Getting married
If you do decide to get married these
are the formal procedures you have to follow:
1. Give notice of intention to marry. This costs £30 per person. You do this at your local Register Office, even if you plan to marry elsewhere. Both of you have to have lived in England or Wales for a full seven days before you give notice on the eighth day. Your notice needs to be displayed on the notice board at the register office for fifteen days.
2. The Superintendent Registrar (or Registrar
in Northern Ireland) will give you permission to marry in any Register
Office or other approved location in any district.
3. You must give notice of where the
marriage is to take place.
4. If you do not marry within 12 months of giving notice, the permission will lapse and you will have to start the process again from step 1.
Information required for giving notice of intention
to marry
1. You and your partner's name and address.
2. Your dates of birth.
3. The name and occupation of both your
and your partner’s father (it is
possible to leave this section blank if you do not have the information).
4. Proof that you are free to marry,
if one or both of you has been married before. This can be a death certificate,
if the spouse died, or a decree absolute as evidence of the end of a
previous marriage.
More information
The General
Register Office has more information about getting married in the
UK, finding your local register office, as well as information about
gaining and changing certificates.
Marriages and Civil Partnerships Branch
General Register Office
Trafalgar Road
Southport
PR8 2HH
Tel: 0151 471 4814
Email: marriages.gro@ons.gsi.gov.uk
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