Register Office Fees

Overview

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Counter certificates are issued until 3.15pm, this is to give staff sufficient time to locate and issue as required before the office closes at 4pm.

Telephone certificates are only issued until 2.30pm (same day service certificate issue is subject to availability).

If you would like any further information concerning the above list of fees, please call us on 0191 424 6350.

Births, Marriages, Civil Partnerships and Death Certificates

Table of fees
Births, Marriages, Civil Partnerships and Death Certificates
Standard Certificates issued when registering a Birth, Death, Marriage or Civil Partnership	拢12.50
Standard Certificates issued after registration, held in current register (issued after 5 working days)	拢12.50
Priority Certificates issued after registration, held in current register (same day service)	拢38.50
Short Certificates issued when registering a birth	拢12.50
Standard Certificates issued after registration (issued after 5 working days)	拢12.50
Priority Certificates issued after registration (same day service)	拢38.50
Notice of Marriage or Civil Partnership given at the Register Office (fee per person)	拢42
Notice of Marriage or Civil Partnership if subject to immigration control (fee per person)	拢57
The fee for an existing legal relationship to be converted into a marriage at the Register Office (fee per couple)	拢50
Notice of no impediment (fee per person)	拢38.50

Ceremony fees

Table of fees
Non-refundable ceremony booking fee	All licenced venues	拢40
Admin fee to change a ceremony booking	All licenced venues	拢30
The Register Office - Barrington Suite (Garden Room)	Monday - Friday Saturday	拢169 拢212
The Register Office - Barrington Suite	Monday - Friday Saturday	拢311 拢386
The Register Office (Bride, Groom and 2 witnesses)	Wednesday mornings and the first Saturday of each month between April and September	拢56
Church / Chapel / Mosque / Temple / Synagogue (not civil partnerships)		拢104
Jarrow Town Hall or South Shields Town Hall	Saturday Sunday Bank Holiday	拢522 拢607 拢629
The Little Haven / The Clarion Hotel / Hedworth / The Customs House / The Grotto / The Sea Hotel / The New Sundial	Monday - Friday Saturday Sunday Bank Holiday	拢45 拢553 拢643 拢667

Child naming and reaffirming of vows

Table of fees
Child naming and reaffirming of vows (Register Office)	Monday - Friday Saturday	拢271 拢311
Child naming and reaffirming of vows (Outside venue)	Monday - Friday Saturday Sunday	拢311 拢386 拢460
Charge for each additional child		拢63

Citizenship ceremonies

Table of fees
Individual Citizenship Ceremony held at the Register Office	Monday - Friday only	拢189
Group ceremony held in the Reception Room, Town Hall, South Shields or the Register Office	Monday - Friday only	Free

Marriages

HM Passport Office Fees for Marriage
Marriage by Superintendent Registrar's Certificate	Entry of each notice of marriage for persons subject to the Home Office Referral and Investigation Scheme	拢57
	Entry of each notice of marriage for all other persons	拢42
	Consideration by Superintendent Registrar of a divorce obtained outside of the British Isles	拢55
	Consideration by the Registrar General of a divorce obtained outside of the British Isles	拢83
Attendance at the Ceremony	At the Register Office	拢56
Attendance at the Ceremony	At a registered building	拢104
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.

Civil Partnerships

Fees for Civil Partnership
Entry of each notice of civil partnership for persons subject to the Home Office Referral and Investigation Scheme	拢42
Entry of each notice of civil partnership for all other persons	拢42
Consideration by the registration authority of a civil partnership dissolution obtained outside of the British Isles	拢55
Consideration by the Registrar General of a civil partnership dissolution obtained outside of the British Isles	拢83
Attendance at the Civil Partnership Registration	拢56 (at the Register Office)
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	At the register office	拢50
Two Stage Procedure on Other Premises	Completing the declaration	拢30
Two Stage Procedure on Other Premises	Signing the declaration in a religious building registered for the marriage of same sex couples	拢101
The fee for signing the declaration on approved premises or in a register office (at a different time or place from where the declaration was completed) 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.

Fees for Changes to Initial Registration (payable to the Registrar or Superintendent Registrar)
Change of forename added within 12 months of birth registration	拢44
Consideration by Registrar/Superintendent Registrar of a correction	拢83
Consideration by the Registrar General of a correction	拢99

Fees for Searches in Indexes
General Search	Search in the indexes by the applicant personally for not more than six successive hours	拢20
Note: No fee is payable for a search in the indexes when a particular entry in the register is specified.

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