What documents are required
When submitting marriage notice forms to the Registrar, each of you must supply the following:
- birth certificate
- passport
- proof of current/usual residence, such as utility bill (not older than three months), bank/building society statement (not older than one month), most recent council tax bill, valid UK driving licence (additional evidence of proof of address may be required by the Registrar or the National Records of Scotland, subject to the circumstances)
- a decree of divorce, dissolution or annulment, if the person giving notice has previously been married or in a registered civil partnership and the marriage or civil partnership has been dissolved. A decree of divorce granted out with Scotland must be absolute or final, a decree nisi is not acceptable
- if you are a widow or widower, the death certificate of your previous spouse
- if your domicile is abroad, a certificate of no impediment issued by the competent authority to the effect that you are free to marry
- if any of these documents is in a language other than English, a certified translation in English must also be provided
- if you are a non-UK national further documentation will need to be completed, you also need to download and complete a Declaration of Status by non-UK nationals form (PDF, 130kb)
Registration enquiry
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