Dublin civil partnership questions

genfoley

Folks, looking to register our partnership somewhere in dublin, ceremony and a meal in the one venue probably in a hotel or restaurant for about 30 people. Just a few questions for ye that we are unsure of;

1. Do we got to the registry office first and they give us a date or do we go looking at hotels first ?

2. How long is the waiting time for a free date for the registrar to call out to the hotel and perform the ceremony ?

3. What's this 3 month thing ? Does it mean from the day you go in, you HAVE to have the ceremony exactly 3 months later ?

4. If its ages away for a free date, what is the procedure for just registering ourselves as civil partners without the ceremony ?

Hope ye can help Any suggestions for venue would be helpful too :-)

baby and crumble

I'd imagine a lot of the things to note will be being talked about in the weddings & civil partnerships forum. But I'd recommend going into the reg office, because a lot of them are highly booked, I know for a civil marriage my brother didn't have a huge choice. They only work Mon-Fri as far as I know. No point booking a hotel & putting down a deposit only to find out the dates wrong!

Congrats!

Annasopra

Ok

Q1 try the registry office first

Q2 I don't honestly know because my understanding is that different offices have different waiting times - I suggest contacting several registry offices

Q3 no I think it just means you have to give a minimum 3 months notice

Q4 Not sure - I suggest maybe contact GLEN or GRO and ask them

atgate

genfoley wrote: »

1. Do we got to the registry office first and they give us a date or do we go looking at hotels first ?

Agree with Johnnymcg, make your appointment with the registrar to notify and you can discuss the date and venue with them.

2. How long is the waiting time for a free date for the registrar to call out to the hotel and perform the ceremony ?

Haven't got clue.

3. What's this 3 month thing ? Does it mean from the day you go in, you HAVE to have the ceremony exactly 3 months later ?

You must give a minimum of 3 months notice. You're supposed to agree a date but you can change that date BUT as far as I know after the 3 months notice period has passed you're notification is valid for a further 6 months only - after that you need to re-notify.

4. If its ages away for a free date, what is the procedure for just registering ourselves as civil partners without the ceremony?

I don't think this is possible. As far as I can tell it has to be done by a registrar. If one of you has a UK passport you could probably do a UK one at the embassy and it would be automatically recognised here.

Also, if there is a serious reason why you can't wait 3 months (serious illness etc.) you can make a petition to a court to compress the process. I think 5 days notice is still needed.

Hope ye can help Any suggestions for venue would be helpful too :-)

I'll let you know when I pick one

Some good info on the General Registrar's Website including a pdf info leaflet on CP

:-)

mranthrope

1. Contact registrar in Joyce House -make an appointment to do your notification. You'll need passports, pps numbers, proof that any previous marriages/partnerships are dissolved or are dead on the day of your notification appointment. You are also asked for details of your witnesses. They will ask you if you have a venue and date [depending on the latter you will be prioritised]. The venue must be public. The venue should be able to tell you if they are already approved. Otherwise, you can use the registrar's own venue.

2. They have a place beside Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital [Lwr Grand Canal Street], where they perform the ceremony [unless you pick somewhere else]. It is small but has comfortable seating etc. Joyce house can tell you when there is a slot available for a ceremony, and you can book it on the spot.

3. The whole process can take as little as 3 weeks, if you get an exemption from the court. But this depends on availability of appointments.

4 To get court exmption contact the Circuit Family Court for an appointment. You must have a specific date for the ceremony to get an exemption! The exemption is for that day only! Once you get the date for the court arrange an appointment with Joyce house to go back there once you get your exemption . You will need to get a letter from the court for joyce house. The law requires for an exemption that : 1. There is a good cause [such as illness - they say you must state your reasons, but I'd take some evidence, such as doctors letter, just in case]; 2. Both parties must benefit. We found the process trivial.

5. At joyce house they will tell you what is allowed and what must happen in the ceremony. You have 6 months from the notification period to complete the ceremony.

6. On the day of the ceremony your witnesses need to bring ID's. You're witnesses can be changed until 15mins before the event. You will be asked to if you are still free to get hitched. You then do the ceremony.