How can i get a copy of my Birth Certificate?

[gerry]

I hope someone can help me out please.I'm off to the USA next year so i had planned to renew my passport as it went up in March this year.However when i went to look for it i couldn't find it.I spent 3 hrs this morning looking fot it but to no avail.Too be honest i don't know when i could have lost the passport.

So i went to the post office to get the passport form came back home to get my Birth Certificate & surprise surprise i can't seem to find that.

So can anyone tell me how i go about getting a copy of my Birth Certificate so i can send it with the passport form.What kind of proof will i need to prove that i am actually this person.Will a NI card help?.Has anyone had to do this before?.

[kempie]

You can order a copy online from the General Register Office... here

[spudqueen]

Don't do that, it's much more expensive and takes much longer than ordering through the Town Hall of where ever you were born. I needed copies of certificates a couple of months ago and rang the appropriate Register Office , Lancaster (I 'googled' Lancaster Births Marriages Deaths to get the phone number), gave them the details and my credit card number, 2 days later the certificates were here. Only cost �7.50 each, as compared to the �27 (or whatever) if you order from the central place.

[kempie]

Using the site to order online would cost �7.00 if you know the GRO Reference of the certificate required (unlikely, but can be researched) or �11.50 without the GRO Reference.