Marriage and civil partnership registration

You must book an appointment if you need to 'give notice' of getting married or forming a civil partnership.

Before booking an appointment, read our guidance on:

• if you can get married or form a civil partnership
• giving notice
• documents you'll need to bring

Who must attend the appointment

If both of you have one of the following, you can give notice as per the guidance above:

• British or Irish citizenship
• settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) – each of you for whom this applies must bring a valid 'share code' which you can get from GOV.UK: view and prove your immigration status (codes are valid for 30 days)
• an application to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) made before 30 June 2021, upon which you are awaiting for a decision – each of you for whom this applies must bring your certificate of application

If you do not have any of the above, you and your partner must give a notice together.

If your partner gave notice separately before 1 July 2021, they will need to give notice again with you. You must also to bring:

• a passport-sized photo of each of you, even if only one of you is from outside the UK
• proof of your current immigration status – for example, your visa
• a translation of any documents that are not in English

The notice period for this type of appointment may be extended to up to 70 days if a referral to immigration is needed. In this case there will be an additional fee per person.

Book an appointment

We are currently unable to take notice appointment bookings online.

To request an appointment, complete a form below and send it to us by email.