Getting married in St. Kitts and Nevis
I am confirming St. Kitts and Nevis'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.
Two small volcanic islands, a UNESCO fortress above Basseterre, and a short ferry between them. Nevis in particular is quiet, green and built around a handful of old plantation inns.
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I am confirming the procedure here
I have not yet confirmed St. Kitts and Nevis'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 small wedding with an unhurried, old-Caribbean feel.
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 St. Kitts and Nevis asks of you, with the registry, for your date
- Telling you straight away if the timing will not work for you
- Flights into St. Kitts and Nevis 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 St. Kitts and Nevis
You don’t have to do this yourself
I can handle the licence, the documents and the travel for a wedding in St. Kitts and Nevis 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 St. Kitts and Nevis
Somewhere to start if you have not settled on a spot yet.
Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
A UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed 1999): a hilltop fortress built by British engineers and enslaved African labour, finished in 1790, with sweeping views over the Caribbean Sea and neighbouring islands.
The St. Kitts Scenic Railway
A narrow-gauge railway built in 1912–1926 to move sugar cane, now a 30-mile tourist rail journey around the island’s coastline and countryside.
Romney Manor
A 17th-century plantation estate, once owned by ancestors of Thomas Jefferson, with six acres of botanical gardens built around a Saman tree estimated at over 350 years old.
Timothy Hill
A viewpoint on St. Kitts’s south-east peninsula where the Atlantic and Caribbean sides of the island are both visible at once.
Marrying in St. Kitts and Nevis
How long do we have to be in St. Kitts and Nevis before we can marry?
Every country sets its own waiting time, and I have not yet confirmed St. Kitts and Nevis'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 St. Kitts and Nevis?
That is part of what I am confirming for St. Kitts and Nevis. 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 St. Kitts and Nevis?
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 St. Kitts and Nevis, so do not assume free movement covers it.
Does marrying in St. Kitts and Nevis let us live there?
No. Marrying in St. Kitts and Nevis, 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 St. Kitts and Nevis 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.