Registry and 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