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Birth Certs. Question re size
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Libby | Report | 10 Jun 2017 10:53 |
Is this a load of tosh! |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 10 Jun 2017 11:02 |
Could it be the difference between fullscape & A4? Although I'm happy to be corrected, aren't they now issued as A4? |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 10 Jun 2017 11:06 |
This is interesting, and may be relevant - particularly the phrase:" Certificates issued prior to 2000 remain valid" |
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Libby | Report | 10 Jun 2017 11:56 |
Thanks for the link Maggie. This makes it make more sense now. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 10 Jun 2017 12:11 |
Perhaps the pre 2000 versions are too easy to forge? |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 10 Jun 2017 12:18 |
We have the original of hubbies grandparents marriage in 1903 it's big and you can't photo copy it as it's too big to put in current domestic photo copiers |
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Bobtanian | Report | 10 Jun 2017 17:35 |
Yeah my mums 1934 original marr. cert is too big to copy properly... |
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Bobtanian | Report | 10 Jun 2017 17:36 |
for years I had only the short birth cert... |
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Bobtanian | Report | 10 Jun 2017 17:41 |
so are GRO certs still basically a tenner? |
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PatinCyprus | Report | 10 Jun 2017 17:50 |
£9.25 direct from GRO. |
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Bobtanian | Report | 10 Jun 2017 17:51 |
thanks fer that, Pat |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 10 Jun 2017 18:09 |
It seems ridiculous that pre 2000 birth certificate won't be accepted. |
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Annx | Report | 10 Jun 2017 20:17 |
I agree it seems ridiculous that a pre 2000 birth cert won't be accepted. The site Maggie put up says they remain valid, as were the older, larger certs that used to be issued in the distant past. I can't imagine DWP are asking for people retiring to get new certificates or it would be all over the press. They said he needed a full cert and that is what he has. There could be a problem however if he sent in a photocopy of his full birth cert and in that case it would need to be 'certified as a true copy of the original' by the persons suggested. The reason photocopies won't be accepted by everyone is that there may be official amendments on the back which may not be on a photocopy. Are they asking for this because they have already confirmed his NINO on their records is correct? |
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Libby | Report | 11 Jun 2017 08:24 |
Hi Annx |
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JoyLouise | Report | 11 Jun 2017 13:49 |
I have certificates in three different sizes. |
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Annx | Report | 11 Jun 2017 20:11 |
Libby, having worked in State Pensions years ago, I expect DWP most likely had seen your cert in the past so didn't need it to process your State Pension which saves all the rigmarole! Things do change as time goes by though and nowadays birth certs are seen with Child Benefit claims so the department records are noted then. |
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ann | Report | 11 Jun 2017 20:48 |
It looks like a lot of money being made? |
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Libby | Report | 11 Jun 2017 21:09 |
Hi Ann, |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 12 Jun 2017 06:35 |
But if your hobby isn't genealogy you would be stumped to know where to get a copy of your birth cert especially if you don't now live in the same area of your birth |
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PatinCyprus | Report | 12 Jun 2017 08:11 |
Years ago my husband tried to get an assessment of his pension from Newcastle. He was made redundant and was checking out all he could and found they didn't have any reference for our marriage. Now they had that I was married to him but he wasn't married to him. :-S |
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