A Birth Certificate is always seen as the official proof of birth in all the countries. Australia is no different. But before applying for birth certificate there, you need to do your birth registration as the registration number is one of the most important things you have while applying for the birth certificate. To register the birth, you need to fill up a birth registration statement and send that to the office for registry of birth, death, and marriages within 60 days of birth and you will get the registration number. After you get the number, you can apply for the birth certificate but not before 90 days of birth. There are both online and offline processes of applying for the birth certificate. Both the processes are mentioned below.
Online Process of Applying for a Birth Certificate:
- First of all, you need to visit the official website of the state in Australia where you are applying for the birth certificate –
- https://www.sa.gov.au (New South Wales)
- http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au (Western Australia)
- https://www.qld.gov.au (Queensland)
- https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au (Victoria)
- https://www.service.nsw.gov.au (New South Wales)
- http://www.justice.tas.gov.au (Tasmania)
- You will get an option ‘Apply Online’, Click on that.
- There you will get an option, ‘Apply for Certificate’, select ‘Birth’ under it.
- Now a form will open.
- Enter the details of birth registration.
- After that, enter the details of the applicant correctly.
- Enter the Captcha correctly to prove that you are not a robot.
- Now you will see there the options to decide the design, type, and the number of the certificate. You can choose from there.
- After that, your order and delivery details need to be confirmed.
- Next, upload the scanned copies of all the required documents.
- There is a declaration next read and acknowledge it.
- At last, enter the payment details. You can do the payment online or offline.
- Now with all done, submit the form.
- All the details will be verified by the officials and you will get the birth certificate.
Offline Process of Applying for a Birth Certificate:
- First of all, you have to download the form from the official website of registry of birth, death, and marriages of your state.
- Fill up the form correctly. The pattern is nearly same as the online one so you can follow the instructions of that too. But don’t forget to double check all the information.
- Attach copies of all the necessary documents with the form.
- Pay the fee online or offline and mention the details in the form.
- Now, you can submit the form in two different ways. Either you can visit yourself the office for registry of birth, death, and marriages, or you can send the form via post.
- All the details will be verified by the officials and you will get the birth certificate.
- Usually, it takes around 5 working days to issue a non-urgent certificate and to issue an urgent certificate, 2 working days is the maximum time but for that, you have to pay a bit more than the non-urgent certificate.
