Royal Borough Registrar Ceremonies Guide - Flipbook - Page 13
Giving Notice
This is a legal preliminary required for most
couples marrying or forming a civil partnership
(If you are marrying in the Church of England and neither
of you are foreign nationals your legal preliminaries will
take place in the form of banns in the Church). All other
couples are required to give notice in the Register Office in
the district in which you live, regardless of where your
wedding is taking place.
If you live within the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead,
you can give notice at our Register Office in Maidenhead, or at
our satellite office at Windsor library on certain days.
Please email us at ceremony.bookings@rbwm.gov.uk if you
wish to book an appointment.
You must have confirmed your venue and the type of
ceremony before giving notice as these cannot be changed
once your documents are issued. Doing so would require a
new notice appointment and further statutory fees.
There is a fee payable each, and within the Royal Borough
this is taken at the time of booking. Notices can be given up
to 12 months ahead of your ceremony. The documents you are
required to present, specific to your own personal circumstances,
will be discussed with you at the time of booking, but a guide to
what you are likely to require is given below.
You must give notice in person and must have been resident
in the UK for at least 7 full days prior to the appointment
and have evidence to show this.
If you are a UK or Irish citizen or EU citizens
with settled status, or have a valid marriage or
fiancé/fiancée visa:
Notices must be given in your district of residence – if you
live in separate districts, you will each give notice in your
district of residence. Notices must be given at least 28 days
in advance to allow for the legal waiting period to pass.
If you or your partner are foreign nationals and
do not have a marriage or fiancé/fiancée visa:
Notices must be given together in the district of your residence.
If you live separately, you can give notice in either of your
districts of residence.
After you have given notice, the Home Office will consider
your intent to marry/form a civil partnership and will
decide if they need to investigate.
The legal waiting period will be either 28 or 70 days, as
decided by the Home Office. Please allow plenty of time from the
time of notice to your intended ceremony date for this reason.
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