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Fees and charges

Copy certificates from the Superintendent Registrar
Standard or short certificate in person at Register Office (processed within 15 working days) £11
Application and receipt of certificate priority service (in person or first class post)
For priority certificates, we must receive your application by 2pm to guarantee next working day postage or collection
£35
Birth, marriage and death certificates (current registrations)  
From the Registrar who registered the birth, death or marriage (statutory charges): Standard or short certificate at the time of registration£11
Application and receipt of certificate same day service (in person or Royal Mail signed for 1st class) after initial registration£35
Searches
General searches at a Superintendent Registrar's office not exceeding 6 successive hours
Any certificates purchased as a result of a search are subject to charges above.
£18
Marriage
Notice of marriage or certificate of no impediment (per person)£35
Administration fee to change the time or date of ceremony£22
Non-refundable booking fee for all ceremonies£40
Registrar attending at a registered building£86
Registrar attending at the residence of a housebound person£81
Superintendent Registrar attending a notice of marriage of a housebound person£47
Superintendent Registrar attending the marriage at the residence of a housebound person£84
Application for a reduction to the 28 day notice period (waiver)£60 per person
Ceremony fees
All ceremony fees shown exclude marriage or civil partnership certificate£11
Ceremony in Register Office, Monday to Thursday only, 9 to 11.30am only£46
Attendance at an approved premises - Monday to Thursday£495
Attendance at an approved premises - Friday and Saturday£565
Attendance at an approved premises - Sundays, bank holidays, Christmas Eve and New Years Eve£635
Ravensworth Suite, Civic Centre - Monday to Thursday£180
Ravensworth Suite, Civic Centre - Friday and Saturday before 12 noon£250
Ravensworth Suite, Civic Centre - Friday and Saturday after 12 noon£300
Tyne Suite - Monday to Thursday£125
Tyne Suite - Friday and Saturday before 12 noon£190
Tyne Suite - Friday and Saturday after 12 noon£240
Angel Room - Monday to Thursday£80
Mayors Parlour - Monday to Thursday£370
Mayors Parlour - Friday and Saturday£565
Bewicks, Blaydon Room or Lamesley Room Civic Centre - Monday to Friday£360
Bewicks, Blaydon Room or Lamesley Room Civic Centre - Saturday£565
Civil Partnership
Notice of civil partnership or certificate of no impediment (per person)£35
Formation of civil partnership in a register office (with or without a ceremony)£46
Civil partnership conversion to marriage£45
Civil partnership conversion to marriage - Administration Service Conversion 2 stage+ ceremony fee£27
Conversion of civil partnership to marriage at the residence of a housebound person£99
Superintendent Registrar attending a notice of civil partnership at the residence of a housebound person£47
Superintendent Registrar attending the civil partnership of a housebound person£84
Registrar attending the civil partnership at the residence of a housebound person£81
Application for a reduction to the 28 day notice period (waiver)£60 per person
Child naming and re-affirmation of vows
Child naming and reaffirming of vows at the Register Office (Ravensworth Suite) - Monday to Thursday£180
Child naming and reaffirming of vows at the Registrar Office (Ravensworth Suite) - Friday and Saturday before 12 noon£250
Child naming and reaffirming of vows at the Registrar Office (Ravensworth Suite) - Friday and Saturday after 12 noon£300
Child naming and reaffirming of vows at the Register Office (Tyne Suite) - Monday to Thursday£125
Child naming and reaffirming of vows at the Register Office (Tyne Suite) - Friday and Saturday before 12 noon£190
Child naming and reaffirming of vows at the Register Office (Tyne Suite) - Friday and Saturday after 12 noon£240
Child naming and reaffirming of vows at an outside venue - Monday to Thursday£495
Child naming and reaffirming of vows at an outside venue - Friday and Saturday£565
Child naming and reaffirming of vows at an outside venue - Sundays, bank holidays, Christmas Eve and New Years Eve£635
Approved premises - registered buildings
Registration of approved premises - registration of premises for marriages and civil partnerships£1,750
Renewal of registration of premises for marriage and civil partnerships - 3 years£1,500
Registering a building for the solemnization of marriages - fee for certificate of approved premises £123
Registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages of a man and a woman or same sex couples previously registered for marriage£64
Registration of a building for the solemnization of marriages of a man and a woman or same sex couples not previously registered for marriage£123
Nationality and Citizenship
British citizenship ceremony - personal British citizenship ceremony (at civic centre)£170
Booking fee for citizenship ceremony - non refundable£30
Amendment fee for changing ceremony date or time£22
Registration service fees
Consideration by a Superintendent Registrar of a divorce/civil partnership dissolution obtained outside of the British Isles£50
Consideration by the Registrar General of a divorce/civil partnership dissolution obtained outside of the British Isles£75
Corrections
Consideration by a Superintendent Registrar or Registrar for a correction£75
Consideration by the Registrar General for a correction£90
Change of a forename added within 12 months of birth registration£40

Contact us

Gateshead Register Office
Gateshead Council
Civic Centre
Regent Street
Gateshead
NE8 1HH

0191 433 3000

registeroffice@gateshead.gov.uk