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Table of Fees

Birth, Death, Marriage or Civil Partnership Certificates

Standard Service

Issued at time of registration, or if requested later then processed within 15 working days.

Type of service Fees
Birth, Death and Marriage certificates issued by a Registrar or Superintendent Registrar £12.50
Civil Partnership Certificates issued by the Local Registration Authority £12.50

Priority Service

On or before next working day (orders up to 3pm)

Type of service Fees
Birth, Death and Marriage certificates issued by a Registrar or Superintendent Registrar £38.50
Civil Partnership Certificates issued by the Local Registration Authority £38.50

Fees for Marriage

Marriage by Superintendent Registrar’s certificate

Type of service Fees
Entry of each notice of marriage for persons subject to the Home Office Referral and Investigation Scheme £57.00
Entry of each notice of marriage for all other persons £42.00
Issue of an opinion letter by a Superintendent Registrar after consideration of documents for a divorce obtained outside of the British Isles £55.00
Issue of an opinion letter by the Registrar General after consideration of documents for a divorce obtained outside of the British Isles £83.00

Attendance at the ceremony

Type of service Fees
At the register office £56.00
At a registered building £104.00

The fee for the attendance at a marriage on approved premises (e.g. a hotel) is set by the local authority for the area in which the premises are situated. The superintendent registrar will be able to give you more information.

Further ceremony fees can be found on the Cambridgeshire Ceremonies website by clicking here.

Fees for Civil Partnership

Type of service Fees
Entry of each notice of civil partnership for persons subject to the Home Office Referral and Investigation Scheme £57.00
Entry of each notice of civil partnerships for all other persons £42.00
Issue of an opinion letter by the registration authority after consideration of documents for a civil partnership dissolution obtained outside of the British Isles £55.00
Issue of an opinion letter by the Registrar General after consideration of documents for a civil partnership dissolution obtained outside of the British Isles £83.00

Attendance at the civil partnership registration

Type of service Fees
At the register office £56.00

The fee for attendance of the civil partnership registrar at the registration of a civil partnership on approved premises is set by the registration authority for the area where the building is situated. The registration authority will be able to give you more information.

Fees for the Conversion of a Civil Partnership into Marriage

Conversion of a civil partnership into marriage

Type of service Fees
At the Register Office £50.00

Two stage procedure on other premises

Type of service Fees
Completing the declaration £30.00
Signing the declaration in a religious building registered for the marriage of same sex couples £101.00

Fees for Changes to Initial Registration

Payable to the Registrar/Superintendent Registrar

Type of service Fees
Change of forename added within 12 months of birth registration £44.00
Consideration by Registrar / Superintendent Registrar of a correction £83.00
Consideration by the Registrar General of a correction £99.00

Fees for Searches in Indexes

General Search

Type of service Fees
Search in the indexes by the applicant personally for not more than six successive hours £20.00

Note: No fee is payable for a search in the indexes when a particular entry in the register is specified

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