Does officiant get a plus one?

No, I expect the officiant to do the ceremony then leave.

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I agree with Nicolle. Unless the officiant is a friend or family friend.

You may want to take a few photos with him/her, or your photographer might capture when you sign the marriage certificate with him/her present.

No they dont normally hang around

It all depends on your relationship with your officiant. If you are paying him & don’t know him then No. Mine is a friend of my FH so he will be celebrating with us & his wife as well.

Like PP said if you don’t have a relationship with them, then they don’t need a plus one. Our officiant has been my pastor since I was 9 (13 years now) so I will be inviting her and her husband to the reception- but not their 3 kids.

View Quoted Comment I agree with this. If you’re paying someone, I wouldn’t give them a plus one.

I would not invite your officiant to your ceremony if there isn't a personal relationship.

I wouldn't think so. We hired a JP to officiate our ceremony and it let us know upfront that he would leave after the ceremony was over.

I asked mine if she wanted a meal and she said she would be leaving after the ceremony and signing the certificate. The way I see it, she's done working, she probably wants to go home and eat with her family. To hang around longer would be basically working without pay. Unless you have a personal relationship, that would be a different story.

If you have no personal relationship to your officiant then they don't need to be invited to the reception at all, let alone with a plus one.

However, if you do decide to invite them to the reception, and they have a significant other, then that significant other should be listed, by name, on the invite. But people generally only invite the officiant when they have a close personal relationship and/or have been a long-time member of their congregation. If it's just an officiant for hire, it's really not necessary to invite them. You're paying them for a job, they can do the job and go home.

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I agree - for my first wedding my then in-laws had a looong relationship with the minister, and he only attended the reception for a bit to say grace then left.

This wedding - our officiant was a friend and we all hung out with him and his girlfriend so yes, she was invited too.

It all depends - if you hire a pro through a service, then I would not invite him/her to the reception at all.