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Register office fees
Please use the links below to find the relevant fees for our services. These fees are effective 1st April 2019. If you have any queries about these fees, please also read our terms and conditions of service.
Registration of a Birth or Death
There are no fees to register a birth, death or still-birth. However, certificates of births deaths and marriages cost £11 per certificate at the time of the registration.
Register office ceremony fees
This could be a marriage, civil partnership or naming ceremony. If you're planning a marriage or civil, please check the other fees that will also apply.
Booking fee
To hold a provisional ceremony booking, you must pay a non-refundable deposit of £75.This payment can be used towards the full payment for your ceremony.
If you are booking a ceremony that is less than 12 weeks away, you must make the full payment for the ceremony to hold the date.
Ceremony fees
All ceremony fees include one copy of your marriage certificate.
The Vestry
| Tuesday -Thursday | Friday | Saturday morning | Saturday afternoon | Sunday | Bank holidays |
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| £190 |
£250 |
£250 |
£400 |
£600 |
£600 |
The Vestry accommodates 50 people. However, the room has a partition, which can be removed to increase capacity to 120. This incurs an additional £120 fee.
The Register Office - for weddings with the couple and two witnesses only.
| Wednesdays only |
£60 non-refundable
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Cancellation or amendment to a ceremony
To cancel a provisional or confirmed ceremony booking, you must give us a minimum of 12 weeks’ notice. If you give us less notice, no refund will be given. We will retain £75 on any eligible refunds.
You may request to change the date, time or venue of your ceremony after your booking has been accepted. The acceptance of any such request is subject to a £66 amendment fee. If your new ceremony date is less than 12 weeks away, you may be asked to pay for the full cost of the ceremony and an amendment fee. All details that are changed at the same time are only subject to one amendment fee. You will need to pay another amendment fee for any further changes you make.
Getting married in a venue in Tower Hamlets
Booking fee
To hold a provisional ceremony booking, you must pay a non-refundable deposit of £75.This payment can be used towards the full payment for your ceremony.
If you are booking a ceremony that is less than 12 weeks away, you must make the full payment for the ceremony to hold the date.
Fees for the attendance of a Registrar
| | Monday - Thursday | Friday-Saturday | Sunday and bank holidays |
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| 10am - 4.30pm |
£550 |
£580 |
£700 |
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| 5pm - 7.30pm |
£600 |
£620 |
£1,000 |
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| 8 - 10pm |
£850 |
£900 |
£1,200
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| If you'd like to get married on Christmas day or New Year's Eve, or Easter, the fee will be £1,100 before 5pm and £2,200 from 5-10pm. |
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These rates are subject to the same cancellation fees as register office ceremonies.
If a person is housebound or detained, there is a charge of £84 for a registrar to attend a registered building or residence where the marriage is taking place.
Licensing Fees
Licensing Fees
| Licence fee for approved venue status (marriages and civil partnerships). Once granted, approvals are valid for three years subject to compliance with terms and conditions |
1 area: £1404.00
2- 4 rooms : £2052.00
5 + rooms; £3063.00
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| Fee for public notice in connection with ceremonies licence application |
£300 |
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Giving notice
Most couples will need to give notice to the register office.
| Type of notice | Fee |
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Notice of marriage or civil partnership (per person)
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£35
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Notice of marriage or civil partnership where both or one of the parties to the marriage is subject to immigration control (per person)
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£47
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Registrar to take notice of housebound or detained person outside of register office.
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£49
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Consideration of a divorce when giving notice
These fees will only apply if you are required to seek consideration of divorce document when giving notice of intention to marry.
| Type of service | Fee |
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Consideration by the Superintendent Registrar of a divorce/civil partnership dissolution obtained outside of the British Isles
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£50
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Consideration by the Registrar General of a divorce/civil partnership dissolution obtained outside of the British Isles
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£75
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Changes to existing certificates
| Type of certificate | Fee |
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Civil partnership conversion to marriage
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£45
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Marriage certificate following civil partnership conversion
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£11
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| Forename added to birth certificate within 12 months of birth registration |
£40 |
| Consideration by Registrar / Superintendent Registrar of a correction application |
£75 |
| Consideration by the Registrar General of a correction application |
£90 |
Copies of existing certificates
£35 -Priority next day service (or 1st class post)
£11 - Collect after five working days (or 2nd class post)
£10 - International postage to be paid on top of either of the above fees.
Find out what else you need to know about ordering copies of certificates.
Immigration and citizenship services
The fees below are payable at the time of booking. They are refundable only if you request the cancellation 2 working days before your scheduled booking.
| | Fee |
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| Private Citizenship Ceremony |
£144 (per person) |
| EU Settlement Scheme (ID verification) |
£14 (per person)
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