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How to get married or form a civil partnership in the UK, giving notice of marriage at a register office, visas, paying fees.
You can get married or form a civil partnership in England or Wales if…
You must apply for a visa to come to the UK to give notice, get married or…
You must decide where to have your marriage or civil partnership ceremony…
You must sign a legal statement at your local register office to say you…
You must bring originals of the following documents to your appointment:…
Find out what you need to do if you're coming to the UK to get married. Find out what visa to apply for, and what you need to do before you visit.
How you can have a marriage annulled, the reasons you can give for annulling a marriage and the forms you will need to apply for an annulment. This includes information from the withdrawn D191 guide.
Annulment (sometimes known as ‘nullity’) is a different way of ending a…
You and your husband or wife can choose to work out: arrangements for…
You can apply to have your marriage annulled as soon as you get married.…
The other person must respond to your nullity application within 14 days,…
6 weeks after you get the conditional order or decree nisi you can apply…
Married Couple's Allowance could reduce your tax bill each year you're married or in a civil partnership if one of you was born before before 6 April 1935
Requirements, paperwork and processes for weddings and civil partnerships overseas - registration, restrictions, fees
Includes getting married abroad, decree absolutes and looking after children
Marriage Allowance allows you to transfer some of your Personal Allowance to your husband, wife or civil partner: what you get and how to apply for free.
Apply for a visa to visit the UK if you want to marry or register a civil partnership within 6 months - eligibility, documents, how to apply, how much it costs
Work out whether you can claim Married Couple's Allowance (MCA) and find out how much you could get taken off your tax bill
Self-declaration form for British nationals who need a certificate of custom for PACS (civil partnership) or marriage in France.
Check you can get a divorce, agree or disagree with a divorce application, what to do if your husband or wife lacks mental capacity.
What to do if you or someone you know is being forced into getting married, how you can try to stop the marriage from taking place, and what to do if you want to leave a forced marriage
Informative note for British nationals who want to enter into a marriage or PACS (civil partnership) in France and have a different name to the one on their birth certificate.
Ending a relationship and agreeing on money and property, child arrangements (sometimes known as 'custody', 'residence' or 'contact') and child maintenance
Nulla Osta application forms for British nationals getting married in Italy.
How to divorce or end a civil partnership if your partner’s gone missing, you do not know their whereabouts or they are presumed dead
This report presents evidence from a comparative study of marriage, cohabitation, parenthood and divorce among adolescents and young people
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