Civil Registrations Office

conf101

Just a quick question about registering your intent to marry.

Do you have to register with the local office where you'll be getting married? We live in Dublin but are getting married in Wexford. I assume we can still register with the office in Dublin, yeah?

January

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/birth_family_relationships/getting_married/registration_of_marriage.html

Think you have to register in the district you intend to marry. Especially if you are having a civil ceremony because the registrars will not travel out of district.

lollpop

It depends on the type of wedding you are having.
If for example, you're having a catholic ceremony and being married by a priest then you can register your intent anywhere.

If however you are being married by a HSE solemniser then you need to register your intent in the area you are getting married in.

conf101

lollpop wrote: »

It depends on the type of wedding you are having.
If for example, you're having a catholic ceremony and being married by a priest then you can register your intent anywhere.

If however you are being married by a HSE solemniser then you need to register your intent in the area you are getting married in.

Thanks. We're having a humanist ceremony so I'd imagine it's the same as for a catholic one.

Peregrinus

lollpop wrote: »

It depends on the type of wedding you are having.
If for example, you're having a catholic ceremony and being married by a priest then you can register your intent anywhere.

If however you are being married by a HSE solemniser then you need to register your intent in the area you are getting married in.

This is not quite right.

Regardless of whether you are getting married by a registrar, or in a religious or secular ceremony, you can give notice of your intention to marry to the registrar in any district.

However, if you do intend to be married by a registrar, you will have to deal with the district in which you intend to marry to arrange that.

You are quite free to deal separately with notifying your intention to marry, and arranging the actual marriage. But obviously its usually going to be more convenient to deal with them together, so you will probably notify your intention to marry in the same district as you actually arrange your marriage. But you don't have to.

LisaLee

We had a Spiritualist wedding ceremony. Notified the state in Dublin and got married in Kildare. We were told by the registrar that it didn't matter where we submitted our 'Intent to Marry' paperwork as long as it was at least three months before the intended wedding date.

If in doubt, give your local office a ring to put your mind at ease: http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/1/bdm/contactus/

conf101

Thanks guys. Wil be contacting our local office in Dublin next week anyway, just wanted to check it out in advance.

Jellyjelly

Hey

You can book it online at www.crsappointments.ie

J

conf101

Jellyjelly wrote: »

Hey

You can book it online at www.crsappointments.ie

J

Brilliant. Didn't know that, thanks!

homemadecider

Jellyjelly wrote: »

Hey

You can book it online at www.crsappointments.ie

J

Does the booking system on that website actually work? I'm just getting "Apologies, no time slots available" when clicking on a huge range of dates over the next 2 years. A system glitch or is the registry office really that busy?!

Moonbeam

They are crazy busy in DUblin so best ringing them:)

Jellyjelly

Hey

If you want a ceremony in the reg office or an off site ceremony that is conducted by a HSE registrar you need to phone the office, everyone else can just book their appointment online

J

grainuaile

U need to use firefox or chrome for that online booking thing to work, for whatever reason if you use IE you just keep getting errors.
If the registrar isn't marrying you herself you can do your notification in Dublin and they'll just pass it on, so don't leave it too close to the 3 month deadline even if you were getting married by the registrar, all you'd need to do is ring her in wexford and make sure she has your date available and books you in provisionally but still have the actual appointment in dublin