Getting Married Abroad?
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I did it last august. Ive also been to a couple.
What kind of info are you looking for? All countries have different marriage laws, in some cases there is a lot of paperwork and a long wait period, in others there is less, some want blood tests, some dont etc...
Are you talking about a civil marriage or a religious marriage, in Ireland the civil ceremony is carried out as part of a Catholic ceremony, but this is not the case is a lot of places and you would need to do the church bit seperately to the civil bit etc...
If you can be more specific about what you want to know I might be able to give you a few pointers.
What kind of info are you looking for? All countries have different marriage laws, in some cases there is a lot of paperwork and a long wait period, in others there is less, some want blood tests, some dont etc...
Are you talking about a civil marriage or a religious marriage, in Ireland the civil ceremony is carried out as part of a Catholic ceremony, but this is not the case is a lot of places and you would need to do the church bit seperately to the civil bit etc...
If you can be more specific about what you want to know I might be able to give you a few pointers.
Hi, got married in Edinburgh four years ago. Civil in India Buildings (now moved). Lovely city/day etc. We had a child already so didnt fancy approaching priest etc that was in the Parish at the time. Very handy to arrange. Two forms from Department in Ireland and few forms from Edinburgh. Had to go to commissioner of oaths etc.
Flights very handy for family was second reason.
Flights very handy for family was second reason.
There are travel agencies who specialise in planning weddings abroad, you should make an appt to visit one and they would give you options and ideas as well. Friends of mine got married in Mauritius and for €8k had a fabulous wedding, a lovely all inclusive honeymoon and a stop over for 2 nights in Dubai coming home. It depends whether you want somewhere abroad that family and friends would travel to, or just some place the two of you can go.
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My sister got married in Lanzarote last year and it was fantastic. I just wanted to know what countries people would recommend and which to steer clear of. Would be getting married in 2012 so waiting for the right place is not a problem. Would have to be Europe as I wouldn't put family/friends to much expense. Possibly somewhere Ryanair fly to for guests to arrive/depart in a day or so.
My Friend is getting married in Portugal villamoura this year she is having about 100 pepole and we are all staying for 4 days to a week.Just one thing Rynair flights do not always work out the cheepest.We are flying from Monday to a Friday and the flights are €500 and the accomdation is costing us £450 for the 4 nights but of course that is the end of july if you go for other times of the year it will be much cheeper for your guests.
As Truthseeker said, different countries have different laws etc., and marriage in other countries may not necessarily be recognised as legal here. Have a read of this - it should help to steer you in the right direction. http://www.citizensinformation.ie/c...nships/getting-married/getting_married_abroad
Oh, and congratulations, and have fun planning your wedding
Oh, and congratulations, and have fun planning your wedding
I've heard this venue in Slovakia is particularly beautiful : http://www.bojnicecastle.sk/sobase-en.html. Both, the castle and surroundings are really romantic.
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We got married in Rome 4 years ago, spent 5 days there in total with 15 family members, flew home and had a big bash for everybody else then flew back out to the caribbean for 10 days. They were the best 3 weeks of my life and would do it all again in a heartbeat.
My daughter got married in Tenerife, Canary Islands 2 years ago. The hotel arranged everything except the church. Photographs, video, cake, flowers, music, transport to hotel after church, all organised by them.
The church part was very easy with a beautiful small church in the square of Los Cristionas. Priest most helpful, his english is good, only one priest in that parish, arranged alter boys etc. Suggested a small donation for himself and church , after being asked, a total of €100. Everything is so much cheaper there.
Hotel provided accommodation and recommended more affordable accommodation nearby.The prices were excellent. The day was wonderful most memorable with hotel beside the sea. They arranged everything from the time we arrived at hotel, music for the arriving guests, harp or other as desired. The music for the day also. They moved the guests for photos etc. and kept the party going. Total cost of wedding about 1/3 of prices here.
They add on supplement if after midnight wedding. We guaranteed about €200 in sales of drink and well surpassed that. They were amazed at the Irish appetite for drink. They have a different way of doing the drink and may try to get you to pay for all the drink in advance - dont agree. They are thrilled with Irish weddings. They supplied some extra on the house after midnight.
More information if you would like to contact me be delighted to help. Browtal
The church part was very easy with a beautiful small church in the square of Los Cristionas. Priest most helpful, his english is good, only one priest in that parish, arranged alter boys etc. Suggested a small donation for himself and church , after being asked, a total of €100. Everything is so much cheaper there.
Hotel provided accommodation and recommended more affordable accommodation nearby.The prices were excellent. The day was wonderful most memorable with hotel beside the sea. They arranged everything from the time we arrived at hotel, music for the arriving guests, harp or other as desired. The music for the day also. They moved the guests for photos etc. and kept the party going. Total cost of wedding about 1/3 of prices here.
They add on supplement if after midnight wedding. We guaranteed about €200 in sales of drink and well surpassed that. They were amazed at the Irish appetite for drink. They have a different way of doing the drink and may try to get you to pay for all the drink in advance - dont agree. They are thrilled with Irish weddings. They supplied some extra on the house after midnight.
More information if you would like to contact me be delighted to help. Browtal
Sorry to sound unromantic but it is of the utmost importance that you research properly marriage, divorce and custody laws in the country you are planning to marry in. Have the ceremony/party/family get together wherever you want but please DO NOT contract a legal marriage somewhere without putting in some serious research in advance as to what this might entail given all the eventualities. If you are both Irish, have you thought about marrying in the reigstry office in Ireland and then doing the ceremony somewhere else?
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The divorce and custody laws that are applicable are for the country of your residence, not the country you choose to marry in, so no matter where you marry (so long as it is a legal and valid marraige as recognised by Irish law i.e., same sex marriage is not recognised under Irish law although you can do this in another country it will have no legal standing here), if you then live in Ireland and choose to divorce or invoke custody laws, its Irish law that applies.
Hope Im not hijacking the conversation here but re your rights as an Irish citizen having married abroad, if you got married in a civil ceremony in Northern Ireland/Britain, would it have any effect on your chances of adoption? Want to adopt via the Irish channels but need to get married first. There's a mandatory 3month wait before you can get married here, In NI I think its 2 weeks and in NYC its 24hrs! Dont want to do anything that will delay an already long adoption process
hi We got married in Mauritius. It was so well arranged by the hotel out there we thought it wasnt arranged. There was a day of travelling to govenment buildings in Mauritius to do the paperwork bit. It was only the two of us.No stress. No argueing about what strangers get to go to the wedding. i organised it all-not bad for a bloke.
Fair play to u nediaaa!! Did it take much organising? Im looking to get married as soon as I can, as easily as I can, in a way that wont cause any issues for me further down the line (i.e. unforseen legal issues that I havent thought about.) Neither of us is into the big day as such. Will have a party when we get back but on the day, just want something nice and simple that focuses on the actual commitment itself
Agree with 1234 - the safest option is to do the legals in Ireland before you go. A lot of couples do this for obvious reasons. Many also do it because in many countries, a church wedding is not regarded as a legal civil wedding - you still have to do the civil part anyway. Most people who do the civil ceremony in Ireland dont tell anyone so as not to take away from the big day - they just turn up at the registery office with 2 witnesses and get it all done in c.15min.
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It takes 3 months from the time of your appointment with the registrar. In my experience (Dublin Office), the earliest appointment they could give me was just over 3 months from the time of my call, meaning it would have been just over 6 months before I could legally marry.
Hi, we are getting married abroad at the end of August. We were given the impression we could do both the civil and religious together. However, it become a very bureaucratic, & potentially very expensive process trying to organise the civil piece abroad in addition to the church. We couldn't be sure at the end whether we would be legally married on the day!
We have decided to do the civil piece in Ireland first, religious abroad. As we were within the 3 months notice to give, we phoned the family courts in Dublin. They advised us to ring around the registry offices in the country and we secured a date outside of Dublin very quickly. It was then a matter of getting a letter from the registry office, making a date in the family court, and appearing in front of the judge in the family court to explain our circumstances, and get a marriage exemption. If you are in a hurry, have no prior obligations, and have a valid reason for needing to get married within the 3 month notice period, they will assist you. And they were most helpful.
We have decided to do the civil piece in Ireland first, religious abroad. As we were within the 3 months notice to give, we phoned the family courts in Dublin. They advised us to ring around the registry offices in the country and we secured a date outside of Dublin very quickly. It was then a matter of getting a letter from the registry office, making a date in the family court, and appearing in front of the judge in the family court to explain our circumstances, and get a marriage exemption. If you are in a hurry, have no prior obligations, and have a valid reason for needing to get married within the 3 month notice period, they will assist you. And they were most helpful.