Documents we need

If you're making a claim for a child you've not claimed for before, you need to send us:

• the birth certificate if their birth was registered in Northern Ireland or outside the UK
• the passport or travel documents used to enter the UK, if the child was not born in the UK
• the adoption certificate if you've adopted the child

You also need to send us any extra pages you've filled in if you want to claim for more than 2 children.

If you do not send all the documents we need with the claim form, a decision on your claim could be delayed, however your payments can be backdated to the date we receive your claim once our decision is made. You'll still need to send the documents as soon as you can after submitting your claim.

Make sure we have the right address to return your documents. If you move without telling us your new address, we'll not be able to return your documents and we may destroy them. If we believe that any of the documents you send us are not genuine, we may keep them.