Requirements for Barbados
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Valid passports and original or certified copies of your birth certificates.
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Legal name changes or legal adoption papers (if applicable).
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Court certified final divorce decree (if applicable). Digital divorce decrees issued after 2015 must be notarized.
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Government issued death certificates with related marriage certificates (if applicable).
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Residency requirement (48 hours*)
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Marriage license and administrative fee (US$440.00)
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For residents of Philippines, there may be additional documentation requirements. Please contact 1-888-SANDALS for complete information.
*the 48 hours residency requirement means that couples can get married in Barbados 2 business days after arrival. In Barbados the day of arrival is included in the residency period, but weekends and public holidays are not. Couples must go offsite to obtain application for marriage license.
Day of Arrival in Barbados
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Earliest Wedding Day
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- Each public holiday in Barbados moves the earliest wedding day out by one day.
- Final payment on wedding options is due sixty (60) days prior to arrival.
- Cancellations made at least forty-five (45) days prior to arrival are fully refundable, except for non-refundable items including but not limited to certain deposits, administrative fees, custom third-party vendor items, external event suppliers and photography, entertainment, etc
- Floral Purchases are NON-REFUNDABLE or transferable if cancelled within 45 days of arrival
- Cancellations made 44-31 days prior to arrival will receive of 50% refund, except for non-refundable items listed above
- Cancellations made 30 days or less prior to arrival are non-refundable.
- All couples must hand carry all original government issued and/or court certified documents with raised/embossed seals & stamps and with judges or court clerk’s original ink signature.