Getting married in Barbados
I am confirming Barbados's marriage procedure with the registry now. The travel side I can arrange today. Tell me your date and I will come back to you on the rest.
The easiest of the twelve to organise around, and the best fed. Barbados has the most direct flights from the UK and North America, which matters enormously when your guest list is spread across both.
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I am confirming the procedure here
I have not yet confirmed Barbados's marriage procedure with the registry itself, so I am not quoting timings or costs for it. Tell me your date and I will confirm it and come back to you either way. Everything on the travel side, the flights, the rooms and the transfers, I can arrange today.
Best suited to: A guest list flying in from several countries at once.
What I can do today
The travel side is ready to go, and I can bring in a planner. The licence I will confirm for your date before either of us commits to anything.
- Confirming what Barbados asks of you, with the registry, for your date
- Telling you straight away if the timing will not work for you
- Flights into Barbados for the two of you and for guests coming from different countries
- Accommodation, including a block of rooms held together for your guests
- A local planner for the day itself, brought in and managed by me
- Airport transfers and moving everybody around on the day
- One travel page for your guests, so you stop answering the same question forty times
- The marriage certificate afterwards, legalised if you need it recognised outside Barbados
You don’t have to do this yourself
I can handle the licence, the documents and the travel for a wedding in Barbados for you. I work out what your country and your destination actually ask for, get the paperwork in order, and keep it moving, so you are not the one chasing offices and re-reading forms to figure out what happens next.
A few corners of Barbados
Somewhere to start if you have not settled on a spot yet.
Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison
A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2011: colonial architecture, the careenage waterfront, and the Garrison Savannah, once a British military headquarters.
George Washington House
The only house outside the continental US where George Washington lived: six weeks in 1751, aged 19. Now a museum within the Garrison, with access to old tunnels.
St. Nicholas Abbey
A well-preserved 1658 plantation house with its own rum distillery, gardens and a heritage railway.
Carlisle Bay
A calm, clear bay near Bridgetown with several shipwrecks close to shore, popular for snorkelling and swimming with sea turtles.
Marrying in Barbados
How long do we have to be in Barbados before we can marry?
Every country sets its own waiting time, and I have not yet confirmed Barbados's with the registry itself, so I am not going to quote you one. Tell me your date and I will confirm it and come back to you either way.
What do we need to bring to Barbados?
That is part of what I am confirming for Barbados. What I can tell you now is that the form your documents take usually matters as much as having them, which is why it is worth asking early rather than close to the date.
We are CARICOM nationals. Is it easier for us in Barbados?
Getting in is easier, and staying long enough is simpler. The marriage licence itself is the same process as for anyone else who does not live in Barbados, so do not assume free movement covers it.
Does marrying in Barbados let us live there?
No. Marrying in Barbados, or marrying a citizen, does not by itself give you the right to remain. That is a separate immigration question. If moving there is the real plan, tell me at the start and we sort both together.
Looking at more than one country? Compare the twelve and I will help you pick.
What it costs
$100
Tell me your date for Barbados and I will confirm the procedure with the registry and come back to you either way. There is no charge for asking. A full Move Planning Consultation is $100 and comes off the booking if you go ahead.