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Wedding Services Application


Requirements for Obtaining a Marriage License in the Bahamas

1. Both parties must be in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas at the time of the application.

2. Persons wishing to be married in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas may do so after one day. That is to say, if a person arrives in the Bahamas on Monday, they may go to the Registrar General’s office on Tuesday, obtain a Marriage License (while waiting), and be married on the same day. The couple planning a weekend wedding should arrive in the Bahamas by Thursday morning.

3. If either party has been divorced, the original final decree or a certified copy must be produced. If either party is widowed, a certified copy of the deceased spouse’s death certificate must be produced. If either party is unmarried, being a citizen or resident of the U.S.A., a declaration certifying this fact must be sworn before a U.S. Consul at the American Embassy in Nassau, the Bahamas.

4. If either party is unmarried, being a citizen or resident of a country other than the U.S.A., a declaration certifying this fact must be sworn before a Notary Public or other person authorized to administer oaths in that country and must accompany the application for the Marriage License.

5. The parties must produce some form of identification which has a photograph attached. The identification document must have been issued by a Government Office in the country where the parties reside, for example a driver’s license or valid passport.

6. The parties must produce evidence of the date of their arrival in The Bahamas.

7. Persons desirous of being married on a Family Island (any island outside of the island of New Providence) can obtain a Marriage License at the Commissioner’s Office on that island and need not come to Nassau.

8. No blood test is necessary.

9. The fee for the license is $100.00.

10. An affidavit of parents consent if under 21 years of age.


Note: Marriage licenses are issued at the office of the Registrar General in Nassau. This office is opened to the public Mondays to Fridays between the hours of 9:30 a.m. – 4:30p.m. Translations and certification of documents are client’s responsibility.