Apply In-Person:

1. To obtain a birth certificate, the applicant has to approach the Service NSW Centre. Contact details are mentioned in “Office Locations & Contacts” of this page. Or use the following given Contact Link
2. An application form is available at the following Link
3. The applicant has to fill-in all the details in the form.
4. Applicant should make sure to attach all the documents that are mentioned under the “Required Documents” section of this page (Both photocopies and originals).
5. Submit the application with the required document to appropriate office.
6. Submitting address is mentioned in “Office Locations & Contacts” of this page.
7. The fee of this procedure is mentioned under the “Fees” section of this page.
8. Government of New South Wales will issue the certificate and notify the applicant.
9. Please contact Government of New South Wales for further details.

Apply by Mail

1. To obtain a birth certificate, the applicant has to approach the Service NSW Centre. Contact details are mentioned in “Office Locations & Contacts” of this page. Or use the following given Contact Link
2. An application form is available at the following Link
3. The applicant has to fill-in all the details in the form.
4. Applicant should make sure to attach all the documents that are mentioned under the “Required Documents” section of this page (Both photocopies and originals).
5. Mail the application with the required document to appropriate office.
6. Mailing address is mentioned in “Office Locations & Contacts” of this page.
7. The fee of this procedure is mentioned under the “Fees” section of this page.
8. Government of New South Wales will issue the certificate and notify the applicant via mail.
9. Please contact Government of New South Wales for further details.

• Application form
• 3 forms current identity.

Mailing Address:
Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages
GPO Box 30
Sydney NSW 2001
Contact Link

Physical Address:
Contact Link

• Anyone who:
  • A NSW resident.
  • A previous NSW resident.
  • An authorised representative.

• Period of Search: 1-10 yrs
  • Standard service - $60
  • Priority service - $88
• Period of Search: 11-20 yrs
  • Standard service - $105
  • Priority service - $ 133
• Fast Period of Search: 21-30 yrs
  • Standard service - $150
  • Priority service - $ 178

• A single status certificate is valid only for the applicant's time as a resident of NSW.

• An application form is available at the following Link

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

Request for a Single Status certificate

• Submitted by post
  • Standard - up to 6 weeks
  • Priority service - up to 4 weeks
• Registry agent (Service NSW)
  • Standard - up to 4 weeks
• Priority service - up to 2 weeks

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&>
from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the emptags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.gIn the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• Instructions for the procedure Link

• Require Priority processing of the application
• Reason certificate is required
• Relationship to the registered person
• Applicant’s details
• Details of search required
• Payment details

• A Single Status Certificate is a formal document that certifies a person's single status in accordance with the applicant's jurisdictional legislation.
• It could be a certified declaration confirming the affiant's single status or the absence of any children from any prior unions. It guarantees that the applicant can get married anywhere in the world.

• For more information Link

• Single Status Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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More information which might help people.