Service Description: For the registration of Births, Deaths & Marriages - including appointments for certificates and arranging marriages. Please note that when registering twins a double appointment is required.
Also known as:- Birth Re-registering, Naming Ceremonies, Registrars Service
Answer: A couple wishing to have a ceremony on the Island but who do not live on the Island can give notice at their local register office or at any register office provided they have lived in that registration district for at least 8 days prior to giving their notice (England or Wales only). If a couple wish to marry in a church they are required to set up residency in the parish boundary and give notice of marriage at the Isle of Wight Register Office, the only exception to this rule applies if the church in which the couple wish to marry is deemed the couples 'usual place of worship'