Ceremonies and Services

Leicestershire County Council offers a range of celebratory ceremonies and services which have been developed to bring your families and friends together, to celebrate special events or express or re-affirm your commitment to your family, children, partner, wife or husband.

These ceremonies have no legal status; they can contain no religious references and may be as public or as private as you wish.

Also see our Celebratory Services Leaflet (.pdf) for details about naming ceremonies, renewals of vows and commitment ceremonies.

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A Naming Ceremony is a very special way of celebrating the birth of a child or of welcoming an adopted or step child into a new family, or a new family environment.

For further information regarding Naming Ceremonies please see our dedicated page.

These ceremonies offer an opportunity for any married couple, of any age or length of marriage, to celebrate renewing their marriage vows in a unique and personal ceremony.

For further information regarding Renewal of Vows please see our dedicated page.

These ceremonies are for both same-sex and heterosexual, when marriage is not a preferred or currently available legal option and where couples wish to make a public or private commitment to each other.

For further information regarding Commitment Ceremonies please see our dedicated page.

In the UK anyone can change their name if they want to. There are however some restrictions about what you can change your name to and why.

For further information regarding Change of Name Service please see our dedicated page.

Becoming a British Citizen is a significant event in your life. As a British Citizen, you are joining a community made up of many different backgrounds, cultures and faiths.

All persons over 18 years of age applying for naturalisation or registration as a British Citizen will have to take a citizenship oath and pledge at a citizenship ceremony.

For further information regarding British Citizenship Ceremonies please see our dedicated page.

The Leicestershire Registration Service, in partnership with the Home Office, is offering a checking service for British Nationality application forms.

Applicants for British citizenship are able to visit, by appointment, to have their applications checked by staff trained by the Home Office and registered by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner.

For further information regarding the Nationality Checking Service please see our dedicated page.

The settlement checking service is a partnership between the UK Border Agency, and Leicestershire County Council

If you are applying for settlement in the UK on form SET (M) the service will give you assurance that you application is complete and you have paid the correct fee. The settlement checking service will help you get your application correct first time and avoid unnecessary delays.

For further information regarding the Settlement Checking Service please see our dedicated page.

In addition to the ceremony rooms at Leicestershire Register Office, there is a full list of approved premises in Leicestershire. If you own a hotel, restaurant or other prestigious building in Leicestershire then why not consider licensing your premises for civil marriages and partnerships.

For further information regarding an Approved Premises Licence please see our dedicated page.

For further information on any of the Ceremonies or Services we provide, please see the relevant pages or alternatively contact your local Register Office.