Registering your Marriage

Registering Your Intent To Marry

Since 5 November 2007, a couple getting married are required to give notification in person of their intention to marry to a Registrar at least 3 months before the intended date of the marriage. The notification can be given to any Registrar.

When you make the appointment with the Registrar you will be informed what information and documents you need to bring with you. Generally, you and your intended spouse will be required to bring the following:
Passports as identification.
Birth Certificates (must bear an apostille stamp if not issued by the Civil Registration Service in Ireland)
Original final divorce decrees in respect of all previous divorces if either of you is divorced. Further information will be required if it was a foreign divorce and you will require an approved English translation of the divorce decree
Original dissolutions in respect of all previous civil partnerships if either of you has a civil partnership dissolution
Final decree of nullity and a letter from the relevant court confirming that no appeal was lodged, if either of you was in a civil partnership or marriage that was annulled by an Irish Court
Deceased spouse’s death certificate and previous civil marriage certificate if either of you is widowed
PPS Numbers

You will also have to provide information about the intended marriage such as:
Whether it will be a civil or religious ceremony
The intended date and location of the marriage
Details of the proposed solemniser of the marriage
The names and dates of birth of the two proposed witnesses

You will also have to pay a notification fee of €150.

When you attend the Registrar you will have to make a declaration of no impediment.

The Registrar will issue an acknowledgement to both of you and the proposed solemniser of the marriage confirming the date of receipt of notification. This does not give you permission to marry.

If all the information required has been supplied and there is no impediment to the marriage, the Registrar will issue you with a Marriage Registration Form.

For more information log on to www.citizensinformation.ie

Contact details for your local Registrar are also available from your Local Health Office in the Health Service Executive (HSE).