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GRO turnaround during Covid-19 crisis

Postby garrypaulbrooks » Wed May 06, 2020 4:41 pm

Hi
I ordered a birth certificate (PDF) and a marriage certificate (paper) from the GRO on 24th Apr. Estimated despatch date was - and still is - 1st May, work is "in progress"

Has anyone else ordered certificates form the GRO lately? If so, how long have they taken to arrive?
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Re: GRO turnaround during Covid-19 crisis

Postby rockyfowler » Thu May 07, 2020 6:56 am

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Re: GRO turnaround during Covid-19 crisis

Postby garrypaulbrooks » Tue May 12, 2020 11:50 am

I've just heard form a fellow family history enthusiast that she's been waiting for over 5 weeks for some birth certificate PDFs she ordered from the GRO.

I won't be holding my breath in anticipation.
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Re: GRO turnaround during Covid-19 crisis

Postby garrypaulbrooks » Tue May 26, 2020 8:37 am

Today, I finally got he death certificate PDF I ordered on 24th April. Turned out to be a red herring!
Still not received the marriage cert I ordered on the same day. I'm not holding my breath (it still has a "dispatch date" on 1st May)
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Re: GRO turnaround during Covid-19 crisis

Postby garrypaulbrooks » Fri Jun 12, 2020 9:19 am

GRO are dispatching certificates now, but take the "Despatch Date (Est)" with a very large pinch of salt. Expect even a PDF to take 3-4 weeks
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Re: GRO turnaround during Covid-19 crisis

Postby garrypaulbrooks » Fri Jul 24, 2020 9:16 am

At last! I've received the marriage certificate I ordered on May 30th!
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Re: GRO turnaround during Covid-19 crisis

Postby garrypaulbrooks » Sat Oct 24, 2020 10:27 am

HAs anyone ordered any certificates form the GRO lately? If so, what's turnaround time been like?
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Re: GRO turnaround during Covid-19 crisis

Postby BC Wench » Sat Oct 24, 2020 11:56 am

I ordered a marriage certificate (paper) on 23 September it was despatched on 30 September and I received it by post within a couple of days.
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Re: GRO turnaround during Covid-19 crisis

Postby garrypaulbrooks » Sat Oct 24, 2020 12:27 pm

BC Wench wrote:I ordered a marriage certificate (paper) on 23 September it was despatched on 30 September and I received it by post within a couple of days.

Thanks BCW. Sounds like it's back to normal then
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Re: GRO turnaround during Covid-19 crisis

Postby rockyfowler » Sun Oct 25, 2020 12:06 pm

PDFs copies are like lightening :grin:
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Re: GRO turnaround during Covid-19 crisis

Postby garrypaulbrooks » Tue Oct 27, 2020 8:03 am

rockyfowler wrote:PDFs copies are like lightening :grin:

Pleased to hear it.
I'll be delighted when marriage certs are available in PDF form too.
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Re: GRO turnaround during Covid-19 crisis

Postby garrypaulbrooks » Sun Nov 01, 2020 5:24 pm

garrypaulbrooks wrote:
rockyfowler wrote:PDFs copies are like lightening :grin:

Pleased to hear it.
I'll be delighted when marriage certs are available in PDF form too.

I received one aof my PDFSs 2 days BEFOER the estimated dispatch date!
... and another one ahead of schedule, today - yes they seem to be working Sundays now - although lockdown 2 will probably kibosh things for a few weeks now.
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