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What better way to start a new life, than to get married in a place that celebrates living? Maybe you’ve always dreamed of a wedding where warm, tropical waters kiss your sand-buried toes, or a genteel plantation home and fields of sugar cane set the stage for your vows. Perhaps an abandoned sugar mill at midnight satisfies your taste for the exotic, or a more traditional ceremony in a church whose foundations were first laid out in the 1600’s is your wish. However you’ve imagined your special day to be, Barbados will surpass your every dream and desire.

What better way to start a new life, than to get married in a place that celebrates living? Maybe you’ve always dreamed of a wedding where warm, tropical waters kiss your sand-buried toes, or a genteel plantation home and fields of sugar cane set the stage for your vows. Perhaps an abandoned sugar mill at midnight satisfies your taste for the exotic, or a more traditional ceremony in a church whose foundations were first laid out in the 1600’s is your wish. However you’ve imagined your special day to be, Barbados will surpass your every dream and desire.

No advance notice is needed when getting married in Barbados. Barbadian law allows an official marriage ceremony to take place as soon as arrangements are made with a Marriage Officer (a Magistrate or authorized Minister of religion) and a license is obtained.

Application for a marriage license must be made by both parties in person at the office of the Ministry of Home Affairs in Bridgetown (Tel: 246-228-8950)

Documents Required:

• Valid Passports or the original or certified copies of the applicants' birth certificates;

• If either party was married previously and widowed , a certified copy of the marriage certificate and death certificate in respect of the deceased spouse;

• If either party was divorced , an original decree absolute or a certified copy of Final Judgment not decree Nisi.

All documents not in English must be accompanied by a certified translation.