isle of wight ceremonies guide 5
Legal Formalities Unless you are celebrating in a Church of England or a Church in Wales, you will both be required to attend personally at the Register Office for the district(s) in which you both live to give a notice of marriage or civil partnership to the Superintendent Registrar. Both of you must have lived in that registration district in England or Wales for at least eight days immediately before your notice appointment. If you both live in the same district, you should ideally attend your local Register Office together to give notice. If you live in different registration districts, then each of you will need to give notice in your own district, preferably no more than seven days apart. If either of you are subject to immigration, then you will need to attend together at one of the register offices. A fee will be charged for making a provisional booking – this is a non-refundable fee and allows you to provisionally book a date and time in our diary. You will be required to give notice of your intention to marry or enter into a civil partnership and documents will need to be produced – information on the
acceptable documents will be listed on your provisional booking letter or email. A statutory fee is payable to give notice and you will need to make an appointment by calling 01983 823233. After giving your notices, you must wait at least a further 28 clear days before the ceremony can take place. For example, if the notices are given on the 1 st July, the ceremony can take place on or after the 30 th July.
Further details of how to give notice of marriage or civil partnership can be found on our website – www.
iwight.com/registrars/. Please Note
Your ceremony cannot go ahead unless the legal formalities have been completed. You and your partner must give notice in person – no one can do so on your behalf. Where a provisional booking for a ceremony has been made, it is essential that formal notice is given within the timescale requested by the Register Office to ensure that your booking remains secure.
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