Information Request Form/Date Notice of Intended Marriage Form

MARRIAGE LICENSE LAWS

NOTICE OF INTENDED MARRIAGE

Please download the Notice here (You neeed an Adobe PDF viewer, if you don't have one already.) or obtain from the Registry General's Office, 30 Parliament Street, Hamilton HM 12 Bermuda (441) 297-7739 or from a Bermuda Department of Tourism office near you (New York, Boston, Atlanta, London and Toronto).

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Notice of Intended
Marriage Form

FEES

Complete and sign the Notice where required and airmail to The Bridal Suite for filing. Return the Notice with a US dollar bank cashiers check/draft, international money order payable to the Accountant General, Bermuda in the amount of US$267 ($243 filing of Notice, $24 Marriage Certificate). PERSONAL CHECKS ARE NOT ACCEPTED. The cost of additional certificates are $39 each or $24 if the registration number is provided after the wedding. You can also pay for the filing fees by credit card (Visa, MC, AMX) and we will pay the Registry office by Bermuda dollar check. A 5% surcharge is added if using a credit card.

DIVORCED PERSONS If you are divorced, enclose a photocopy of your final divorce decree with your Notice and filing fees.

PUBLISHING OF NOTICE/WAITING PERIOD

Once The Bridal Suite files your Notice and filing fees with the Registry Office, The Registry publishes the Notice in two newspapers. Provided there is no objection, your license will be issued on the 15th working day after the filing. The Bridal Suite then delivers your license to your minister. Your license is valid for three (3) months from the date of issue.

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS

None required.

BLOOD TESTS

None required.

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

The required document you sign after your ceremony is returned to the Registry Office where your official Marriage Certificate with a raised seal is prepared (time frame for receipt - approximately 4-6 weeks after wedding). The Bridal Suite will airmail your Marriage Certificate to you upon completion. YOUR MARRIAGE IS LEGAL WORLDWIDE. You are marrying within the jurisdiction under the laws of Bermuda.

WITNESSES

Two witnesses 18 years of age or over are required to sign your license. The Bridal Suite will provide, if necessary.

LEGAL AGE FOR MARRYING

If you are under 18 years of age, written notarized consent to marry must be obtained by both parents or the surviving parent or legal guardian. See signature area at the bottom of the Notice of Intended Marriage form.

IDENTIFICATION/ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Passports are required with a return ticket. Check with your travel agent to be sure you have the correct identification.

RELIGIOUS/CIVIL CEREMONIES

Civil ceremonies performed only by the Registrar or Assistant Registrar in the Registry room (Registrar General's office, 30 Parliament Street, Hamilton HM 12 Bermuda 441 297-7739)
There are no Justices of the Peace in Bermuda
Christian/Jewish/ceremonies performed either in church or outdoors. (Our ministers are adept at providing lovely ceremonies to suit the religious or non-religious backgrounds of each person.)
Catholic ceremonies - Stringent rules must be adhered to when wishing to marry in the Catholic Church. Divorced persons cannot marry in the Catholic Church. Please view their website for further information at www.dobcc.bm. The cost in US dollars for a Catholic Church ceremony is: Church $750, stipend for the priest $150 plus $500 + for the Diocese. Catholic priests do not perform outdoor ceremonies, only marriages within the Catholic Church.
Jewish ceremony - There is no resident rabbi in Bermuda.

If wishing to bring your own rabbi, priest or minister to Bermuda to perform your ceremony, approval must be obtained from two sources: the Department of Immigration (441) 297-7940 and from the Registry General's office (441) 297-7739 where your clergy must complete a Marriage Officer License application form.

Please send by Fedex courier the Notice and filing fees and final divorce decrees, if applicable, for filing to:

Bermuda Registry Office Government Administration Building 30 Parliament St. 2nd floor Hamilton HM 12 441 297-7709

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