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.

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

	1 April 2026 - 31 March 2027	1April 2027 - 31 March 2028
Marriage and Civil Partnership Ceremony	£410 Monday - Friday £430 Saturday morning £500 Saturday afternoon from 1pm and Sunday	£426 Monday - Thursday £466 Friday and Saturday morning £516 Saturday afternoon from 1pm and Sunday
Room hire	No extra fee	No extra fee
Notice of Marriage/Civil Partnership	£46.50 per person (relevant nationals)	£46.50 per person (relevant nationals)
Marriage / Civil Partnership certificate	£12.50 per certificate	£12.50 per certificate

	1 April 2026 - 31 March 2027	1 April 2027 - 31 March 2028
	£440 Monday - Friday	£456 Monday - Thursday
Marriage and Civil Partnership Ceremony	£460 Saturday morning	£496 Friday & Saturday morning
	£530 Saturday afternoon from 1pm and Sunday	£546 Saturday afternoon from 1pm and Sunday

1 April 2026 - 31 March 2027	1 April 2027 - 31 March 2028
£656 Monday - Friday	£688 Monday - Thursday
£690 Saturday	£728 Friday & Saturday
£770 Sunday, Bank Holiday & all days after 5pm	£778 Sunday, Bank Holiday & all days after 5pm

A legal ceremony at a local authority room followed by a ceremony at a location of your choice

1 April 2026 - 31 March 2027

1 April 2027 - 31 March 2028

£830 Mon-Friday

£936 Saturday

£1036 Sunday/BH

£774/£880/£980 of this fee includes VAT - £56 of this fee excludes VAT

£862 Mon-Friday

£972 Saturday

£1,074 Sunday/BH

1 April 2026 -

31 March 2027

1 April 2027 -

31 March 2028

Monday – Friday

In small ceremony room

From £200 per person

£200 per person

	1 April 2026 - 31 March 2027	1 April 2027 - 31 March 2028
Alteration to a ceremony date and/or time	£52	£54
Completion of passport advance change of name form (PD2)	£22	£24
Attending a marriage at the residence of a housebound person	£219.50	£219.50
Attending a Civil Partnership at the residence of a housebound person	£108	£108
Attending a marriage at the residence of a detained person	£241.50	£241.50
Attending a Civil Partnership at the residence of a detained person	£117	£117
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)	£20	£20
Attending a marriage at a registered building (a church/chapel without their own authorised person)	£114.50	£114.50
Registrar attending a statutory marriage or Civil Partnership formation at a Register Office	£62	£62

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	£46.50
Taking a Notice of marriage/Civil Partnership at a designated office, where one or both parties are subject to immigration control	£63
Taking a Notice of marriage at a local registration office for a certificate of no impediment (CONI) for a marriage or Civil Partnership abroad (British citizens only)	£46.50
Attendance of superintendent registrar other than at that superintendent registrar’s office for purpose of being given notice of marriage or Civil Partnership of a house-bound person	£63
Attendance of superintendent registrar other than at that superintendent registrar’s office for purpose of being given notice of marriage or Civil Partnership of a detained person	£90.50
Application to reduce the waiting period	£73
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	£35.50
Application for registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages between a man and a woman where the building is already registered under section 43A of the Marriage Act 1949	£78.50
Application for registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages between a man and a woman where the building is not already registered under section 43A of the Marriage Act 1949	£150
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 under Section 41 of the Marriage Act 1949)	£78.50
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 under Section 41 of the Marriage Act 1949)	£150
Joint application for the registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages between a man and a woman and of same sex couples	£150

Privacy notice

Service	Fee
Forename amended within 12 months of birth registration	£44
Consideration by Registrar / Superintendent Registrar of a correction application	£83
Consideration by the Registrar General of a correction application	£99