Registry Office

etymon

Want to give registry office notice for a date next June 2016 hopefully.
After a lot of messing about online and downloading other browsers etc we finally have an appointment to go and get a date/give notice to civil registrar in Dublin.
They want us to bring documents including name of solemniser… there is a long list of people provided.
We want to just get hitched in the registry office in Grand Canal St. Do they not provide someone to do the service or do we have to secure someone ourselves over the next couple of weeks?
So much for organisation-free wedding

PhoenixParker

You only need the name of the solemniser if you're not using the registrars.
They'll fill it in for you on they day. It can be adjusted on the day of the wedding anyway, so it's a detail that doesn't matter much.

If you're getting married in the registry office than you should book two appointments with them.

One for the wedding date itself, which is for a wedding ceremony in the registry office.

One for the appointment to give notice. That should be at least three months before your date and usually not more than nine months* before your date.
Appointments to give notice are reasonably quick and easy to get. The ceremonies are more difficult if you're tied to a specific day.

*I need to double check that, but I think it's right. Your notice has to be three months in advance and is valid for six months from the date they put on it.

etymon

Hey, yeah, we have the appointment made but it would be for a date just over a year in advance. Hmmm. Sure we'll go along and see what they say.. Thanks for advice!

lolly28

etymon wrote:

Hey, yeah, we have the appointment made but it would be for a date just over a year in advance. Hmmm. Sure we'll go along and see what they say.. Thanks for advice!

I would check first. You have to pay €200 when registering your intent. You don't want it to be money down the drain when they still charge you and tell you your too early

etymon

Yeah course I will. I only really want to book the date in the Dublin Reg Office at the moment.
The only thing mentioned online is the minimum three months' notice and I emailed the CRS asking re: June next year and they advised me to make the appointment so no harm going along and sussing it all out.

EDIT: Found what you are referring to… if you don't get married on the date you plan, you can use your notice form for any date up to six months thereafter - see end of 1.4 here

freckles1234

We would like to get married early next year in a registry office and want to keep our ceremony completely private, therefore not to tell our family that we will be tying the knot until the deed is done. Would the registery office be able to provide two witnesses for us, even if we have to pay them ? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Wheety

freckles1234 wrote: »

We would like to get married early next year in a registry office and want to keep our ceremony completely private, therefore not to tell our family that we will be tying the knot until the deed is done. Would the registery office be able to provide two witnesses for us, even if we have to pay them ? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

You'll have to get witnesses yourself but when I was there in December, they said that people often go into the pub next door and get 2 people in there. Just throw them the price of a couple of pints and they'll be happy to. The security guard sometimes signs too but there's normally only one on.

freckles1234

Great, thanks for the information

freckles1234

Thanks for the information

Pretzill

freckles1234 wrote: »

Thanks for the information

We are hoping to do the same freckles - but when I rang up the registry office to get an appointment they said we'd need the names and age of our witnesses for the first appointment up to 3 months before- I was hoping to just grab two passersby on the day - When I asked could they provide two the lady who answered the phone said no -

In a bit of a pickle now because once we choose two witnesses everyone will know -

baby and crumble

Pretzill wrote: »

In a bit of a pickle now because once we choose two witnesses everyone will know -

Could you choose someone you know but that isn't connected with the rest of your "Life"? Like maybe someone from work? No-one I work with would have anything to do with my friends and family, might be an easy way to keep it separate?

Pretzill

baby and crumble wrote: »

Could you choose someone you know but that isn't connected with the rest of your "Life"? Like maybe someone from work? No-one I work with would have anything to do with my friends and family, might be an easy way to keep it separate?

That would be a great idea babyandcrumble only I work for myself lol - also complicating matters is most family and friends that are closest to us live a distance away so organising two people is difficult. It's a mixture of just wanting to make it official (really for all the boring, unromantic reasons) and trying to avoid the costs involved in even a small wedding day.

stargazer 68

Pretzill wrote: »

In a bit of a pickle now because once we choose two witnesses everyone will know -

They will only know if you tell them. There is a space on the form to change your witnesses and that is done by the registrar on the day AFAIK. So maybe you can give 2 names etc and then get someone else on the day?

ash23

Pretzill wrote: »

That would be a great idea babyandcrumble only I work for myself lol - also complicating matters is most family and friends that are closest to us live a distance away so organising two people is difficult. It's a mixture of just wanting to make it official (really for all the boring, unromantic reasons) and trying to avoid the costs involved in even a small wedding day.

There was another thread on here where someone asked for two boardsies to be their witnesses. Worked for them. Pop up a post and ask if anyone is available to do it for you. Should be a few volunteers who would be happy to help.

Neyite

ash23 wrote: »

There was another thread on here where someone asked for two boardsies to be their witnesses. Worked for them. Pop up a post and ask if anyone is available to do it for you. Should be a few volunteers who would be happy to help.

I was just about to suggest this. I see it often on another forum I'm on and it's always worked out well.

Millem

Name anyone you want they won't contact them anyway
You can change your witnesses on the day

Wheety

You can name 2 people now but change it on the day. The 2 people you name now won't be contacted by the registry office so you can name any 2 people. Even make it up. But you will need 2 people on the day in any case.

Exactly what Millem just said :-D

Junadl

We are having the same dilemma. We were thinking of going to the North to get married asap for the boring reasons. Then have a planned Humanist ceremony on the da beach when we can afford the outfits etc