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Expert Questions and Answers: booking the registrar before giving notice?

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- CommentAuthorFutureMrsWills
Hi, I tried to do a search on this but couldn't find anything this specific, so I'm sorry if there was something and I couldn't see it.

Basically our wedding venue is provisionally booked for September 2015. It is in a different borough to where we live. I understand we have to give notice to our borough registry office. And book our registrar from the venue's local registry office. To be able to secure our venue and pay the deposit we need to wait until 2 years before the date, which would make it 19th September (next month). But as I understand it, we can't give notice until a year before, so next year September (2014)
The question I was getting at is this: Can you book a registrar before you give notice?

Any help will be appreciated from others who may have been in the same situation. (I'm sure there must be lots)
- CommentAuthorElle23
We booked our registrar before giving notice
We too have a registrar from one county and had to give notice in a another county where we live.

The registrars were lovely, I did not think they were going to do it but they penciled us in once the venue was booked, asked what time we would like etc.
They then contacted me around October to remind me to give notice
That was done, registrars emailed confirmation that they had had the notice and all has been smooth sailing.

I was very nervous about it but it was fine and all area's were very helpful

Good luck xx

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- CommentAuthorLauraJo87
Most will allow you to do so - ours did...we paid a fifty point deposit, and then had to give notice as soon as possible in the year before.

There are a few districts that won't let you book, I believe, it does vary xx

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- CommentAuthorCharlieBe-Cool
  
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We have done this (getting married July 2015). We are getting married in a different district, we simply paid a provisional booking fee which holds our date and time. We were told to give notice at our district between July and September 2015 (so a three month window) so our date isnt released and we can provide the documentation to our registrar. Basically, try and give notice exactly a year before and you should be ok :-) Alot of councils have changed their rules whereby you can book your registrar well in advance of giving notice - you would need to check with your registrar though.

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- CommentAuthorFutureMrsWills
Wow thanks girls, that's a relief anyway, I will start looking at booking the registrar soon then. Was in two minds whether to ask a lady I know who is trained as a registrar but it isn't her actual job. Didn't know how easy it would be to arrange that either, but thought it would be nice to have someone I know (HB doesn't know her) marry us. Hmm

Both of your big days are really close! How exciting :-D

- CommentAuthorWhovianbride
Yep ive booked mine giving notice next year

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- CommentAuthorElle23
It is very exciting and it comes round so quick, you will be sick of hearing that but it is so true!!!

We did not have to pay any provisional fee to hold our date x

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- CommentAuthorFutureMrsWills
Lol I don't think I will get sick of hearing how quickly it will come round, waited so long, would do it this year if I wasn't studying!
- CommentAuthor*KelBel*
Yeh we pre-booked our registrar,it cost us £15 to choose our slot,which was 1pm, we got the last registrar available for the day for our venue so it was meant to be x

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- CommentAuthor*KelBel*
I've never heard anything about giving notice in a three month window tho...our registrar just told us to go in anytime from the 1yr mark (13sept 13) til 16 days before the wedding, and just ring and make an appointment in that time x

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- CommentAuthorminnie11061990
i have heard of people being able to book before notice, i shouldnt see why this would be a problem. Xxx GOOD LUCK X

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- CommentAuthorFutureMrsG
Yes you can book it before the 12 months as we did this but had to pay £70 to secure the date x
- CommentAuthorCharlieBe-Cool
  
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Sorry should of made it clearer, our registrar advised making the giving of notice appointment in the 3 month window as after this time they.are not obliged to hold our date and time, but thats just a rule of that area. As long as we give them the date and time we booked for giving notice in that time (but can actually have the meeting any time up to 2 weeks before) its ok. Sorry if.confused some ladies :-) We also have to pay £75 fee when booking notice of marriage.

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- CommentAuthorMrsK2b
We couldnt book ours we had to wait until it got to the year before the wedding. Then we had to pay £35 each for the notice and on monday we are paying the rest.

Cant wait until I become Mrs K
- CommentAuthorKellyB81
We did this too - didn't have to pay anything to secure the date but had to give notice within a certain period from the year point or they released the date time to someone else

Kelly x

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