Registering a birth in Turkey

Registering a birth in Turkey
If your child is born in Turkey you can register the birth with the nearest consulate. You don’t have to do this, but if you do your child will be given a British style birth certificate and the birth will be registered at the General Registry Office in the UK.

What documents do we need to provide?

To register a birth you will need to provide:

hospital birth report
child’s civil Turkish birth certificate (Formul A or Turkish ID card)
British Passport of British parent(s)
the FULL British birth certificate (or Home office naturalisation or registration certificate if born outside of the UK) of British parent(s)
the passport or ID card of non-British parent if applicable
parents’ marriage certificate
divorce decree if either parent has been married before
(A copy of your full British birth certificate can be obtained from the General Register Office.

Application to register an overseas birth

If you and your spouse are not married

If you are a British man and your child’s mother is foreign you can only apply for a Consular birth registration if the child was born on or after 1 July 2006. If you are an unmarried women who’s had a child abroad and you would like the father’s details recorded on the certificate, both parents will need to swear Statutory Paternity Declarations.

Applicable Fees

Registration £100.80
Birth Certificate £64.80
Passport for Child under 16 £81.50
Fees are payable by credit card or in cash. Credit card payments will be charged in Sterling regardless of the country of issue. Cash payments will be accepted in Turkish Lira only and charged at the Consular rate of exchange applicable on the day of application.

After March of the year following the registration copies may be obtained from the General Register Office.

This leaflet has been prepared by the British Embassy in Ankara for the convenience of enquirers. Although all care has been taken in its production, neither Her Majesty's Government nor any Consular Official in the British Embassy in Ankara take any responsibility for its precise accuracy or for the consequences of any action taken in accordance with it's contents.