Birth Certificate, Is This Site Legit?

looks legit but you can do the same thing by contacting the council where you were born - it will be a small reproduction charge to get a copy - i did that years ago as my original was lost.
 
I wouldn't trust it with something so important, go request one in person.

To answer your question, it looks dodgy to me aswell.
 
It's even hosted on a run of the mill public hosting company, Fasthosts. I certainly wouldnt trust it, for the fact its not on a .gov address.
 
Indeed.

The reason I had to get a new one was for the Immigration Act that's been recently put in to place. My work caught on that I only had a short Cert. so I had to sort out a full one.

Was no fault of my own though. At that era, the registrars rep came to the maternity ward, got the details and gave you the form there and then! :eek:

My mum only had enough money for a short one and nothing more was thought of it.
 
jonesy said:
How do you prove you are who you say you are? What protection is there against indentity theft?
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As far as I know none. Kinda defeats the point of the public going to great lengths to protect their identity if the government are going to hand out the documents that prove we are who we say we are to whoever asks for them...
 
LOL, i've heard quite a few reasons for people not having a full certificate, but 2Thumbs, thats a new one on me.

The reason for some people having to provide a full certificate is, that if you were born in the UK after 1/1/1983, you are not automatically British. A full birth certificate will prove a link to a British parent, who was born before 1/1/1983.

A little bit of pointless inforamtion for you. lol
 
RLBUHT said:
LOL, i've heard quite a few reasons for people not having a full certificate, but 2Thumbs, thats a new one on me.

The reason for some people having to provide a full certificate is, that if you were born in the UK after 1/1/1983, you are not automatically British. A full birth certificate will prove a link to a British parent, who was born before 1/1/1983.

A little bit of pointless inforamtion for you. lol
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Either that or you have to show a parent's naturalisation certificate...
 
2Thumbs said:
Indeed.

The reason I had to get a new one was for the Immigration Act that's been recently put in to place. My work caught on that I only had a short Cert. so I had to sort out a full one.

Was no fault of my own though. At that era, the registrars rep came to the maternity ward, got the details and gave you the form there and then! :eek:

My mum only had enough money for a short one and nothing more was thought of it.
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How long did yours take to be delivered? also if i went to the office would they di it there and then?
 
Nikebee, no problem, on the 1/1/1983, the British Nationality Act 1981 came in to force. The Act says that if a person is born in the UK on or after 1/1/1983, they are not automatically British by birth. To be considered British by birth, a parent (usually the mother) must be British also. And to prove the parent is British, documentation must be produced to prove the parent's citizenship, such as a Full Birth certificate or the parent's birth certificate.

@ sr4470 - quite right, however, if the passport applicant was born before the parent was given UK citizenship (by way of a naturalization cert), the applicant has to apply for their own nat cert. But not wanting to go to in depth, if the applicant can't get british citizenship through their mother, there is always the possibility of getting it through the father.
 
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