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 & Sunday	£426 Monday - Thursday £466 Friday & Saturday morning £516 Saturday afternoon from 1pm & Sunday
Room hire	No extra fee	No extra fee
Notice of Marriage/Civil Partnership	£42 per person (relevant nationals)	£42 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 & Sunday	£546 Saturday afternoon from 1pm & Sunday

Approved Venue Weddings & Civil Partnerships 1 April 2026 - 31 March 2028

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

Celebration Ceremony 1 April 2026 - 31 March 2028

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

Private citizenship ceremonies

1 April 2026 -

31 March 2027

1 April 2027 -

31 March 2028

Monday – Friday

In small ceremony room

£200 per person

£208 per person

Special circumstances & other fees

	1 April 2026 - 31 March 2027	1 April 2027 - 31 March 2028
Alteration to a ceremony date and/or time	£52	£54
Animal attendance (excluding assistance pets)	£40 per animal	£40 per animal
Completion of passport advance change of name form (PD2)	£22	£24
Attending a marriage/Civil Partnership at the residence of a housebound person	£199	£199
Attending a marriage/Civil Partnership at the residence of a detained person	£219	£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	£18
Attending a marriage at a registered building (typically a church/chapel without their own authorised person)	£104	£104

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

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