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09 Apr 2024
Australia pilot digital birth certificates in New South Wales
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Newsletter April 2024

The New South Wales government has started the pilot programme for digital birth certificate on 9 April 2024, for people born in NSW in 2024. The digital birth certificate project, led by the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, is housed within a stand-alone application and will provide users with access to and use of their Australian birth certificate in a secure digital format. It is a choice for people how to prove their identity as they can choose to use either paper birth certificates or digital ones. 

Read more about the digital birth certificate here. 

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