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Suffolk Registration Service fees

Suffolk Registration Service fees

Fees for marriages, civil partnerships, celebration and renewal of vows ceremonies, including payment methods.

Our offices can accept payment by cash and debit/credit card.

You can enquire about a ceremony online.

We regret we are unable to accept cheques or postal orders.

Local authority rooms Ipswich, Stowmarket, Sudbury, Lowestoft & Woodbridge

	1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026	1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027
Traditional ceremony	£400 Monday - Friday £420 Saturday morning	£410 Monday - Friday £430 Saturday morning
Afternoon ceremony (Saturday & Sunday only)	N/a	£500
Room hire	Included	Included

Local authority rooms Ipswich, Stowmarket, Sudbury, Lowestoft & Woodbridge 1st April 2027 - 31st March 2028

Traditional ceremony	£426 Monday - Thursday £466 Friday & Saturday morning
Afternoon ceremony (Saturday & Sunday only)	£516
Room hire	Included
Notice of Marriage/Civil Partnership	£42 per person (relevant nationals)
Marriage / Civil Partnership certificate	£12.50 per certificate

Local authority room Bury St Edmunds

	1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026	1st April 2026 - 31st March 2027
Traditional ceremony	£430 Monday - Friday £450 Saturday morning	£440 Monday - Friday £460 Saturday morning
Afternoon ceremony

Special circumstances and other fees 1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027 Animal attendance per animal (excluding assistance pets) £40 Completion of passport advance change of name form (PD2)£20£22 Attending a marriage/Civil Partnership at the residence of a housebound£199£199 Attending a marriage/Civil Partnership at the residence of a detained person£219 Attending a marriage on the issue of a Registrar General's Licence (where one of the parties is seriously ill, cannot be moved and is not expected to recover)£18 Attending a marriage at a registered building (typically a church/chapel without their own authorised person)£104 Alteration to a ceremony date/time£50£52

Service	Fee
Taking a standard Notice of marriage/Civil Partnership at your local registration office, where neither party to the proposed marriage is subject to immigration control	£42
Taking a Notice of marriage/Civil Partnership at a designated office, where one or both parties are subject to immigration control	£57
Taking a Notice of marriage at a local registration office for a certificate of no impediment (CONI) for a marriage abroad (British citizens only)	£42
Taking a Notice of Civil Partnership at a local registration office for a certificate of no impediment (CONI) for a Civil Partnership abroad (British citizens only)	£38.50
Attending the residence of a housebound person to take Notice of marriage/Civil Partnership	£57
Attending the residence of a detained person to take Notice of marriage/Civil Partnership	£82
Application for a reduction in the 28 day waiting period	£66
Letter provided by the Registrar General confirming that, on the basis of information provided, no record of a marriage or civil partnership in England and Wales has been found within a 10 year search period	£50 per 10 year search from 1 November 2017
Consideration by a Superintendent Registrar of a divorce/Civil Partnership dissolution obtained outside of the British Isles	£55
Consideration by the Registrar General of a divorce/Civil Partnership dissolution obtained outside of the British Isles	£83

Service	Fee
Issuing a standard certificate of birth, death, marriage or civil partnership, including 2nd class postage	£12.50
Issuing a short certificate of birth, including postage	£12.50
Priority service certificates, if ordered before 3pm we aim to despatch the same working day, subject to postal collections (fee is per certificate ordered)	£38.50
International post or guaranteed next working day delivery	£9
Any certificates issued for still births, deaths for babies, children and young people under the age of 18 years	Free of charge
General Search
A search of the indexes (by appointment only and for no more than 6 concurrent hours)	£20

Service - venue licence for marriages and civil partnerships	Fee
Approval of a venue for marriages and civil partnerships - 3 years licence	£2000
Service - registration of buildings for religious worship, marriage and civil partnership
Certification of a place of meeting for religious worship	£32
Registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages between an opposite sex couple	£136
Registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages of same sex couples (building previously registered for the solemnisation of marriage between an opposite sex couple)	£71
Registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages of same sex couples (building not previously registered for the solemnisation of marriage between an opposite sex couple)	£136
Registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages of an opposite sex couple (building previously registered for the solemnisation of marriage between same sex couples)	£71
Joint application for the registration of a building for the marriage of opposite and same sex couples	£136

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