Applying to the central and voluntary registers

“I wasn’t looking for a father or anything. I was purely interested in knowing…me! I’m a sticky nose. I didn’t like the fact that there was stuff about me that I may not know. I now feel a bit more at ease knowing the answers to those questions….Sometimes the answers weren’t there straight away…I am so grateful that Graham (her donor) and Mathilde (his wife) let me have contact with them.” Kelly

VARTA manages the two donor conception registers - the central and voluntary registers - in which information about people involved in donor treatment procedures - donor-conceived people, their parents, and donors - is recorded. Each register works in a different way.

Apply to the Central Register

The Central Register contains existing donor conception records for Victoria, provided by the clinics who provided the donor treatment as required under state legislation. Some early records no longer exist or cannot be found, so details of these births cannot be included.

The register enables people to apply for information. If records and contact details can be found, the other party will be contacted by VARTA.

Donor-conceived people and their descendants applying for information about their donor are entitled to identifying information about their donor (name and date of birth and donor code).

For all other applications (donors and parents), consent from the other party will be required before identifying information can be released.

Interested in applying to the Central Register or want to update your contact details?

Information for donors applying to the Central Register

Information for parents of donor conceived people applying to the Central Register

Information for donor conceived people conceived from donations before 1998

Central Register Application Form

As a result of the legislative changes, we expect a higher than usual number of applications for information from the donor conception registers. We will process all applications as efficiently as possible. Thank you for your patience.

Apply to the Voluntary Register

The Voluntary Register contains information supplied voluntarily by donor-conceived people, donors, and parents who wish to make themselves available for information exchange or contact.

Family members and descendants can also use the register to record their wishes in relation to exchanging information with another party.

In this way matches can be facilitated between:

donor siblings – people who have been conceived by the same donor
parents who have used the same donor
other women who have received donor treatment and their partners
donors, parents and donor-conceived people
family members and descendants

Interested in applying to the Voluntary Register or want to update your contact or medical details?

Statistical snapshot of data from the donor conception registers

Making an application to the Voluntary Register

Voluntary Register Application Form

One of VARTA’s roles is to provide support and information to people applying to the donor conception registers and to those contacted as a result of an application.

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Consider making an application to one register at a time. Think about who you would really like information about and apply accordingly. When that application has been resolved, and contact feels comfortable, you can then apply to the other register if you wish. For example, if it is most important for you to find out more about your donor you can apply to the Central Register; then later to the Voluntary Register to potentially connect with donor-siblings.

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