Alternative ways to register your baby’s birth (register by declaration)
If your baby was born in Lambeth, you should register the birth with us by booking an appointment. But, if you can't get to us, you can give the details to any Register Office in England and Wales. This is called registering a birth by declaration.
The Register Office that you visit will send the information on to us and we will complete the registration. This can take ten working days.
Visit the General Register Office website to search for your local office. You may need to book an appointment to visit the register office and it is advised to contact them first.
If you require the full birth certificate and any additional copies, after you have had your appointment with your local office please order certificates online for the amount of £12.50 for each certificate.
If you are a Southwark resident, you are able to register the Lambeth birth with Southwark, however certificates are only obtainable from Lambeth Register Office after the registration has taken place - please place an order via our certificate portal.
Order birth certificates after registering by declaration
Purchase of 4 or more birth certificates will receive a free baby gift (4 birth certificates = free bodysuit or bib, 5 or more birth certificates = free comforter) Please state on the reverse of your cheque or postal order which gift you would like to receive.
Free gifts are dependent on available stock at the time of purchase and while supplies last.
For example, if your baby was born at Kings College Hospital, but you visit Wandsworth register office, you will provide the details of the birth to Wandsworth. Wandsworth will then send details of the registration to Lambeth and Lambeth registrars will then register the birth. You will then be able to place an order for certificates via our certificate portal.
Please be aware that certificate orders made online are produced in date order, and can take 15 working days to be dispatched.
We ask that you do not make a birth declaration in a different office and then attend our office for the certificates within the above timescales, as we may not have processed the declaration as yet, and you may also be charged with a statutory fee for the priority certificate service.