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What documents do I need to bring when I come to make the arrangements to get married?

Question	What documents do I need to bring when I come to make the arrangements to get married?
Answer	You will need to bring evidence of your name, age, current address and nationality. Your passport is an ideal document to prove your name, age and nationality. This should always be produced if it is available along with a driving licence, bank statement or other official document that records your address. If you were born in this country, and have never applied for a passport, you should bring your birth certificate along with other official documents to prove your address. If you have ever been married before, in this or any other country, you will also need to provide evidence that your previous marriage has ended. If the marriage was ended by divorce you will need to produce a final divorce decree from the court in which the divorce was granted. This will need to be a certified copy of the divorce, a photocopy will not be acceptable as legal evidence. If the divorce took place in another country and the document is not in English you will also need to provide a translation of the document. If your previous spouse died you will need to provide a certified copy of the death certificate from the registration authorities of the country in which the death took place and the marriage certificate from that marriage. If you are in any doubt about what documents will be required please phone the Register Office for advice, on [020] 7641 1161.
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What documents do I need to bring when I come to make the arrangements to get married?

Answer

You will need to bring evidence of your name, age, current address and nationality. Your passport is an ideal document to prove your name, age and nationality. This should always be produced if it is available along with a driving licence, bank statement or other official document that records your address.

If you were born in this country, and have never applied for a passport, you should bring your birth certificate along with other official documents to prove your address.

If you have ever been married before, in this or any other country, you will also need to provide evidence that your previous marriage has ended. If the marriage was ended by divorce you will need to produce a final divorce decree from the court in which the divorce was granted. This will need to be a certified copy of the divorce, a photocopy will not be acceptable as legal evidence. If the divorce took place in another country and the document is not in English you will also need to provide a translation of the document.

If your previous spouse died you will need to provide a certified copy of the death certificate from the registration authorities of the country in which the death took place and the marriage certificate from that marriage.

If you are in any doubt about what documents will be required please phone the Register Office for advice, on [020] 7641 1161.

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