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#1
- Pick a date, time and location for your wedding. |
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Date -The best day
is on a week day to avoid weekend crowds at locations.
The courts are open-
8 to 5 Monday to Friday
Saturday 10am to noon.
Sunday 9:30am to 11am.
Holidays - times vary - good to call ahead -
.. Check here for a list
of St.Thomas holiday
dates.
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If you are coming in on a weekend or holiday (or near
a holiday ) then call ahead to verify the court house
hours ahead of time - 340-774-6680 (ext 6207 or ask for
marriage license department).
There is a $150 extra fee for going to the court on Sundays
and most holidays. If you are staying on island then you
can go to the court house days before your wedding.
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Best
times for your ceremony are around 10am or after 4:00pm.
We can do a wedding midday but it tends to get a bit on
the warm side and wedding locations can get crowded. |
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Location
- Depending on whether you wish to be married barefoot in
sand or in a gazebo with an incredible view, we have some
great locations for your dream wedding. Check out our locations
page , sailing weddings and
powerboat weddings for our
favorite wedding spots. Note that some locations have a
site fee of $50 to $100. We would be happy to marry you
at other locations or your private villa. |
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#2
- Check Availability - |
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Email Island
Wedding Services to check availability for your dates for
your minister, photographer, and or videographer. Let us know
what locations you are interested in having your ceremony.
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- Reserve your minister, photographer, and/or
videographer by filling out our reservation form. For
boat reservations note that the minister is included.
On
the form is a credit card authorization. We will require
a $50 deposit for each service of a minister, photographer,
and/or videographer. Your balance including site fee and
any extras such as champagne will be due in cash or traveler's
checks to your minister after your wedding service.You
can submit this form on line or print out and fax to 954-252-3724.
Boating weddings must be faxed.
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Forms
open in PDF Adobe Acrobat
download
acrobat reader
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#4
- Marriage License Paperwork -
Go to Legal Forms Page for instructions
on filing your marriage licence paperwork.
- Two forms plus $100 needs to be mailed to (and be at) the court
house at least 8 busniness days before your wedding date. The
court house will almost always waive this rule if you ask.
- You do not need to be on island the days before your wedding.
- If this a re newal of vows or commitment ceremony then you can
skip this step. |
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#5
- Transportation -
You can hire a taxi or limo or rent a car. Check transportation
options and instructions on our extras
page. If you are coming off a cruise ship you will definitely
need to pre arrange for transportation to your wedding before
you get here.
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#6
- Extras -
Check out our extras page for information
regarding champagne, florists, music, restaurant recommendations,
and more. |
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ONCE ON ISLAND :
If you are coming by cruise ship note that SOME cruise ships
do not change their clocks to our time zone.
Please ask your cruise ship to verify St. Thomas' time in relation
to your cruise ship time.
Otherwise you could think you are getting off the ship at 9am
to find that it is 10am on St. Thomas!
This is applicable fall to spring (beginnning of Nov to mid
of March) when we are one hour ahead of the US East Coast.
From spring to fall we are on the same time as the US East Coast.
Also if you are coming by cruise ship you will want to have
your transportation pre-arranged.
There will be taxis when you get off the ship however they will
be multi passenger vans taking people in groups straight to
popular tourist destinations.
It may be daunting to find a private taxi to take you and group
to the court house and then to your wedding location with out
it being pre-arranged.
We recommend www.movemygroup.com
and www.executiveonelimousine.com.
See other options on our extras
page.
If you are staying in a hotel then you can opt to pre-arrange
the transportation or have the front desk take care of that
when you get here.
If you want a limo then you will need to take care of reserving
that ahead of time.
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#7
- Court House -
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#8
- Get Married (:
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Bring
your rings, paperwork, and balance due for services in cash
or travelers checks only on location. |
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The
minister will use the ceremony on the ceremony
page unless directed otherwise in advance. Let us know
ahead of time if you would like the minister to refer to
you by nick names, shortened versions of your names, middle
names etc. Otherwise the minister will refer to you by the
first names on your reservation sheet. |
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Do
not over dress! It is the tropics - full black tuxes will
be unbearably hot.
Also note that if the bride wears a veil then it will turn
into a wind sock and become annoying to control in the wind. |
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Gratuities
for services - i.e. minister/photographer/captain are not
required but appreciated. (10 to 20 % is customary) |
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After
the ceremony your minister and two witnesses will sign your
paperwork.
If it is just the two of you don't worry about the witnesses.
We can have your driver , or photographer or there is always
a couple near by who are more than happy to sign off on
the paperwork. |
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#9
- Back to the Court House
After your ceremony you will need to go back to the court house
to drop off your signed paperwork. If you are staying on island
then you can do this days after the ceremony. Your minister
can drop off the paperwork afterwards for you for an extra handling
fee of $25. If you do it yourself you will walk off the island
with your final papers. If your minister handles the paperwork
then you will have to wait 3 weeks for the final papers to arrive
in the mail. Another option is to mail it in. If you are getting
married on a weekend or holiday you may not have the option
to go back to the court house as it may be closed.
If
you are a not a US citizen then you will most likely need to
get an Apostile. This is an extra certificate that authenticates
the marriage license for your country.
When you get home mail a certified copy of your marriage license
with a raised seal along with a cashiers check made out for
$25 US dollars to:
Lt.
Governors Office
#18 Kongens Gade
St. Thomas, VI 00802
They will mail it back to you first class mail.
If you have any questions regarding the Apostile then call 340-774-2991
and ask for the "Apostile department".
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#10
- You are married! Live happily ever after! |
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