Victor Woroner—Notary Public

Contact details

Landline

020 8892 0092

Mobile

07930 405 336

Email

victor@w-notary.co.uk

Address

2 Vineyard Mews, Preston Place
Richmond
TW10 6DD

Birth, marriage or death certificates

I need a certified photocopy of my birth, marriage or death certificate

If your birth, marriage or death certificate is issued in the UK I cannot certify a photocopy it in any circumstances. The position is different if the birth, marriage or death certificate is not issued in the UK.

Why I will not certify a (photo)copy of a certificate?

It is against the law to do so (a breach of Crown copyright, section 163, Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 ). See also the guidance produced by the National Archives about why it is not possible to use a (photo)copy of a certificate: “Certified copies […] are produced on forms which contain a number of security features and are uniquely serially numbered. Reproduction of certificates potentially removes these security features from the copy. It is therefore government policy not to authorise the copying of certificates for cases where the intention is to prove evidence of the event – birth, marriage, death. You should not provide a photocopy of a certificate as evidence of the event, even where this has been endorsed by a solicitor, notary or other organisation.

Apostilles and legalisation and photocopies

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office will not legalise or put an apostille on a notarised photocopy of a birth, marriage or death certificate (even if photocopy is attached to a separate notarial certificate). (Visit Get your document legalised - GOV.UK), scroll down where there is the ‘Start now’ button, on the next page click on the ‘Start a standard application’ button, on the next page click on the ‘Check your documents’ button, and then enter, for example, ‘birth certificate’ and press enter, and click on ‘Select’ to see:

I need you to order a copy of a birth, marriage or death certificate and have that certified

If you wish me obtain a certified copy

Other essential things you need to know when you use a notary

In all the notarial work I do there I things I have to do including:

What information you need to provide

Additional information

For details on how to obtain certificates more quickly (and the prices) see the details on the websites

Last updated: 7 February 2021.