Caribbean Wedding Requirements

Here's a quick look at individual island marriage requirements. Fees are given in US dollars.

• Anguilla: Two-day waiting period; $284 fee. No blood test.
  
• Antigua & Barbuda: One-day waiting period; $240 for wedding license. No blood test.
  
• Aruba: A law was recently passed making civil weddings legal for non-residents.
  
• Bahamas: 24-hour residency requirement; $40 for marriage license. No blood test.
  
• Barbados: No residency requirement; fee of $62.50. No blood test.
  
• Bermuda: No residency requirement; fee of $205. No blood test.
  
• British Virgin Islands: Three-day waiting period; $110 for marriage license, plus fee of $35 to be married in Registrar's Office; $100 to be married outside the office. No blood test.
  
• Cayman Islands: No waiting period; $200 for marriage license. No blood test.
  
• Curaçao: Three-day residency; $167 for marriage license. No blood test.
  
• Dominican Republic: No residency period; $20 for marriage license. Couples must write the American Consulate in Santo Domingo in advance of intended wedding date asking permission to marry in a civil ceremony. All documents must be translated into Spanish. No blood test.
  
• Jamaica: 24-hour residency; $54 for marriage license. No blood test.
  
• Puerto Rico: No residency; $2 stamp fee for copy of license. A VDRL blood test no older than 10 days prior to the wedding is required.
  
• St. Barts: One person in couple must be resident for 30 days; no fee. Blood test required.
  
• St. Kitts & Nevis: Two-day residency; $80 for marriage license. No blood test.
  
• St. Lucia: Two-day residency and two days for license; $198 for marriage license. No blood test.
  
• St. Martin: One person in couple must be resident for 30 days; no fee. Blood test required.
  
• Saint Maarten: 10 days before the ceremony couples must register at the Office of Civil Registry. Fee $152. No blood test.
  
• Trinidad & Tobago: Three-day residency; $55 fee. No blood test.
  
• Turks & Caicos: 24-hour residency requirement; approval by a marriage officer may take two days. $50 fee. No blood test.
  
• USVI: Must wait eight days from receipt of notarized application, but the couple does not need to be on island during this time. $50 for marriage license; $200 fee to be married in the court by a judge. No blood test.