Wedding certificates

Beverley_Hillbillies

Unsure where to post this

We recently got married :j:j

Due to name change, we've purchased 6 additional Wedding certificates for our financial and legal bodies, passport, driving licence, bank, mortgage etc.., etc.,

Sending each one by Royal Mail "Special Delivery" works out expensive, these are normal A4 letter standard envelopes.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Royal Mail "Special Delivery"

From what I can see online, most courier companies, UK Mail, DPD, Hermes etc., etc., all refer to "parcels"

Robisere

Did all of those bodies actually require an original certificate? I ask because we did this 30 years ago, name change included, and we had one certificate which we photocopied. I have done the same with birth certificates and passport pages.

Beverley_Hillbillies

Robisere wrote: »

Did all of those bodies actually require an original certificate? I ask because we did this 30 years ago, name change included, and we had one certificate which we photocopied. I have done the same with birth certificates and passport pages.

Apparently, "Copy" is not accepted, only 1 official marriage certificate is given, all other's are "copies" however, these are acceptable providing they have been provided by the local council that conducted the ceremony.

lika_86

Why not just send them using the normal post? You have six of them, so even if one goes missing at some point it's not a big deal, also, I doubt these companies send them back special delivery, so why do you need to send them special delivery? If you really feel the need to track them then registered delivery should be fine (and cheaper).

Beverley_Hillbillies

It's preference to send them by special delivery, I'd feel more comfortable.

Registered delivery may be the option, I take it RM would be the cheapest (based on your comment)

peachyprice

Beverley_Hillbillies wrote: »

It's preference to send them by special delivery, I'd feel more comfortable.

Registered delivery may be the option, I take it RM would be the cheapest (based on your comment)

It's either 1st or 2nd class Signed For, it's about £1 more than normal 1st or 2nd class

https://www.postoffice.co.uk/mail/uk-signed

But as above, why bother if they're going to be returned to you normal post?

TonyMMM

All certificates are copies .... the only original document is the register entry itself.

It is nice to keep a certificate issued on the day of the wedding, but it is still a copy.

Normal post is fine ..You can always buy more if you need them, and bear in mind that as a public record anyone can order a copy of your certificate at any time so not worth getting too concerned about.

Beverley_Hillbillies

TonyMMM wrote: »

bear in mind that as a public record anyone can order a copy of your certificate at any time so not worth getting too concerned about.

Ah, OK, thanks for that, you're correct, now I accept, it's not worth getting to concerned about.

Naf

One or two certificates is sufficient - all of these companies are going to return them to you.

I understand wanting to send them with some sort of tracking, but signed for/recorded or whatever should be fine I wouldn't bother with special.

To be honest, though, this isn't something which really would benefit the company to claim never arrived, nor that you're going to have to prove was delivered. Just 2nd class standard would do you fine, and as has been said before, that's how it'll come back to you.

TBagpuss

You may also be able to use certified copies - photocopies signed by a solicitor to say they are true copies of the original.

If it were me I'd just use standard post - its uncommon for things to go missing in the post.

Silvertabby

TonyMMM wrote: »

All certificates are copies .... the only original document is the register entry itself.

It is nice to keep a certificate issued on the day of the wedding, but it is still a copy.

Normal post is fine ..You can always buy more if you need them, and bear in mind that as a public record anyone can order a copy of your certificate at any time so not worth getting too concerned about.

Tony beat me to it.

I think this obsession with so-called originals dates back to when photocopies only worked in black and white and it was possible to amend details,dates, etc and re-copy them.

Modern photocopiers, however, are good enough to show up every blemish and alteration.