Fees

The following payment methods are accepted:

• Credit card - MasterCard or Visa only and card number must have 16 digits. 
  Available at the Perth Registry and selected Western Australian courts
  No other credit cards or travellers cheques will be accepted
• Eftpos (debit card) – when paying in person at the Perth Registry or at selected Western Australian courts.
• Cheque or money order - made payable to: Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
  Note: When paying at a Western Australian court, cheques or money orders should be made payable to the "Department of the Attorney General".
• Cash - when paying in person at the Perth Registry or at a Western Australian court.
• Overseas applicants - Must pay in Australian dollars using an international money order or bank draft made payable to: Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Certificates

Birth certificate (including a search over any period not exceeding ten years) - $44

Additional priority

Priority service, in addition to any other fee (not payable for births from 1930 onwards when lodged in person at the Perth Registry Office or Albany, Armadale, Bunbury, Fremantle, Geraldton, Joondalup, Kalgoorlie, Mandurah, Midland or Rockingham Court) - $34

Commemorative Birth Certificate

Commemorative birth certificate (including the issue of a standard birth certificate) - $54

Correction of a birth record

Addition to, or correction of, information in the register, includes a certificate - $44

Search fees

Search in an index (including a search over any period not exceeding ten years), includes a Result of Search certificate - $31

These fees were set 1 July 2009 and subject to change without notice.

Last Updated: 6-Dec-2011