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Registration of a Birth

Complete the application form for the registration of a birth and send it to the British Consulate General with the appropriate fees and the following documents, which must be originals:
• The Child's Full Spanish birth certificate, showing names of both parents (certificado literal de nacimiento, not the Libro de Familia)
• If both parents are British, both of their full UK Birth Certificates (this is the one which gives details of their parents)
• If one of the parents is not British, the local birth certificate of this parent or copy of the DNI
• The parents' full marriage certificate (not the Libro de Familia), and photocopies of their Passport
• If only one of the parents is British and he/she was born outside the united Kingdom, we need to see his/her consular birth certificate showing that his/her father was in Crown Service at the time of the birth
• If either parent was previously divorced, the divorce decree
• In addition to every original document you send, you should also include a photocopy of each document. We will return all original documents to you.
Birth registrations where the parents of the child are not married

A child born after 01.01.1983, is entitled to British Citizenship if the mother was born in the United Kingdom.
Until 01.07.2006 there was no provision in nationality law for the consular registration of births of children where only the father was British and the parents were not married. The law changed on 01.07.2006 and British fathers do not have to be married to the mothers of their children in order to be able to pass on their nationality. We can therefore register the births of children born abroad to British fathers in these circumstances on or after 01.07.2006. We will need to see the child’s full Spanish birth certificate, the father’s full UK birth certificate, and the mother’s DNI or birth certificate. Children born before 01.07.2006 do not benefit from this new legislation.

However, since March 2000, British-born fathers have been able to register their children who were born abroad via the Home Office. These applications must be submitted to the British Consulate-General in Madrid for transmission to the Home Office. For details please contact us and ask about Home Office Registrations, or registrations via the Nationality and Passport section in the UK, or see www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk

In some cases it is necessary for the parents to make formal declarations of paternity before a consular officer if the father’s details are to appear on the registration. The circumstances are the following:

a) The mother (born in the UK) and father are not married and the child was born before 01.07.2006
b) The mother was born in the UK, the father is not a UK national and the child was born either before or after 01.07.2006.

There is no charge for this. The declarations must be made by both parents.

If you already have returned to the UK and have decided to register your child who was born in Spain, please apply to the following address:

Nationality and Passports Section of the Consular Directorate
Old Almiralty Building
London
SW1A 2AF
Tel.: 020 7008 0186

 

BIRTH AND DEATH REGISTRATION FEES
All applications should be accompanied by the registration fee, plus the fee for the number of copies you require, if any. The birth/death registration fee is 132 Euros and the fee for each certified copy is 84 Euros.

If applying in person at our office in Madrid, the preferred form of payment is by credit card. Accepted are MASTERCARD, VISA and VISA ELECTRON. Payment cannot be accept by bank draft, cheque or giro, nor in pounds sterling.

If applying by post. You can pay using Mastercard and Visa credit and debit cards by printing a Card Payment Authorisation Form, filling in your card details as instructed on the form, and enclosing this with your application by post. Please specify here whether you also require a copy of the birth certificate. DO NOT send your actual credit card. Please ensure you have sufficient funds available to pay using your debit or credit card or your application will be returned.

Fees as from 9th January 2008
Birth/ Death registration (price does not include copy of birth certificate): 132 Euros
Birth/ Death certificate: 84 Euros
Postage and handling: 4 Euros