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  • 17-08-2016 11:24am
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    Greenduck
    Registered Users Posts: 303 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    We are getting married abroad next September. To make life easier (or so I thought) I am trying to arrange a civil ceremony in a registry office here before we go.

    I am trying to book a ceremony date today but the website they say to use isnt showing ANY available dates for Dublin for the next 4 years!! I presume this is an error but when I ring their number I keep getting cut off with a message saying ' this mailbox does not exist!' I have no time to call to them so am a bit stuck on what to next. I need the ceremony date before I can organise the notification process.

    Has anyone done this recently or have an email address I could use to contact them? Feeling very frustrated right now!!! :o


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    Rhyme
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 8,561 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rhyme


    That website is broken and the answer machine message is out of date.

    The phone number is 01 863 8200 (ring between 9:30am and 4:30pm). They're usually pretty busy so you might have to hold on but once they pick up they'll either put you through to a person or take your details and call you back pretty soon afterwards.

    They'll do a pre-booking run through with you for details (names, dates etc) and then arrange a meeting (they'll email you with details afterwards and a check list of things to bring to the meeting).


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    aceygray
    Registered Users Posts: 168 ✭✭aceygray


    Greenduck wrote: »
    Hi all,

    We are getting married abroad next September. To make life easier (or so I thought) I am trying to arrange a civil ceremony in a registry office here before we go.

    When you say next September, do you mean September 2017? Because it's too late to book for September 2016, you have to give 3 month's notice.

    Would you consider going to a different office? I also had trouble getting through to the Dublin office, but I got through to Bray no problem. You can get a full list of registrar's offices here:

    http://www.civilregistrationservice.ie/

    (Some of them only perform ceremony's on certain days of the week).

    Best of luck!


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    Greenduck
    Registered Users Posts: 303 ✭✭Greenduck


    I managed to get an email off a friend who has just had one so I emailed them and they got back to me straight away! All booked for next September :)

    Thanks all!:D


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    lazygal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,644 ✭✭✭✭lazygal


    Greenduck wrote: »
    I managed to get an email off a friend who has just had one so I emailed them and they got back to me straight away! All booked for next September :)

    Thanks all!:D
    Don't be a stranger OP. This forum is amazing, even for those of us long married.


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