Civil Ceremonies in Worcestershire

Name and date of birth • valid passpor

• British birh ceriicate - your full birh ceriicate must be provided, and you must also provide another document conirming your current use of that name, e.g., valid driving licence (provisional or full) bank statement (no older than one month), utility bills (no older than three months), council tax bill (current bill dated within last 12 months) • if you have changed your name from birh - you will need to provide the evidence of the name change; for example, a change of name deed or marriage ceriicate Nationality • valid passpor (if you are a foreign national only your passpor can be accepted as proof of nationality) • British Naturalisation ceriicate • British birh ceriicate - if you were born before 1 January 1983 your full or shor birh ceriicate must be provided - if you were born on or aer 1 January 1983, your full birh ceriicate must be provided, and you must also provide a birh ceriicate or passpor for one of your parents who were born in the UK if your parents were married at the time of your birh. If your parents were not married at the time of your birh and subsequently married, aer 2006, then either of your parents’ birh ceriicates or passpors can be provided; otherwise, only your mother’s birh ceriicate or passpor can be used or evidence of your parents’ British Citizenship (must have been issued before your birh). If you are subject to immigration control please read the information below as you will need furher documentary evidence. Visa requirements If you are entering the UK for the purpose of a marriage or civil parnership you must check with the UKVI (United Kingdom Visa and Immigration) that you have the correct visa to do so. Worcestershire Registration Service is unable to ofer any advice regarding immigration matters. Abuse of immigration laws We are working with the Home Oice to identify any marriages and civil parnerships which seek to abuse UK immigration laws. Anybody found to be arranging, facilitating, or entering into a marriage or civil parnership solely to gain permission to stay in the UK risks arrest or prosecution. Foreign nationals may also face deporation and be barred from re-entering the UK for up to 14 years. Proof of immigration status Please note: If either pary is a national of an EU country and does not have settled or pre-settled status (or a pending application) applied for prior 30 th June 2021 or is a national of a non-EU country, you may be subject to immigration control.

This means you must give your Notices together at the Register Oice covering the district in which you have both lived for the preceding 7 days and 7 nights. If you both live in diferent registration districts you must give your Notices together at either Register Oice and the Notice fee will be £57.00 each.

Registrars cannot give immigration advice.

In addition to the documents you need to provide when giving Notice, you must provide evidence of your immigration status: • proof of settled, pre-settled or pending EUSS status, including the 9-digit alphanumeric share code from the GOV.UK website: www.gov.uk/view-prove- immigration-status • Marriage or Civil Parnership Visa • eVisa – UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) have developed a digital immigration system (this replaces physical documents with an online record of your immigration status, for more information please visit the GOV.UK website: www.gov.uk/guidance/online-immigration- status-evisa) If you do not have the correct proof, your marriage or civil parnership will be referred to the UKVI who may decide to extend your notice period for 70 days if they wish to investigate furher. The marriage or civil parnership cannot take place until approval is granted by the UKVI. More information on this can be found on the GOV.UK website for marriages and civil parnerships in England and Wales: www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-parnerships. Photographs Both paries, where one or both are subject to immigration, will also need to provide a colour photograph at the time of giving Notice, unless you are a British national, Irish national, or you can provide proof of settled status. Each photograph must be a UK passpor style and size and meet the following criteria: • it should clearly show your face with a neutral expression • you must not be wearing any head covering (other than for religious or medical reasons) • you must be photographed alone with no other person or object in shot • it should be unmarked, unaltered and without tears or creases • it must be a recent photo and show a current likeness

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