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Registration fees


Please see below for a list of our statutory fees for services from 1st April 2024. 

Please see our Ceremony Packages pages for details on ceremony charges.

Certificates of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Civil Partnership

Standard Service

Issued at time of registration, or if requested later issued within 15 working days.

Certificate Fee
Birth, Death, Marriage certificates issued by Registrar or Superintendent Registrar £12.50
Civil Partnership certificates issued by the Local Registration Authority £12.50

 

Express Priority Service

Issued on or before the next working day (orders placed before 3pm).

Certificate Fee                           
Birth, Death, Marriage certificates issued by Registrar or Superintendent Registrar £38.50
Civil Partnership certificates issued by the Local Registration Authority £38.50

 

Order a copy certificate onlineNotice of Marriage or Civil Partnership

Booking Fee         
Entry of each notice of marriage/civil partnership for persons subject to Immigration Control (required by both parties and non-refundable) £57.00 each
Entry of each notice of marriage/civil partnership for all other persons £42.00 each
Consideration by a Superintendent Registrar of a divorce/civil partnership dissolution obtained outside of the British Islands £50.00
Consideration by the Registrar General of a divorce/civil partnership dissolution obtained outside of the British Islands £75.00
Attendance at the ceremony at a registered (religious) building where it is not approved to hold its own register (includes a non-refundable deposit of £67) £104.00

 

Conversion of a Same Sex Civil Partnership into marriage

At the Register Office

Service Fee                                 
Conversion of a Same Sex Civil Partnership into marriage £50.00

 

Other Premises

There is a two stage procedure on other premises 

Service Fee                          
Completing the declaration £30.00
Signing the declaration in a religious building registered for the marriage of same sex couples £101.00

 

The fee for signing the declaration at an approved venue or in a register office (at a different time or a different place from where the declaration was completed) is classed as a Celebratory Ceremony.

Changes to Initial Registration

Service Fee
Change of forename added within 12 months of birth registration    £44.00
Consideration by Registrar/ Superintendent Registrar of a correction application £83.00
Consideration by the Registrar General of a correction application £99.00

 

 

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