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ADOPTION RECORDS Skip contents CONTENTS * Accessing your birth records * The Adoption Contact Register * Intermediary agencies ACCESSING YOUR BIRTH RECORDS You can access your birth records
if you don’t have them because you were adopted. You need to be 18 or over to do this. Everyone adopted before 12 November 1975 will need to attend a counselling session with an approved
adoption advisor first. YOU KNOW YOUR BIRTH DETAILS You can order a copy of your original birth certificate from the General Register Office. For adoptions outside England or Wales you need
to contact the General Register Office where you were adopted. YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR BIRTH DETAILS You need to fill in an application for Birth certificate Information Before Adoption (BIBA)
service if you don’t know your birth details. Which application form you fill in depends on if you live: * in the UK * outside the UK Post or email the form to: [email protected]
Adoptions Section Room C202 General Register Office Trafalgar Rd Southport PR8 2HH Next : The Adoption Contact Register View a printable version of the whole guide