By Telephone: 

By telephoning (028) 90252000 if you have Visa/Mastercard. You should have your card with you when you ring as we will require your card number and expiry date.

By Fax: 

Fax your completed application form to (028) 90252120. The application form is available to print by clicking here.

By Internet: 

Our online facility is currently unavailable due to essential maintenance.

Please note: When a credit card is used to pay for a certificate the General Register Office can only issue the certificate to the card holder’s address.

How Long Will It Take?

Personal Applications: Ready for collection or posting in THREE working days.
Postal Applications: Processed within SEVEN working days of the application being received.
Telephone Applications: Processed within SEVEN working days of the application being received.
Fax Applications: Processed within SEVEN working days of the application being received.
Priority Applications: Personal applications will be ready within one hour, if the extra fee is paid.

Priority applications received by post, telephone, fax will be issued by first class mail, on the day of receipt provided they are received before 14:30 hours. Applications received after this time will not be processed until the next working day.

NB. It is difficult to search for marriages before 1922 if the district and place of marriage is not known.

How Do I Pay?

Personal Applications: You can pay by cash, cheque (accompanied by a cheque guarantee card), postal order or by using a valid Visa/Mastercard.

Postal Applications: You can pay by cheque or postal order made payable to 'The Registrar General' or by by using a valid Visa/Mastercard.

Fax Applications: You can pay by a valid Visa or Mastercard.


Further Enquiries
If you have any questions or require further information you can contact The General Register Office on (028) 90252000 or email gro.nisra@dfpni.gov.uk


What information is needed?
Full names of the married couple (Bride's maiden name).

Date and place of marriage.

For marriages before 1922 searches are not possible without the district and place of marriage being known.

Please note we can only accept the information on the appropriate application forms. The application forms can be downloaded and posted to the General Register Office when fully completed.

We can undertake a search provided we are given sufficient information about the person concerned. If insufficient information is provided this will inevitably lead to delays, the possibility of extra fees incurred or the entry not being found.

Searches will be made in the year quoted plus the two years either side unless a wider search is requested. A further fee will be required for each extra five years searched.


Fees payable for Certificates and Searches

Full certified copy of an entry of marriage £ 12.00

Where two or more full certified copies of the same entry are applied for at the same time, the first copy will be charged at £ 12.00 and any additional copies at £ 6.00 each.

Where an applicant can supply full particulars including the register entry number and date of registration the fee will be £ 6.00.

Priority Certificate £ 29.00

Marriage certificates can be produced within one hour of application for personal applications. Postal, telephone, fax applications received before 14:30 hours will be dispatched on the same day.

Please note that the priority service is not available for marriage certificates where the marriage was registered before 1922.

Search only £ 6.00

For each five year period or part of it.

For the purpose of detection and prevention of crime, information relating to this application may be passed onto other government or law enforcement agencies.