Civil ceremony Solemniser?

Zipppy

Hi
Mad question.
When arranging a civil ceremony which will take place at registry office how do you arrange the Solemniser?
I see on check list for meeting with registrar to give notice of intention to marry that you must give date, location and name of Solemniser...amongst other stuff.
Do you have to contact one off a list yourself or can registry office arrange one?
Also how can you ensure date you require in registry office is free?

Atomic Pineapple

I believe they just appoint you one at the meeting if you are having a civil ceremony with a HSE solemniser.

love_love

I might piggyback on this thread if you don't mind!

https://hse.ie/eng/services/list/1/bdm/marriagesinireland/notificationrequirements.html

I note that this is called "Three Month Notification of Intention to Marry". Is it possible to get this way in advance, without having a solid date for the actual marriage? We don't plan on marrying until 2019, but would do it tomorrow if some important family members fell ill. Is it possible for us to have this in our back pocket in case such a circumstance arose?

Peregrinus

I don't think you have to have a solid date in order to give notification of intention to marry. You may need a suggested or intended date, but you're not committed to it.

However, when you give them notification what you get in return is a marriage registration form, which you will have to give to the celebrant who will marry you. That's only valid for six months. If you don't get married within the six months, you have to give a fresh notification to get a new MRF. The net effect is that you need to have given notification of intention to marry at least three months, but not more than six months, before you actually marry. If you want to keep the option open indefinitely you have to renew your notification of intention every few months (and I think it costs EUR 200 a pop).

You can get married without a three-month notification if you get a Circuit Court order allowing this. You need to have "serious reasons", but the grave illness of a close family member would be considered serious (e.g. if they were not expected to survive until 2019). There's no fee and the application can be dealt with informally, and in private.

Faith

Peregrinus wrote: »

The net effect is that you need to have given notification of intention to marry at least three months, but not more than six months, before you actually marry.

You're mostly right, apart from this sentence. You can give your notification of intent to marry at ANY point, but at that meeting, you'll be asked for the date of your wedding. If THAT date changes by more than six months, then you need a new marriage registration form.

love_love

I'm glad I asked, thanks so much to you both!

jellybear

Faith wrote: »

You're mostly right, apart from this sentence. You can give your notification of intent to marry at ANY point, but at that meeting, you'll be asked for the date of your wedding. If THAT date changes by more than six months, then you need a new marriage registration form.

Thats exactly it. Meant to post this last night and got distracted! It's a big misunderstanding people have re the 6 months....you must get married withing six months of the date you give as the wedding date.

Zipppy

Anyone any idea how long for it takes to get meeting with registrar to serve 3 months notice?

jellybear

Zipppy wrote: »

Anyone any idea how long for it takes to get meeting with registrar to serve 3 months notice?

You can book it here
http://www.crsappointments.ie/CeremonyPlanner.Ireland/Process/Marriage/Checklist.aspx and they'll give you dates to choose from.

When we booked ours there was plenty of availability (we registered in Dublin last August).

Zipppy

jellybear wrote:

You can book it here

You can't book online for Dublin weddings...
Thanks though..I'll ring up tomorrow..