Order Certificates
Ways to apply for a certificate
On-line:
If you have a credit or debit card, a certificate can be ordered on-line by following the links below:
The General Register Office cannot issue a certficate if full details are not supplied when the certificate application is made. The application must include full name(s), place of event (district or street and town) and date or year of event.
| Birth Certificate | from 1864 - present. District or full address of birth must be supplied. |
| Birth Certificate for adopted children | from 1931 - present |
| Marriage Certificate | from 1845 for non-Roman Catholic marriages and all marriages from 1864. Please note that the priority certificate service is not available for marriages registered prior to 1922. |
| Civil Partnership Certificate | from 2005 - present |
| Death Certificate | from 1864 - present. District or full address of death must be supplied. |
Please note that for the purposes of detection and prevention of crime, information relating to this application may be passed on to other government or law enforcement agencies.
In Person:
By taking your application form to the General Register Office. The office is open Monday to Friday 9.30am- 4.00pm (excluding Public, bank and all Northern Ireland government holidays. PLEASE NOTE: The office opens at 10am on the 1st Tuesday of each month due to staff training).
In addition to the General Register Office, some certificates are available from local District Registration offices:
Certificates for births and deaths registered on or after 1 January 1997 and marriages registered on or after 1 April 2004 are available from any District Registration Office in Northern Ireland, no matter where in Northern Ireland the event took place.
Find my local District Registration Office
By Post:
By forwarding the application form and fee to:
The General Register Office
Oxford House
49-55 Chichester Street
BELFAST BT1 4HL
Download birth certificate application form
Download adoption certificate application form
Download marriage certificate application form
Download civil partnership certificate application form
Download death certificate application form
By Telephone:
If you have a Visa, Mastercard or Maestro card you can order by telephoning 101 (if calling from within Northern Ireland) or +44 (0)28 9151 3101 if calling from outside Northern Ireland. You should have your card with you when you ring as we will require your card number and expiry date. All certificates ordered by telephone will be sent out by post, they cannot be collected from the General Register Office.
By Fax:
Fax your completed application form to (028) 90252120.