Order a marriage certificate
All certificates issued are original certified documents.
We can only provide certificates for lawfully registered marriages which took place in Birmingham either at the Register Office, an Approved Premises, or a registered Place of Worship.
If you have recently married at a Place of Worship in Birmingham, make sure that the Marriage Schedule or Marriage Document has been returned to us.
You can check which Register Office to apply to on .
Certificates cost £12.50 each plus post and packing. You can ask for copies of several different certificates as part of the same order.
If we cannot find a matching entry for the certificate you’ve asked for, we will not refund the full fee.
To order a certificate you will need to know:
- the full names of both partners including former names (for example, a woman’s maiden surname)
- the date of the marriage
- the place of marriage
You should also read our Terms and Conditions and payment information.
All orders can be posted via Royal Mail's Tracked 48 service.This is our recommend service. If you choose standard 1st Class post, tracking will not be available, and we will be unable to issue a replacement if your order is lost in transit. In such cases, a new order would need to be placed and paid for.
Refunds will not be issued in the event that we do not hold your certificate or cannot find it based on the information supplied.
Write to us requesting a certificate
You can write to us at:
Birmingham Register Office
Holliday Street
Birmingham
B1 1TJ
You will need to tell us:
- that you want a copy of a marriage certificate
- how many copies you want
- your full name and address
- your contact number
- the full names of both partners including former names (for example, a woman’s maiden surname)
- the date of the marriage
- the place of marriage
All orders can be posted via Royal Mail's Tracked 48 service. This is our recommend service. If you choose to have your order posted via standard 1st class post, no tracking is available, and we will not issue a replacement if your order is lost in the post. You will have to order and pay again.
You should send payment by cheque or postal order with your request. Certificates cost £12.50 each plus a postage fee of either £7 Royal Mail Tracked 48, £4 standard first class post or £16 (international).
If applying for multiple certificates, it would be helpful if you could send individual cheques or postal orders for £12.50 each and one cheque/postal order for your preferred postage of either £7, £4 or £16.
If we cannot find a matching entry for the certificate you have asked for, we will not refund the full fee.
You cannot attend the office to make an application in person or to collect a certificate.
Page last updated: 2 April 2025