Wedding Officials

Group photo of all the Babs

An extraordinary registrar (babs) plays an important role in the consummation of a marriage or registered partnership. Our dedicated wedding officiants are ready to make your wedding day a special and personal ceremony. 

Selecting Babs

For a simple ceremony, the municipality assigns an available officiant.
If you opt for an elaborate ceremony, you can indicate your preference via gemeente@geldrop-mierlo.nl (stating choice BABS). We will then try to schedule it for you. In the unlikely event that your preference is not available, we will contact you.

Meet the team

The team of wedding officiants is diverse and varied in approach, style and experience. They perform marriages and partnerships for the municipality of Geldrop-Mierlo. Below they introduce themselves to you.

A wedding officiant of your own

You can also ask a family member, friend or acquaintance to perform your marriage or registered partnership. There are two options for this:

  • The ceremony is performed together by your preferred wedding officiant (ceremonial part/speech) and our wedding officiant (official part/yes. You cannot specify a preference for a wedding officiant in this case). No further application is required and there are no additional costs involved. However, we do ask you to indicate this to us.
  • Your desired wedding officiant will take care of the entire ceremony. He or she will be appointed as 1-day BABS for the municipality of Geldrop-Mierlo. This person must already be employed by a municipality as an (Extraordinary) Official of the Civil Status.

Apply for appointment as a wedding officiant

To be appointed as a 1-day BABS, a number of rules must be met. These rules can be found in the civil status regulations.

You may submit a request to appoint the 1-day BABS using the form below:

Download the "request for appointment of 1-day BABS

The request for the appointment must be made no later than one month before the marriage or registered partnership is to be performed. 

Cost

For current fees, see the fee table on the marriage and registered partnership page.