A Notice of Marriage is the legal preliminaries to a civil marriage or civil partnership.
You need to decide where you want your marriage or civil partnership ceremony to take place. It can be at any register office or approved premises in the UK.
Each party of the proposed marriage must then attend the register office in the district(s) of where they live to declare that they are legally free to marry.
The notice of marriage is a face-to-face interview with the superintendent registrar. Each person must attend to give notice and produce documents to show proof of identity and nationality and proof of residency and pay statutory fees for Notice of Marriage.
If you are a British citizen or a member of the European Union, you must give the notice in the local authority where you have lived for the lastnine days.
However, if one of youis a foreign national subject to immigration control, it will be necessary to obtain permissionfrom the Home Office before notice is given and for both partners to attend a designated register office together.
The law specifies that the minimum waiting time between giving notice of marriage or intent (civil partnerships) and getting married is 16 clear days.
Hounslow is a designated register office. A list of designated register offices can be found on the General Register Office website or the Border and Immigration Agency website.
Foreign nationals subject to immigration control please telephone the Home Office 0870 606 7766 or view their website for information on applications for certificate of approval for marriage.