OK so it's £67 from the registry office to be 'allowed' to marry. We don't have passports yet (biG pain in the bum) and so we need FULL birth certificates and driving licenses to prove who we are and our nationality. I didn't have a full birth certificate, so I had to go buy one of those from the registry office of my town of birth, that cost £9, which isn't much at all I know, but VERY annoying considering I'll have a passport in just over a month!! (ONLY A PASSPORT or FULL BIRTH CERTIFICATE IS PROOF OF NATIONALITY APPARENTLY) But my little moan about the whole thing, is that when I went and got my birth certificate, I didn't have to give proof of ID, I just filled out a basic form of who's birth certificate I wanted (mine-obviously) and then they printed one off and charged me £9 for the privilege, sone there and then in about 5mins.
It just seems ironic that they need to validate something but obtaining validation is so easy and I know I have to show my driving license too but if someone had a fake license, they could easily obtain a matching birth certificate without any problem whatsoever. Ah well, moan over LOL
OK so we have been a nd done the notice to marry thingymabob, only took about 20mins, C had to answer some questions alone whilst I waited outside and vice versa, was fun watching our children use the lines of chairs in the waiting area as tunnels haha GET MARRIED BEFORE HAVING CHILDREN, that's my tip !! lol
ReplyDeleteWe were also informed that our children's birth certificates will need updating once we are married, there's no time limit and it's free but it will need doing.
This has been given to Father Mc now and so the paperwork side on our part to now is all done.
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