certificates record the birth and, separately, the day it was registered, sometimes years later. Both are rendered exactly as written.
- Register references. Entry, volume, page and register numbers are copied digit for digit, because they tie the translation to the official record.
- Notes added later. Corrections, a father's later acknowledgement or a new surname are often added in the margin. They are translated with the rest of the certificate.
HOW IT WORKS
From photo to signed PDF.
- 01
Upload the full certificate
Take a clear photo or scan of the full version, the one that lists your parents, plus the back if anything is written on it. Upload it on the quote form.
- 02
Confirm the spellings
If the names are not in the Latin alphabet, tell us how each one is spelt in the passport.
- 03
See the price first
The instant quote shows the full price before you pay.
- 04
Receive the certified translation
Signed, dated and sent by email. Weekday orders before 12:00 UK time can get a same-day certified PDF.
ACCEPTED WHERE YOU NEED IT
For passports, visas and name changes.
Our certified translations are accepted by UK courts, the Home Office, universities, HMRC and banks. For a birth certificate, that usually means HM Passport Office, a Home Office visa application or the Deed Poll Office at the High Court.
If HM Passport Office or any other UK authority turns down your birth certificate translation, we revise it free or refund you in full.
QUESTIONS
Birth certificate questions.
Do I still need my original birth certificate?
Not for the translation: a clear photo or scan is enough, and you keep the original. HM Passport Office is stricter. It wants the original certificate or an official copy, not a photocopy, together with the certified translation.
I only have the short version. Is that enough?
For a British passport, HM Passport Office asks for the full certificate showing your parents' details. A translation cannot add what the short version leaves out, so ask the issuing country for the full version first.
My birth certificate is handwritten. Can it still be certified?
Yes. Handwritten entries are translated in full. If a word cannot be read with certainty, the translation marks it as illegible rather than guessing, so the sharpest scan you can make helps.
The name on my child's passport will not match the birth certificate. What then?
If you want a different name on the passport, HM Passport Office asks for a signed letter from everyone with parental responsibility, a deed poll and evidence the new name is in use, such as NHS or school records. If only the transliteration differs, tell us the passport spelling so the translation does not create a mismatch.
Will I need an apostille as well?
Not for UK use: a certified translation is what UK authorities ask for. If the certificate is going abroad, notarisation and an FCDO apostille can be arranged. Allow 2 to 5 extra working days for that step.
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