The Nationality and Consular Registration Section of Consular Directorate, London, offers advice and services to British nationals when they are in the UK for overseas births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships. If you are resident outside the UK you will need to contact the nearest British representation for information/advice on these services.

Please click on the below links for the service or advice you require.

Consular Birth Registrations
Consular Death Registrations
Marriages and Civil Partnerships
Local Document Searches (including Certificates of Good Conduct)

Queries on any of these services should be directed to our Enquiry Line on 020 7008 0186 between 10am – 12pm Monday to Thursday or email:bmdenquiries@fco.gov.uk

For the FCO to continue to provide a high standard of service to it's customers we conduct each year a customer satisfaction survey . Your feedback provided from this survey help us to improve the service we provide through the BMD enquiry line and this website. The completion of this survey should only take 5 - 10 minutes of your time. Once you have completed the survey you can either post it back to us at the address on the covering letter or email it to bmdenquiries@fco.gov.uk. Thank you in advance for taking time to complete the survey.