Civil Wedding Ceremony
Wedding is important moment in everyone's life. There are different types of wedding ceremony. Civil wedding ceremony is one of them. Civil wedding is common affair these days. Most couple chooses this option to tie the knot.
Civil wedding ceremony is performed at registry office, judge's chamber or a place which holds a license to conduct civil ceremony. Civil wedding ceremony is performed by register. However, laws of civil wedding ceremony changes according to state and country. In civil wedding ceremony, there are no religious riots. However, you can go for poetry, readings and music in your civil wedding ceremony. You may also discuss your wedding vows with register and customize them accordingly.
Civil wedding ceremony is becoming popular as there are many mixed marriages taking place. In civil wedding ceremony, couple can add there own wedding vows, readings and wedding theme as well which is not possible with religious wedding ceremony.
When you are planning for civil wedding ceremony, first thing you have to find wedding officiant. You can get list of officiant with their addresses and phone numbers who perform civil wedding ceremony. Contact at least 3-4 offciants as some of them will not be available on that day and also there also fees difference. Ask him whether he is available for rehearsal and when. After all, you should feel comfortable with wedding officiant.
To obtain marriage certificate, you need to follow certain procedure. Following documents are needed which are common in most of areas.
- Age proof (birth certificate).
- Identification proof (passport with a picture).
- Address Proof (bills or other documents that have your current address on it).
- If you were married before then you have to produce a copy of marriage certificate and divorce certificate.
- Certificate regarding name change if you had legally changed name.
- Details of parents.
In some states or countries, couple need too give blood test before wedding. In civil wedding ceremony, you need to have witnesses to sign legal documents. In case of eloping, officients provide witnesses.
Also remember budget for the various fees including the officiant's fee, registration fee and license fee. These vary from location to location. However, civil wedding ceremony is low in budget so it favorite with the budget conscious couple.