Registrar General’s Services
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Procedures to follow when applying for a Special Marriage License (CAP184)
- Non-Nationals MUST be three (3) days resident in the State before applying for a Marriage License. The License takes two (2) days to be processed.
- At the upper back part of the application form the gentleman will take oath in the presence of the Registrar General at the Registrar General’s Department, Ministry of Health.
- The lower back part of the form must be certified by either a Minister of Religion, Lawyer or Justice of the Peace.
- In case of Non-Nationals, Passports and Birth Certificates of both parties must be presented.
- Non-Nationals must present a notarized certificate attesting that the parties involved have never been married before. In the case where the parties involved are divorced, the final divorce document with seal or a notarized copy MUST be presented.
- If the divorce document is in a foreign language then it MUST be translated into English, certified by an official translator, and both submitted with the application.
- If a Minor is a party to the marriage – that is under eighteen (18) years – A Minor’s Consent form is to be completed by the Minor’s Father/Mother or lawful guardian and certified by a Notary Public, Minister of Religion or Lawyer (CAP 184 Sec. 20)
- The present fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) to be paid in the Treasury, Ministry of Finance, as Marriage License’s fee. The receipt together with stamps to the value of fifteen dollars ($15.00) are to be submitted with the completed application form to the Cabinet Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Ministry, for processing.
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