Ireland - Registering your Marriage

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Procedure

To obtain a copy of your marriage certificate you should contact any Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths, specifying the exact date and place of the marriage and the names of the bride and groom.

In Person

• Complete the application form and present at public counter.

By Post

• Complete the application form and send to

Civil Registration Office,

Office of the Registrar General,

Government Offices,

Convent Road,

Roscommon,

Co. Roscommon,

Ireland.

By Fax Complete the application form and fax to +353 906632999.

Online You can apply online by following the link http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Find_a_Service/bdm/Certificates_ie/

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Required Documents

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1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.

Office Locations & Contacts

General Register Office

Government Offices

Convent Road

Roscommon

Ireland

Tel:+353 90 663 2900

Locall:1890 25 20 76

Fax:+353 90 663 2999

Homepage: http://www.groireland.ie/

Eligibility

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Fees

There is no fee charged for the registration of a marriage, or for the correction of errors on a marriage certificate. Fees are charged for copies of certificates.

A certificate is issued for social welfare purposes at a reduced cost. Evidence it is for social welfare purposes is required, such as a note from the Department of Social Protection.

The fees charged for a certificate are as follows:

• 10 for a full standard certificate (8 per extra copy)
• 1 for a full, short copy (for social welfare purposes)
• 6 for an uncertified copy of an entry in the Register (4 per extra copy)
• 20 for a full, authenticated copy of a birth certificate (only available from the General Register Office)

Validity

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Instructions

• If you are getting married by civil ceremony in a Registry Office or other approved place, you should approach the Registrar of Civil Marriages for the district in which you intend to marry for information on how to proceed. If you are getting married by religious ceremony, you should approach the authorities of the religious denomination concerned for advice on how to proceed.
• 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 their marriage. The notification can be given to any Registrar.
• If there is no impediment to your marriage, the Registrar will issue you with a Marriage Registration Form (MRF) which gives you permission to marry.
• You should give the MRF to whomever will be solemnising your marriage before the marriage ceremony. Immediately after the marriage ceremony the MRF should be signed by you and your spouse, the two witnesses and the person solemnising the marriage.

Registration

• If you get married by civil ceremony, the Registrar who solemnised the marriage will register the marriage with the information on the MRF as soon as possible after the ceremony. If you get married by religious ceremony, you should give the MRF within one month to a Registrar, for the marriage to be registered. It does not have to be returned to the Registrar who issued it.
• Under Section 50 of the Civil Registration Act 2004, if the completed MRF is not returned to a Registrar within 56 days of the intended date of marriage recorded on the MRF, the Registrar can serve a notice on you requiring you to return the MRF within 14 days of receiving the notice. If you do not comply with this requirement, the Registrar can serve a notice on you requiring you to attend on a particular date at the office of the Registrar (or other place given in the notice) with the completed MRF. If you are unable to give the MRF to the Registrar when you meet, you have a further 14 days to give it.
• You cannot get your civil marriage certificate until the marriage is registered.

Registration of marriages outside Ireland

• Marriages of Irish citizens abroad are registered in the country where they occur. The General Register Office (central civil repository for records relating to births, deaths and marriages in Ireland) has no function in the registration of marriages of Irish citizen(s) that take place abroad, or in advising on such marriages. Marriages that take place outside the State are not normally registered in Ireland, except in very specific circumstances laid down in Section 2 of the Marriages Act 1972. This means only marriages consisting solely of a religious ceremony, conducted in the dpartement of Hautes Pyrnes, France before 1973 between couples where both or either partner was an Irish citizen on the day of the marriage had to be registered in Ireland. All other marriages that take place abroad do not need to be registered in Ireland.
• Your foreign marriage certificate will usually be accepted for official purposes in Ireland where you need to show evidence that you are married. If the certificate is in a foreign language, you must provide an official translation or a translation from a recognised translation agency.

Required Information

Details of person applying for the certificate

• Applicants forename and surname
• Full postal address
• Telephone

Details of person whose marriage certificate is requested

• 1st and 2nd party surname and forename
• PPS number (if known)
• Date of Marriage
• Place of Marriage and denomination (if any)

Need for the Document

Since 5 November 2007, following the commencement of Part 6 of the Civil Registration Act 2004, the registration procedure for marriage is the same whether you are marrying in a Registry Office or by religious ceremony.

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External Links

Public service Information Registration of marriage http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/birth_family_relationships/getting_married/registration_of_marriage.html

Part 6 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2004/en/act/pub/0003/sec0045.html

Getting married by religious ceremony http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/birth_family_relationships/getting_married/religious_marriage_ceremonies.html

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