{"id":12697,"date":"2019-08-11T06:47:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T06:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/?p=12697"},"modified":"2019-08-13T06:47:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T05:47:33","slug":"how-to-register-a-marriage-in-nigeria-marriage-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/how-to-register-a-marriage-in-nigeria-marriage-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Register a Marriage in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marriage is usually an occasion that is witnessed by the family, friends and according to civil law.<\/p>\n<p>Marriage is usually registered at a registry and this can be found in all the states in Nigeria. Here is a guide on how to register a marriage in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>1. Filing of marriage notice<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This involves filling a form called the Notice Form or Form A and it captures your personal details with two coloured passport photographs and a letter of consent attached for minors from their parents.<\/li>\n<li>The registry then displays the Notice Form on a notice board at the registry for 21 days.<\/li>\n<li>Thereafter, provided the following criteria are met, another form called the Form C is issued by the registrar:\n<ul>\n<li>That one of the parties has been resident within the district in which the marriage will take place.<\/li>\n<li>Absence of any lawful hindrance to the wedding.<\/li>\n<li>That either of the two parties is not married to someone else under customary law.<\/li>\n<li>Evidence of consent in the case of minors.<\/li>\n<li>A divorcee must produce a divorce certificate, while a widow or a widower is required to present\u00a0the\u00a0death certificate of the late spouse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>2. Taking of Oath<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This involves the swearing an affidavit before the registrar or recognized minister of religion.<\/li>\n<li>The penalties involved in case of a bridge of the marriage are then explained to the couple.<\/li>\n<li>The registrar then signs the affidavit as a symbol of the oath taking.<\/li>\n<li>The minister then issues a certificate and grants license by way of a form called Form D which grants permission to the couple to celebrate their union.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>3. Marriage celebration<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A date for the marriage celebration is then chosen by the couple and it must be within three months of placing the notice at the registry.<\/p>\n<p>Both parties as well the officiating minister and two witnesses will then sign the marriage certificate and the Registrar registers the marriage in the Marriage Register Book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marriage is usually an occasion that is witnessed by the family, friends and according to civil law. Marriage is usually &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"How to Register a Marriage in Nigeria\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/how-to-register-a-marriage-in-nigeria-marriage-registration\/#more-12697\" aria-label=\"More on How to Register a Marriage in Nigeria\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[135,147,2215,41,2216],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6w1sx-3iN","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12698,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12697\/revisions\/12698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}