Accessibility Statement

Register a birth or death abroad

This accessibility statement applies to the Register a Birth Abroad and Register a Death Abroad services

This website is run by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts
  • zoom in up to 200% without the text spilling off the screen
  • View the browser in a one column format (1280px browser width and Zoom in to 400%)
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

This service is fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact the consular services team.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)

[Note: if your organisation is based in Northern Ireland, refer users who want to complain to the Equalities Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI) instead of the EASS and EHRC.]

Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person

We provide a text relay service for people who are D/deaf, hearing impaired or have a speech impediment.

Our offices have audio induction loops, or if you contact us before your visit we can arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.

Find out how to contact us

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This service is fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

Content that’s not within the scope of this accessibility statement

Our service uses a separate payment service.

This service has its own accessibility page, with details of how accessible the service is, how to report problems and how to request information in an alternative format. https://www.payments.service.gov.uk/accessibility-statement/ .

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 31st August 2023. It was last reviewed on 15th September 2023.

This website was last tested on 15th September 2023. The test was carried out by internal accessibility assessors and covered the following journeys, which are representative of the main templates used on the website.

  • Start page (NA - GOV.uk)
  • What is your relationship to the child
  • Is the child born on or after 1 January 1983
  • Which country was the child born in
  • Is the child adopted or a surrogate
  • Who has British nationality
  • Were you married to the other parent when the child was born
  • Is the other parent the father of the child
  • Was the child born on or after 1 July 2006
  • Who was born in the UK
  • Were you born in the UK
  • Was the other parent born in the UK
  • How did you become British
  • Were you born abroad while one of your parents was working abroad as a Crown servant
  • Were you working abroad as a Crown servant when the child was born
  • How did the other parent become British
  • Was the other parent born abroad while one of their parents was working abroad as a Crown servant
  • Was the other parent working abroad as a Crown servant when the child was born
  • How to complete your application to register a birth abroad
  • Does the child have a UK passport
  • re you currently married or in a civil partnership
  • Have you been married or in a civil partnership before
  • What was your previous marital status
  • About your annulment
  • About your late partner
  • About the dissolution of your civil partnership
  • About your divorce
  • Is the other parent currently married or in a civil partnership
  • Has the other parent been married or in a civil partnership before
  • What was the other parent's previous marital status
  • About the other parent's annulment
  • About the other parent's late partner
  • About the other parent's marriage dissolution
  • About the other parent's divorce
  • Have you ever changed name
  • Your previous name
  • Has the other parent ever changed name
  • The other parent's previous name
  • Where are you living now
  • Documents you'll need to submit
  • Apply online
  • Your full name
  • Your birth details
  • Your occupation at child's birth
  • Other parent's full name
  • Other parent's birth details
  • Other parent's occupation at child's birth
  • Child's full name
  • Child's birth
  • Your address
  • Return address
  • Do you want a consular birth registration certificate
  • How many consular birth registration certificates do you need
  • Your contact details
  • Confirm your contact details
  • Feedback
  • How do you prefer to be contacted
  • Summary
  • Pay (NA - gov.uk)
  • Card details (NA - gov.uk)
  • Expiry (NA - gov.uk)
  • Name / code (NA - gov.uk)
  • Address (NA - gov.uk)
  • Postcode (NA - gov.uk)
  • Confirm payment (NA - gov.uk)