Child Benefit claim form

Before you start
What you need to send to the Child Benefit Office
Get the Child Benefit claim form
Help with the claim form
More useful links

Before you start

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What you need to send to the Child Benefit Office

Send both of the following with your claim form:

the birth or adoption certificate for each child you're claiming for - if you don't have it, still send your claim form back
the last page of the claim form which shows your name and address - the Child Benefit Office will use this to return your birth or adoption certificates

You can send either the long or short versions of the certificates.

Get the Child Benefit claim form

Get a Child Benefit claim form to fill in on screen and print out (PDF 660K)

Help with the claim form

There are some notes that you can download and print, to help you fill in your Child Benefit claim form.

Get the notes to help you complete your Child Benefit claim form (PDF 186K)

If you have any problems completing the form on screen, you can call the Child Benefit Helpline.

Contact details for the Child Benefit Helpline