how long did your marriage license take?

Bride_to_be_2011 · April 2011

How long did it take to come in the mail? I am not the most patient person....

miguelhilary2010 · April 2011

I picked mine up... because I am impatient AND controlling.... and apparently no help to you :-P

Bride_to_be_2011 · April 2011

OH?! I am not aware you can go pick it up! Where did you go to pick it up? I thought it comes from Harrisburg.... I know nothing apparently.

dibsontop · April 2011

The priest gave us ours after our ceremony. Guess it's different in DE than PA. Again, no help to you

miguelhilary2010 · April 2011

Mine was NJ so I'm doublely no help to you. I applied and picked up in Voorhees.

amy727 · April 2011

You can go pick one up at Norristown. I think you need to call ahead though. Some guy did that this morning before we applied for ours.

[Deleted User] · April 2011

Can you pick it up say 3 days later in Norristown?

amy727 · April 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_pennsylvania-philadelphia_long-did-marriage-license?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:105Discussion:e72de102-3b5b-4daa-9910-9a3726ca9c05Post:c5ca79f3-fb86-4a5f-aa4a-b57dd2c1045b">Re: how long did your marriage license take?</a>:
[QUOTE]Can you pick it up say 3 days later in Norristown?
Posted by NCV2[/QUOTE]

In Norristown when you go apply for it you take it with you. It isn't valid until 3 days later though. After your ceremony you have the officiant fill everything out and mail it back within 10 days. After that you can get your certified marriage certificate that you need to change your name.

Bride_to_be_2011 · April 2011

I guess I will just be patient, it can't take too much longer.

grneyz12 · April 2011

We were given ours after the wedding so I didn't have to wait.

amy727 · April 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_pennsylvania-philadelphia_long-did-marriage-license?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:105Discussion:e72de102-3b5b-4daa-9910-9a3726ca9c05Post:cf6db745-3af8-41c2-84f8-e29b7c99a78d">Re: how long did your marriage license take?</a>:
[QUOTE]We were giving ours after the wedding so I didn't have to wait.
Posted by grneyz12[/QUOTE]

You got the certified copy with a raised seal?

LadybugBride3 · April 2011

Wait I'm confused, I apparently have no idea how this works. So the certificate we got from the priest after the ceremony isn't the real marriage certificate? I'm supposed to get something else?

Bride_to_be_2011 · April 2011

Yea I thought there was something that comes from the Government that is the real document.... I might already have it too. haha. Oh gosh.

jessica0602 · April 2011

Ours only took about two weeks.

amy727 · April 2011

You get the marriage certificate from the priest, but if you want to change your name you need a certified copy (raised seal).

drink227 · April 2011

I changed my name with the one from the priest. So I'm not sure what to tell you.

amy727 · April 2011

The SS office says you need the one with the raised seal. They also told me today that you would need to mail in or stop back in for a certified copy.

shirz903 · April 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_pennsylvania-philadelphia_long-did-marriage-license?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:105Discussion:e72de102-3b5b-4daa-9910-9a3726ca9c05Post:c614c561-be02-4313-815e-c0a5cd9aeac9">Re: how long did your marriage license take?</a>:
[QUOTE]I changed my name with the one from the priest. So I'm not sure what to tell you.
Posted by drink227[/QUOTE]

<div>Ditto this. I changed mine at the social security office and DMV with just the part that my rabbi gave me from what I was handed when I applied at Norristown. </div>

grneyz12 · April 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_pennsylvania-philadelphia_long-did-marriage-license?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:105Discussion:e72de102-3b5b-4daa-9910-9a3726ca9c05Post:b16b518a-4aa8-49b5-b2f4-64eb1a7d666a">Re: how long did your marriage license take?</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: how long did your marriage license take? : You got the certified copy with a raised seal?
Posted by amy727[/QUOTE]

No, it didn't have a raised seal. But our officiant was a judge and gave us 6 copies as well that I used to do all of my name changing, so maybe that is why I didn't need the seal? I have no idea, lol. But I changed my name everywhere so if the one I got at the ceremony wasn't legit I don't think SS and the DMV would have changed my name.

Bride_to_be_2011 · April 2011

Maybe I just need that bottom part too? I guess I can go try. Or just wait for the one in the mail, there is no real rush to change my name but I am excited to do it!

jmketz · May 2012

In Response to Re: how long did your marriage license take?:

how long did it wind up taking? i'm also inpatient! lol

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