Getting married in London but live in Ireland - how do we give notice???

I don't think there's any way around it, other than to both book for 8 days holiday here and be booked to give notice on the last day of your stay. It has to be done 28 days before your wedding date too, so if you're getting married in 3 months you will have to give notice within the next two months.

We live in one county, getting married in another.

We gave notice in the county where we live, who then notified the registrar of the county we are getting married in.

As Dublin is republic of Ireland rather than a part of the UK the rules may be different. I would advise ringing the registrar where you are getting married and see what they say.

Thanks for your reply.

I'd guessed that we would have to do that but i suppose I was a bit worried about what counts as proof or evidence. Submitting a letter from the person we're staying with, accommodation booking details or flight details doesn't actually prove we were in the country for the time period specified...what do you think?

Thanks again.

Thanks for your reply.

No, we can't give notice in Ireland.

Have had a couple of conversations with the registrar and Islington Town Hall, which have been unhelpful. The website is equally unhelpful, they must marry hundreds of couples in our position so why not just state exactly what we need to do?

Anyway, I'm sure I'll figure it out.

Thanks again

Good point, I hadn't thought about what counts as evidence. You're right, seems silly when they must deal with countless people in the same position.

Hi, we had to do this as we live in Scotland and got married in my hometown in England, and they consider you to be coming from 'abroad' in this situation

We had to bring along the proof of:

1. name and surname - passport
2. date of birth - passport
3. condition (marital status) - wasnt applicable to us as both never married/divorced
4. place of residence
5. nationality - passport

For the place of residence, we stayed with my mum for the 8 days prior. I just got her to write a letter stating that I had stayed with her for the dates and signed and dated - they were happy with this.

Hope this helps - I couldnt really find any information about this when we applied last summer!

Thanks so much, really helpful. I can't believe how little information there is around on this! Anyway, best get to it! Thanks again.