Life Events
These pages aim to give you information about how to register a
birth, stillbirth or death, how to go about getting married, or
form a civil partnership, how to obtain a birth certificate, a
marriage certificate, a civil partnership certificate, or a death
certificate.
These pages also give you information about other celebratory
services provided by the Vale of Glamorgan including naming
ceremonies, renewal of vows and commitment ceremonies.
These services are overseen by the General Register Office (GRO)
which is part of the Identity and Passport Service (IPS). The
GRO has a responsibility for England and Wales
www.gro.gov.uk. There are equivalent
offices for Scotland and Northern Ireland
www.gro-scotland.gov.uk and
www.groni.gov.uk respectively)
Our main roles are:
- Birth Registration – we register all births that take place
within the Vale of Glamorgan and provide a facility for births
outside our area to be registered by ‘declaration’.
- Re-registration - we re-register births to add natural father’s
details to a birth entry and/or following the marriage of a child’s
natural parents.
- Death Registration - we register all deaths that take place
within the Vale of Glamorgan and can also provide the facility for
deaths outside our area to be registered by ‘declaration’.
- Stillbirth Registration – we register all stillbirths that take
place within the Vale of Glamorgan and provide the facility for
stillbirths outside our area to be registered by
‘declaration’.
- Marriage Registration – we carry out the legal preliminaries
for Register Office, Approved Premises and Non-Conformist or
Catholic Churches in England and Wales (exceptions may apply). We
also register and conduct marriages at the Register Office and
Approved Premises (e.g. certain hotels who have obtained licences)
within the Vale of Glamorgan. It may be necessary for a registrar
to register a marriage at an Approved Building, please contact us
to discuss.
- Civil Partnership Registration – we are responsible for
carrying out the legal preliminaries for civil partnerships for
same sex couples in Register Offices and Approved Premises in
England and Wales. We also conduct and register civil partnership
ceremonies within the Vale of Glamorgan.
- Certificates – we provide certified copies of birth, still
birth, death, marriage and civil partnership certificates for those
events which occurred in this District. Please note that the
District’s boundaries have changed over the years so please contact
us to confirm that we have the entry you require.
- Citizenship Ceremonies – we are responsible for co-ordinating
Citizenship Ceremonies in the Vale of Glamorgan.
For information on any of the registration and celebratory
services provided by the Vale of Glamorgan Registration Service,
please contact us for further information.
Contact
Tel: 01446 709490
Email: RegistrationService@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk