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Giving Notice
OF INTENTION

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YOU MIGHT NOT THINK SO, BUT
GIVING NOTICE OF INTENTION IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT TASK ON YOUR
LIST OF THINGS TO DO TO ARRANGE YOUR
CEREMONY – DON’T FORGET TO DO IT!

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Giving your notices of marriage or civil
partnership is also called ‘completing the legal
preliminaries’ and it is a legal requirement
that this paperwork is finalised prior to your
ceremony taking place.
NOTICE OF INTENTION
You will be asked to provide the following
details regarding yourself and about the person
you are marrying or forming a civil partnership
with:
• Full name
• Age
• Condition (single, previous marriage
or civil partnership dissolved,
widow/widower/surviving civil partner)
• Occupation
• Address and period of residence
• Nationality
• Name of the venue that you have booked
for your ceremony: your notices are ‘venue
specific’ so if you change your mind about the
ceremony venue after notice has been given,
you will need to give fresh notices and start
the statutory waiting period again.

A statutory fee is payable when you give your
notice.
Please see the current list of fees on our website
www.richmond.gov.uk /registration_services

WHERE TO GIVE NOTICE
You will both need to give notice in person at
the Register Office in the district where you live,
not in the district where you will be married or
form your civil partnership. However, if either or
both of you are subject to immigration control
you must both give notice at a designated
Register Office. This may not be in the district
in which you live. Please refer to www.gov.uk for
a list of designated Register Offices in England
and Wales.

Richmond upon Thames Register Office is
not a designated Register Office. If you live in
Richmond upon Thames and neither of you are
subject to Immigration control, this is the office
that you will need to attend. Please contact
us to make an appointment to give notice, or
visit our online appointment diary. Our contact
details can be found at the back of this guide.

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