To register the birth of your baby you need to make an appointment at one of our offices within 21 days of giving birth.
Book a birth registration appointment
If the parents of the baby are not married or in a civil partnership with each other they must come together to the appointment if the fathers name should appear on the birth certificate.
Our offices
City Chambers
253 High Street, Edinburgh
EH1 1YP
0131 529 2600
[email protected]
Leith
30 Ferry Road, Edinburgh,
EH6 4AE
0131 529 5520
[email protected]
South Queensferry
53 High Street,
South Queensferry, EH30 9HP
0131 331 1590
[email protected]
Documents to bring
Please bring the card from the hospital where the baby was born and your marriage and birth certificates, if you have them.
If you do not have your birth certificates please bring another form of ID to ensure accurate recording of your names.
We will issue
- abbreviated extract of birth which is free of charge
- EC58 form for the National Health Service which is free of charge
- full extract which you may require which is charged at statutory fee.