Who Can Apply
Only the biological parents of a child
may add a father's details to a Birth Certificate.
Proof of Identification
Each parent must provide at least three (3) individual forms
of identification from the list below with the application.
Identification List
- At least one (1) form of identification must
be provided from List 1 and must contain
your full name, date of birth and place of birth.
- The other forms of identification (at least two) must
be provided from List 2 and/or List 3.
- If you are unable to provide identification form List
2, you must provide at least two (2) forms of identification
from List 3.
| List 1 |
List 2 |
List 3 |
• Australian Birth Certificate
• Australian Citizenship Certificate
or Naturalisation Certificate
• Certificate of Evidence of Resident
Status
• NZ Birth Certificate
• NZ Citizenship Certificate together with passport
|
• Australian Driver's Licence (current)
• Australian Passport (current)
• Firearms Licence (current)
• Foreign Passport (current) |
• Medicare Card
• Current Credit Card or ATM
Card
• Centrelink or Veterans Affairs
Card
• Security Card/Crowd Control
Licence
• Tertiary Education Institution
ID Card
• Australian Taxation Office Group
Certificate, assessment notice or
advice
• Council land rate or water rate
notices, electricity or other utility
accounts with current residential
address
• Defence Force or Police
Service photo ID card
• High School or University Diplomas |
(Please note that a Visa Endorsement in your passport is
insufficient to confirm Permanent Resident Status).
Photocopies of current identification documents are accepted
but they must be certified by a Qualified Witness
as being 'true and correct copies' of the originals.
A Qualified Witness is a:
- Justice of the Peace
- Notary Public
- Barrister/Solicitor
- Commissioner for Affidavits
- Officers at the NSW Registry of Birth Deaths & Marriages
The Qualified Witness must provide their name, address and
daytime telephone number on the Statutory Declaration.
The Registry will not accept faxed applications or faxed
identification documents.
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Cost
Adding Father's Details to a Birth Registration
|
Standard applications* |
| Includes a Birth Certificate. |
$95.00 |
*All certificates and Birth Cards are distributed through Registered post (except Family History) and incur a $5.00 (inc. GST) postage and handling fee. Prices listed are inclusive of the postage and handling fee. Registered post does not ensure next day delivery.
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Delivery
For current processing times, please see the notice on our homepage.
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Application Form
Your Adding Father's Details to a Birth Record application
must include:
- Statutory Declaration form and,
- Payment Details form and
- At least three forms of identification from each parent
Please select your preferred format for viewing the required
Payment Details Forms and Statutory Declaration.
Payment
Details Form PDF*
Statutory Declaration PDF*
Identification must be included with your
application.
The application forms can be completed on your computer,
printed and then mailed to the Registry.
Please note that you are unable to submit
your application online and the Registry will not accept faxed
application forms or faxed identification documents.
NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages
GPO Box 30
SYDNEY NSW 2001
*You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the PDF files. You can
download
Acrobat from the Internet.
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