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You must give a notice of marriage at least 29 days before the ceremony date and no more than 12 months in advance. Standard notice appointments in Wolverhampton are currently available on Tuesdays only. You can check availability and book an appointment.
We are currently booking appointments approximately 4 months in advance. If you have scheduled your ceremony before there is availability, please contact us on 01902 555777.
The introduction of the marriage schedule system
The Marriages, Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Act 2019
The Act will modernise how marriages are registered for the first time since 1837.
This is by moving away from a paper marriage register to an electronic one. The new electronic register will be:
- more secure
- more efficient
- easier to administer and update
The register will also include the mothers' names on the marriage entry and marriage certificates. Before, you could only include the fathers' name.
What will change?
Ceremonies at Our Venues and Approved Marriage and Civil Partnership Venues
- On the day of the ceremony, couples will not sign a marriage register. Instead, you will sign a marriage schedule which is an A4 document.
- Couples can include up to 4 parents in the schedule and their marriage certificate. I.e. Mother, Father, Stepmother and Stepfather.
- Couples will not receive marriage certificates on the day of the marriage. The Registration office will process and post out the certificate to the couple. They will do this within a specified timescale
Marriages in Religious Buildings (not Church of England)
- On the day of the ceremony, couples will not sign a marriage register. Instead, you will sign a marriage schedule which is an A4 document.
- Couples can include up to 4 parents in the schedule and their marriage certificate. I.e. Mother, Father, Stepmother and Stepfather.
- Couples will not receive marriage certificates on the day of the marriage.
- If you have already collected your Certificates for Marriage, you must arrange to collect the marriage schedule for your ceremony to take place. You can contact the Registration Team on 01902 555777 to make this arrangement.
- You must return the signed schedule to the Register Office in the District where you get married. You must do this must within 21 days. We will send out a form with the schedule for the ceremony for couples to complete. This includes contact information and the number of certificates you need. Certificates are £11 each when purchased straight after registration.
Church of England Marriages
- On the day of the ceremony, couples will not sign a marriage register. Instead, you will sign a marriage schedule which is an A4 document.
- Couples can include up to 4 parents in the schedule and their marriage certificate. I.e. Mother, Father, Stepmother and Stepfather.
- Couples will not receive marriage certificates on the day of the marriage.
- You must return the signed schedule to the Register Office in the District where you get married. You must do this must within 21 days. We will send out a form with the schedule for the ceremony for couples to complete. This includes contact information and the number of certificates you need. Certificates are £11 each when purchased straight after registration.