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Until further notice, we will be registering deaths only and this will be completed over the telephone. GP surgeries have been contacted and asked to send any paperwork to the register office electronically and to include the details of the next of kin.
Any customers who have already collected a medical certificate of cause of death from a GP should write their name and phone number on the envelope, post it in the letterbox outside Wesley House and await contact from a registrar.
Alternatively, please post it to us at Register Office, Wesley House, Corporation Street, St Helens, WA10 1HF.
When a registrar contacts the next of kin to register a death, they will be able to purchase one certificate by card over the phone, which will enable access to funeral funds. The certificate will be posted out to you. Further certificates will be available to purchase at a later date.
In line with the government's advice on social distancing, we are contacting all couples and venues to advise them of the government's decision to postpone all weddings.
We are not currently taking any appointments for Notice of Marriage or Civil Partnership.
All birth registrations have been deferred until further notice.
These arrangements may change in the coming weeks, so please keep checking this section for updates.
Appointment times are between the hours of 9.00am and 4.00pm, Monday to Friday.
Please telephone 01744 676789 to arrange an appointment.
All babies born in St Helens, at home, must be registered at the Register Office in St Helens, within six weeks of their birth unless there are exceptional circumstances.
You should take at least one form of identification when you go to the Register Office. You can use:
You should also take your child’s personal child health record or ‘red book’ as some registrars may ask to see it.
Babies born in Whiston Hospital are registered at Knowsley Register Office.
Knowsley Register Office
High Street, Prescot
L34 3LD
Opening times: 9am - 5pm, Mon to Fri
Email: registrars@knowsley.gov.uk
Telephone: 0151 443 2900
Re-registration is the completion of a new record of birth, which replaces an original registration.
If the natural parents marry after the birth of their child, they are required under the Legitimacy Act 1976 to apply for the re-registration of their child's birth.
It is best to attend the Register Office where the original birth was registered.
However, you can do this at any Register Office in England and Wales, providing the child was born in England or Wales, if it is not the Register Office who registered the birth, you will have to provide a full birth certificate for the child, dated after your marriage.
For re-registration after marriage, a re-registration form (LA1) must be completed and signed by both natural parents, but only one of the parents will need to attend the Register Office.
The registrar will usually be able to authorise the re-registration, otherwise it must be authorised by the Registrar General. The registrar will be able to advise on this.
You may be able to change your child's surname. Check with your local Register Office.
No, the re-registration is free but there is the usual charge for the issue of any new certificates.
Babies born outside St Helens district can be made by declaration to St Helens Register Office.
Please telephone 01744 676789 to arrange an appointment.
Appointment times are between the hours of 9.00am and 4.00pm, Monday to Friday.
Please note: You will not receive baby's certificates at the appointment, you will need to contact the district to obtain a certificate.
You should take at least one form of identification when you go to the register office. You can use:
You should also take your child’s personal child health record or ‘red book’ as some registrars may ask to see it.
To add the father to the birth record you need to re-register the birth. Re-registration is the completion of a new record of birth, which replaces an original registration.
A birth may be re-registered to include the details of the natural father where the parents were not married at the time of the birth, have not married since and no father's name was recorded at the time of the original registration.
You can do this at any Register Office in England and Wales, providing the child was born in England or Wales.
To add the natural father's details where parents are not married, a form adding father to the birth record (Form 185) must be completed and both parents need to visit the Register Office.
(You may attend alone if you can produce a Statutory Declaration from the other parent or a copy of parental responsibility agreement or a court order.)
You may be able to change your child's surname. Check with your local Register Office.
You will need to complete the forms and then make an appointment to see the registrar.
The registrar will usually be able to authorise the re-registration, otherwise it must be authorised by the Registrar General. The registrar will be able to advise on this.
No, the re-registration is free but there is the usual charge for the issue of any new certificates.
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