| Current Processing Times:
Routine birth, death and marriage certificate applications may take up to 6 weeks. Urgent applications are currently taking 5 working days to process.
New registrations are taking (birth 7 weeks, marriage 10 weeks & Change of Name applications 4 weeks) to process, including the issue of your certificates.
The Registry apologises for any inconvenience. Registry records are historic documents and
can usually only be amended to reflect information that was
correct at the time of the event. Names or addresses of parents,
their ages, occupations or places of birth or marriage will
not be updated to reflect more recent circumstances.
If a certificate contains an error you wish to
have corrected, documentation confirming the spelling of names,
the correct date of events etc. must be supplied to the Registry.
To correct a certificate, complete a Application To Correct An Entry form and send it to the Registry. Photocopies of documents that confirm the correct information should be sent to the Registry with the form.
Please note the Application To Correct An Entry form cannot be used to change a child's name or to add or remove father's details.
Certificates that contain incorrect information must
be surrendered to the Registry.
Application To Correct An Entry PDF*
Registry Error
In cases where the Registry has made an error, a replacement
certificate will be made in exchange for the incorrect certificate.
In order to have the certificate corrected, please send supporting
documents confirming the information you want included on the updated certificate. For example, certified copies of passports,
migration documents, birth or marriage certificates of the
parents or other documentation confirming the spelling of
names, the correct date of events etc.
Corrections will be completed within five (5) working days of the
Registry receiving all the necessary documents.
Client Error
In cases where incorrect or incomplete information was supplied
at the time of registration, and a replacement certificate
is required, a minimum fee of $39.00 (including postage, handling and GST where applicable) will apply for an updated
standard certificate.
In order to have the certificate corrected, please send supporting
documents confirming the information you want included on the updated certificate. For example, certified copies of passports,
migration documents, birth or marriage certificates of the
parents or other documentation confirming the spelling of
names, the correct date of events etc.
Corrections will be completed within five (5) working days of the
Registry receiving all the necessary documents.
*You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the PDF files. You can download Acrobat from the Internet.
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