What an ordeal we had with the Prison in trying to get married . South Carolina DOC has false information on their website and we submitted the paperwork and got the run around . With one excuse after another, we checked with other others who went thru the same thing. They checked with other Chaplains who told them that South Carolina does not allow inmate marriages. Since they won't take the inmate to the courthouse when the fiancee is there and they don't have a valid marriage license they can't get married in South Carolina. Another fiancee was told by another Chaplain that inmates have to find another way to get married since they can't get married thru South Carolina. We finally spoke to others who told us to call Rev. Byron who told us there were only two States, Virginia and Kansas, that would be able to get us married. The US Supreme Court, the US Attorney General, and the South Carolina US Attorneys Office have given their permission. Mary and Rob ,

We explored many options before we finally talked to Rev. Byron after speaking to several lawyers, as well as DOC people. The only way we figured you can't get married is if both parties are incarcerated. Luckily, I am not incarcerated! Rev. Byron explained the entire process of getting married thru another State. The US Supreme Court, the US Attorney General, and the South Carolina US Attorneys Office have approved and gave permission to all Inmate Marriages. So we finally made it happen! Don't talk to anyone else since he knows all the ways to get you married and the most cost effective. Regina and Walt

Thanks to Rev. Byron he has options thru 2 different states to get all of the inmates married. If the inmate and fiance/fiancee can't talk to each other then the Kansas Option is utilized . If they can talk to each other, then the Virginia option is utilized. It is great that all South Carolina inmates can be married thru an easy inexpensive process! Janice and Rick

I applied to get visitation approval to see my fiance and that form is fictitious since only relatives are allowed in to see inmates. The South Carolina DOC website says the inmate can fill out a form requesting a marriage ceremony and the Warden will approve it. Of course that is also fictitious since only relatives are allowed in to see inmates. Rev. Byron discussed the Virginia option and the Kansas Option with us and we were finally able to get married. Tara and Derek

Thanks to Rev. Byron we finally got married! The Virginia option didn't work because we couldn't get a notary approved to get the affidavit signed and notarized. We did have success with the Kansas Option since they allow proxy marriage in the event that one party is not able to be available at the time of the ceremony. They also require 2 witnesses. Everything was great! Tayla and Reggie

Rev. Byron was so helpful with discussing the options to get us married since my fiancee is in a South Carolina Correctional Facility. Since we can't get the Virginia Affidavit notarized and I can't talk to my fiancee, he recommended the State of Kansas that allows Single Proxy Marriage with me being in Kansas for the ceremony with two witnesses. Regina and Chris

Rev. Byron solved all of our problems and answered all of our questions so we knew the only options available to finally get married. Kayla and Erek

Rev. Byron and I discussed all possible marriage options to see which ones would be possible to finally get married to my fiancee in a South Carolina Correctional Facility. Rev. Byron discussed all the options that he knew of thru different States, and we discounted the ones that wouldn't work, and finally chose the one that did work, and now we are finally married. Tyra and Walt

Rev. Byron was a great help in asking me to contact the South Carolina US Attorneys Office! They are working on solving the problem of inmates being told they can't get married, when the US Supreme Court says they can. Tiffany and Eric

Rev. Byron was just who I needed to speak to and he referred me to Johanna at the South Carolina US Attorney's Office. She is gathering information from fiancees who have been denied the opportunity to marry inmates, with the hope of all inmates being told soon the way they can get married. Tina and Rick

As everyone knows South Carolina does not allow inmate Weddings, so with the help of Rev. Byron and an inhouse notary we can get a marriage license thru another State and finally get married. Tierra and Derek

Everyone knows that you can't get married in a Georgia Correctional Facility since they won't take the inmate to the courthouse when the bride is there, and I just found out from a friend of mine that South Carolina has the same problem. Thanks to Rev. Byron and notaries we were able to get a form from another state notarized so we could get married thru another state with a phone Wedding. Marilyn and Wes

Thanks to Rev. Byron we were married remotely by phone by getting an affidavit notarized from another State which does not require the inmate to be in that State at the time of the Ceremony. Thanks to the US Supreme Court and the US Attorney's Office, since Georgia will not allow inmate marriages. Sherry and Ray

Thanks to Rev. Byron for making our marriage happen. The Wardens won't approve the marriages and won't take the inmate to the courthouse when the fiancee is there so no marriage license can be obtained. The only way to get married was get our notary into the prison to get an affidavit form from another state notarized and the original form back to the fiancee to get the marriage license. The inmate does not have to be in that state at the time of the Wedding. We had a nice phone Wedding. Takia and Erik

Talking to the right person makes all the difference in the world! Rev. Byron knows a lot of marriage details that most people don't. He knew a way to get the marriage license and get the ceremony performed. It is great that everyone can call Rev. Byron to discuss their South Carolina Correctional Facility Wedding. Letrice and Alphonso

We are so excited that we called Rev. Byron and he told us the same thing several lawyers told us so we were able to get the marriage license in another state where the ceremony does not require everyone to be in that state at the time of the ceremony. We sent a notary to the prison to get a form notarized, and I did the same thing with my form. We sent them to that courthouse with the appropriate fees, and the notarized forms, and they mailed the marriage license to Rev. Byron and we had a remote ceremony. It went wonderful! Kita and Glenn

Thank God for Rev. Byron who discussed our entire situation with me. I had heard so much misinformation over the years, and was ready to give up. Rev. Byron had the facts of what we needed to do and we made it finally happen. Denise and Art

Thanks so much , Rev. Byron for knowing how to make our Prison Wedding happen. We heard so many untrue things from everyone else. I am glad that you know all the answers on how to get the marriage license and how to do the ceremony. Nikki and Glenn

What a relief to talk to Rev. Byron about proxy weddings. Several lawyers recommended states that offer proxy weddings but the law does not allow my fiance and I to do that type of ceremony. Thanks again for telling us how to get married! Terri and DeAndre

Bob, and I are so glad that Rev. Byron was able to perform our marriage ceremony. All ceremonies are performed remotely so that guests from everywhere can witness the ceremony by phone or online. Rev. Byron charges $100 for a real marriage ceremony, which is a great relief knowing that the other area Officiants charge $500 for a I minute ceremony, with no guests. Robin and Bob

We are so glad we got Rev. Byron to officiate our Wedding remotely. The other Roanoke Officiants average $500 for a1 minute ceremony and you can't have all of your guests there. Rev. Byron does a full ceremony and you can have all your guests with you, on Zoom, or phone. Don't make the mistake of getting stuck with a $500 Officiant for a 1 minute ceremony. Takia and Zach

God definitely has been with us during the marriage process, along with Rev. Byron. Thanks to Rev Byron we learned that Zoom/Phone/All Online Weddings are LEGAL in Virginia. He showed us the Commonwealth of Virginia memo in which the Virginia Attorney General confirmed their legalities. Rev. Byron did a wonderful job with our Ceremony, and he has been the Best Regional Wedding Minister for the last 41 years Takia and Elbert

Bob, and I are so glad that we got Rev. Byron to perform our ceremony and it was wonderful. We had people on the phone from different parts of the country. We appreciated Rev. Byron emailing the memo from the Commonwealth of Virginia verifying the legality of phone and zoom Weddings. The other Officiants who charge $500 and up for less than 5 minute ceremonies all said that Zoom and Phone Weddings are not legal, but the Commonwealth of Virginia says that they are. Thanks, Rev. Byron Brittany and Bob

Thank God we found Rev. Byron who performed a beautiful ceremony for us. It was well worth the wait since he is extremely busy because he performs almost all the Civil Ceremonies in the Roanoke area because other Officiants don't do what is required and charge ridiculous fees! Two of my friends met an Officiant who simply signed the license without performing the required ceremony, and my sister and her husband had an Officiant who rushed thru a one minute ceremony and only allowed a handful of guests. Rev. Byron emailed us the memo where the Virginia Attorney General declared that Zoom and Phone Weddings have always been legal in Virginia. Thanks, Rev. Byron. Karen and Patrick

Thank God for the Commonwealth of Virginia memo indicating that Zoom and Phone Weddings are Legal in Virginia. Too many people get wrong information from Circuit Courts who tell you what they think is right rather than what is right. The phone wedding worked perfect for us and we had a beautiful ceremony as well.

Thanks to Rev. Byron and Virginia for helping us do our wedding. My partner had to leave Virginia right after we got our marriage license to care for a sick family member and we knew he would not be able to come back for our wedding which could not be rescheduled. We were lied to by other Virginia Ministers and Virginia Courts who said he and the minister had to be present for the wedding. We also were lied to by Utah Ministers who told us we had to get a Utah license and get married by a Utah minister. Thank God we spoke to Rev. Byron who sent us the memo citing the Virginia Attorney General that said that my partner and our minister could be elsewhere and we can do a Zoom, etc or Phone Wedding. Rev. Byron performed a beautiful ceremony and we are so glad we listened! Tara and Travis

We are so glad that Rev. Byron had a memo to prove that remote weddings in Virginia are legal. Everyone else was saying that they are not. The memo citing the Virginia Attorney General cleared up everything for us!

We wanted to thank Rev. Byron for being there for us and doing our civil ceremony and Elopement . When we obtained our marriage license in Roanoke, Virginia we had no idea that all the other Officiants were charging $500 or more for quick, rushed ceremonies with no guests allowed. With Rev. Byron the fee is always $100 and all guests are allowed. Rev. Byron has been the top rated regional wedding minister for forty years so you also get the best Officiant.

We are so glad that Rev. Byron was able to do a remote wedding for only $100. Everyone else was charging $500 for a 5 minute wedding. We had all our family and friends with us for the ceremony. Alexis and Travis

Thanks to the expertise of Rev. Byron we did a phone wedding since my partner was unable to come to the States because of a health setback and poor connection. Virginia law only requires one party to be in Virginia at the time of the Wedding. We did a mail order marriage license from City of Roanoke and we were all set! We had many family and friends on board for the ceremony. Lindsey and Kyle

Rev. Byron and his staff did a wonderful job with our wedding at the courthouse complex. We are so glad everyone could come!

We had a great wedding at the Chesterfield courthouse complex venues All of our guests were able to make it and we had a beautiful ceremony. The fee is always $100 seven days a week.

Our Chesterfield Courthouse Elopement at the Courthouse Wedding Venue was wonderful. We had a beautiful ceremony with all of our guests present. A special thanks to Rev. Byron and his staff!

Rev. Byron was very helpful in telling us about the remote marriage license and ceremony option which allowed us to get married with my fiance still in Greece as he was attending to ill family members Carol and Rick

Rev. Byron did our remote wedding with all of our remote guests for only $100 rather than paying someone else $500 and them not allowing any guests and rushing through the ceremony. Rev. Byron performs a beautiful ceremony. Taylor and Reggie

We learned so much from Rev. Byron when he sent us the email citing the Virginia Attorney General. Knowing that Rev. Byron was able to marry us remotely made our day so much easier since we couldn't go to him and he couldn't come to us. We got married via a video call and we also included family and friends. For only $100 Rev. Byron performed a wonderful ceremony. Other officiants in our area wanted $500 for a five minute ceremony which is ridiculous! Thank You Rev. Byron. Nikki and Ricky

Rev. Byron was indeed the best choice for our civil ceremony and elopement. We had all of our guests by video and phone. The ceremony was nice and beautiful and we heard much better than the expensive area officiants. Thanks again, Rev. Byron! Sabrina and Curt

My partner and I made the best decision of our lives by getting married in Utah through the Utah County Online Electronic Marriage License Process. We along with our two witnesses and guests were allowed to be anywhere since our officiant was in Utah. Utah was our only hope since our marriage could not occur legally in China.

Sherry and I planned on a DC judge marrying us by ZOOM but when we found out there is a three month wait for a marriage license and appt , we contacted Rev. Byron who directed us to the remote license option thru Utah County Utah and since the officiant was in Utah we and our two witnesses could be anywhere , and I can't travel because of health reasons. Thanks, Derek and Sherry!

Since my partner and I were both injured in an auto accident and unable to leave our home without undue hardship, we did the Utah County Utah online electronic marriage license. With Rev. Byron in Utah and family and friends scattered through out the world, we had a much better wedding than a judge could ever do;

Thanks to Rev. Byron for his knowledge of the law. Robert and I had our wedding scheduled for months, and a week before the wedding, Robert had to fly to Maine to deal with the health issues of his mother. We started to panic, but Rev. Byron showed us the law that indicates that both parties are not required to be together during the ceremony. So we Zoomed Robert in on the Big Screen, and did a COVID style wedding! There is no way we could cancel the wedding and loose all that money! Rev. Byron was a life saver! Carla and Robert

Thank God for Rev. Byron who suggested a ZOOM Wedding since the courthouses no longer do weddings with a judge. All we wanted originally was us and the judge, but we put together a ZOOM Wedding with people logged in all over the world. Thanks, Rev. Byron

Levander, and I had a wonderful ZOOM wedding with our minister, and other guests on the big screen. Rev. Byron gave us plenty of options for our type of ceremony, which the other Zoom ministers don't! Thanks, Rev. Byron!, Levander and Shanika

Tobias and I were looking for the flexibility of a specially written ZOOM ceremony with a interfaith wording as well as certain family members participating in the ceremony. Rev Byron Sichert was indeed the best among ZOOM Wedding Ministers by allowing us to do everything we wanted to do, unlike the other officiants! All of the other officiants said they used their standard ceremony. We were not going to have a standard ceremony, like the courthouse, so Rev Byron make sure it was just what we wanted. Many Thanks, Kim and Tobias

Melanie, and I had no judge available for our wedding day so we called Rev. Byron who suggested a ZOOM wedding which was the best idea since we had family in different countries. We had a great wedding, and Thanks, Rev. Byron. Jim and Melanie

We had a very traumatic situation when my then fiancee, Grant became ill out of state right before our wedding date. We checked with our officiant, Rev. Byron Sichert, about Virginia marriages, and he let us know that both parties are not required to be together at the time of the ceremony so we zoomed him in for the ceremony.

It was much easter to have everyone invited to a ZOOM wedding, rather than waiting for a judge at the courthouse with our family not there. Thanks, Rev. Byron for the great ceremony! Ralphael and Tabitha

Since Alabama no longer requires marriage ceremonies and the courts don't have anyone to perform marriage ceremonies, we looked for and found Rev. Byron Sichert to perform our ceremony. After filing all that was required with the court to be legally married, we had Rev. Byron perform a ZOOM ceremony with people logged in from different parts of the country. What a wonderful ceremony! Artisha and Levander

Bob, and I are so glad Rev. Byron performed our zoom ceremony with me in Texas and Bob in California. We even had family members participating in the ceremony. Thanks, Rev. Byron. Nisha and Bob

We had a great ceremony at Lake Hening at Henrico Courthouse. We designed our ceremony, my dad walked me down the aisle, and all of our family and friends came. The fee for everything was only $100. Thanks, Rev. Byron! Allan and Darcy