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and Wales as long as you have both lived in a registration district for at
least seven days immediately before giving notice of marriage.
This applies to all couples, including those travelling from overseas
to marry in England and Wales - except where one person gives notice under
the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Acts 1915 and 1916. These
acts allow British or Commonwealth citizens resident in one of the
countries signed up to the acts to give their notice of marriage where
they are living, provided the other person is resident . For a list of
countries signed up please contact us.
As long as one person is resident in England and Wales, then the other
person may also give notice of marriage in Scotland.
Provided the person they intend to marry is resident in England and
Wales, officers, seamen or marines on board one of Her Majesty's ships at
sea can give notice to the captain or other officer commanding the ship.
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