Religious or belief marriages

Pick up or return your marriage schedule

If you are having a religious or belief marriage, you must collect and return your marriage schedule. This is the legal document you sign during your ceremony.

Collect your schedule

One of you must collect the schedule in person from the registrar. You can collect it no more than 7 days before your ceremony.

You need to book an appointment to do this.

If you are having a civil ceremony, you do not need to collect the schedule. Your registrar will bring it to the ceremony.

Return your schedule

After your ceremony, you must return the signed schedule to the registration office within 3 days so we can register your marriage.

You can:

• return it yourself
• ask someone to return it for you
• post it, as long as it arrives within 3 days