Correct a certificate

Request a review of the certificate

Fill in the details below to request a review of a certificate and a registry officer will contact you.

Please note: review requests are replied to in 2 to 5 business days. We will be closed from Friday 25 December 2020 to Friday 1 January 2021. We will re-open on Monday 4 January 2021 at 8.30am.

1. Your contact details

   1. First name *
   2. Family name *
   3. Email *
   4. Contact number * Mobile preferred
   5. Acknowledgement

      * By using the following online service and providing an email address, I consent to the use of that email address for the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (RBDM) to provide me with an email copy of the certificate correction details I submit in this request. I understand that it is my responsibility to ensure that I have nominated a secure email address for RBDM to send the certificate correction details to. I acknowledge that it is my responsibility to ensure the security of that information upon receipt of it.
2. Your postal address

   1. Address line 1 *
   2. Address line 2
   3. Address line 3
   4. 1. Town, city or suburb *
      2. State or territory *
      3. Postcode *
3. Whose certificate needs to be reviewed?

   *

   1. • My own
      • My child's
      • Another person's
   2. Are you wanting us to review a historical index entry? An entry in the index about a historical record.
      *
      1. • Yes
         • No
   3. Fill in the details of certificate to be reviewed below.
   How are you related to the person the certificate is for? For example, I am their grandmother/uncle/child.
   4. Details of certificate to be reviewed

      Please note: when the review has been done a registry officer will contact you.

      1. Type of certificate to be reviewed *

         • Birth
         • Change of name
         • Death
         • Marriage
         • Civil partnership

      Name of person on the certificate We only need the name of one partner for a marriage or civil partnership certificate.

      1. First name *
      2. Middle name(s)
      3. Family name *
      4. Date of event * dd/mm/yyyy
      5. Registration number * Top right-hand corner of the certificate (e.g. 2014/12345).
      6. Reference number * Find it on the back of the certificate, above the postal address. If there is no reference number, enter n/a.
      7. What information is incorrect or missing? *

         Please don't send us your credit card details through this form.

         Give us a brief idea of what is incorrect or missing.
      8. Do you know how this incorrect or missing information happened? * Give us a brief idea. If you do not know, enter unknown.
      9. What is the correct or missing information? * Tell us what the correct information should be.

   Privacy notice
   The Department of Justice and Attorney-General is collecting your personal information for the purpose of reviewing your request under section 42 of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003. The information on this form may be provided to law enforcement agencies and to government and non-government agencies for verification of the data. Access to this information or a certificate may be granted to any person who has adequate reason to obtain it, or who meets the requirements of the access policy.

   Contact us

   Online: Our general enquiry form.

   By phone: Local call* 13 QGOV (13 74 68)

   International +61 7 3328 4811 (+10 hours UTC)

   (Phone lines open Monday–Friday, 8.30am–4.30pm)

   *Costs may be higher from mobile phones and interstate.

   Last updated:

   18 September 2020

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