You can apply for a Newfoundland & Labrador Marriage Certificate if you are:

• Either party to the marriage;
• A person with a court order;
• When both parties to the marriage are deceased, their children, parents, executor, trustee, or administrator of the estate may apply (must provide proof of death).

Before applying, find out the type and format of the document required by contacting the organization to which you must submit it.

Documents:

Marriage Certificate (Long Form):

In Newfoundland & Labrador, only a Long Form Marriage Certificate is available. It contains the following information: the name of each party to the marriage, date of marriage, place of marriage, registration number, registration date and date issued.

Marriage Certificates are issued using the information from the original Registration of Marriage, completed at the time of marriage. If a record cannot be found, a search for a three-year period is carried out automatically and the applicant will be notified.

As the applicant, you must submit a HIGH RESOLUTION photocopy of the following identification:

1. A copy of one piece of government-issued photo identification OR
2. Copies of two other pieces of identification – one must have your signature or address on it

Please note that I.D. must be ENGLARGED and LIGHTENED in order to ensure legibility. Simply faxing I.D. often produces poor quality images and are not sufficient.

If this I.D. is not attached, the application will be returned to you without being processed.

Given that you have correctly filled out all sections on the application, you will receive your marriage certificate(s) within approximately 20-30 business days (includes mailing time).