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WHEN TO GIVE NOTICE
Once you have chosen your ceremony venue,
and made the booking, you will both need to
give notice of intention. You both have to give
notice in person: no-one else can do it on your
behalf. Notice can be given up to one year in
advance of your ceremony.
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Once you have given notice, a statutory waiting
period has to elapse before the legal paperwork
that will allow your ceremony to proceed as
planned can be issued. Recent changes in the
law have increased the statutory waiting period
from 17 days to 30 days. If you are subject to
immigration control, then your notice period may
be increased to 72 days to allow investigations to
take place prior to your ceremony.
Please note that if your notices are not given in
time, your ceremony cannot take place.
GETTING MARRIED OR FORMING YOUR CIVIL
PARTNERSHIP ABROAD

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If you are thinking of being married or forming a
civil partnership abroad, you should contact the
embassy or consulate of your country of choice
and request information about the required
legal preliminaries.
They may require a certificate from your local
Register Office confirming that you are free to
marry or enter into a civil partnership, however,
different countries have different rules so please
contact us with information regarding your
nationalities, places of residence, the country of
your ceremony and your ceremony date, and
we will advise you whether you will need to give
notice and the required timescales.
If documents are required from your local Register
Office, then you may also need to get them
legalised with an apostille, please see the Foreign
& Commonwealth Office website for further
information.

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