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Build your ownAmoy House Ballroom. Saturday, 6 March 2027. Chinese banquet. 300 guests planned.
Days to solemnisation
14 Nov 2026
Committed
$76.2k
of $78k ceiling
Net of ang bao
$27.2k
expected out of pocket
Tables
22
min. 30 guaranteed
Solemnisation
Saturday, 14 November 2026
Celebration
Saturday, 6 March 2027
You are 8 tables under your contracted minimum.
Amoy House Ballroom bills 30 tables whatever your final count. Trimming the guest list below that saves nothing, and those 8 tables are already in your committed total.
Registry of Marriages, civil, counting back from 14 Nov 2026
A ROM-appointed solemniser or one from your religious organisation. Fees range from no charge to about $500 for a private venue on a weekend.
This has to be in hand before you start the marriage application. Couples who file first and ask later lose their slot.
Filed online, with a statutory declaration from both of you. The notice stays valid for 3 months, so filing too early is as much a problem as filing too late.
A statutory waiting window during which an objection can be lodged. Nothing to do here except wait.
You need the solemniser plus two witnesses aged 21 or over. It can happen at any venue in Singapore.
The certificate is what HDB asks for on a flat application, so this date gates your home track too.
A package covering gown rental, kua, and two hair and makeup sessions runs 20 to 30 percent under booking each piece separately.
Typically $3,200 to $6,800
Hard deadline. The notice has to be at least 21 days before the solemnisation, and it lapses 3 months after filing.
The betrothal exchange. Usually falls two to four weeks before the wedding, and both mothers will want a say in the date.
Typically $800 to $2,500
Mothers' gowns and fathers' suits, both sides. Left late this becomes a genuine problem, because alterations queue behind every other bride at the same boutique.
4 more tasks are waiting on something above.
Forecast runs against 218 confirmed guests at the band for your venue tier, after refundable deposits come back.