Wedding Solemniser Found!

Come tomorrow, AstroBanana would be able to file their Notice of Marriage with the Registry of Marriages. Actually, they are being on the kiasu (read: afraid of losing) side of things because they would be filing at the earliest possible date. Then again, it makes sense to get some things done as soon as possible because there will be many other things that demand their attention in the next three months.

A couple is able to file their Notice of Marriage as early as three months before or as late as three weeks before the solemnisation date. For AstroBanana, that means 9 July 2009 at the earliest (3 months expiration date) or 19 September 2009 at the latest (21 days notice period). Before they can file their Notice of Marriage, they would have to find a solemniser first. This involves poring through a list of licensed solemnisers (which include religious leaders, grassroots leaders and Justices of the Peace), invite him/her to solemnise their wedding, send him/her the completed Solemniser Consent Form and obtain his/her signed consent either via fax or in person.

After some discussion, AstroBanana decided to invite Mr Phang Tai Heng, JP, BBM(L), PBM, who agreed to solemnise their wedding. Yay! Actually, they have met him before - he solemnised Ee Huei's and Ying Chien's wedding last year. In addition, online reviews about him are mostly positive.

Next, to file that Notice of Marriage...