Hi ladies; Finally may have convinced my h2b to possibly have a wedding abroad and agreed on a theme ;) When we were talking; a question arose which none of us could find the answer too. I know that when you get married in the UK you have to get permission to get married? I guess that is the same abroad but do we have to get permission in the UK and abroad or do you only have to ask permission in the country you are getting married in?
Hope that makes sense :)
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CommentAuthorLittle Kettle
Rules are different in each country. We were originally told we had to give notice in the UK even though we were getting married in Vegas. Turns out we were told wrong and we didn't have to give notice here at all. So that was £70 down the drain LOL!
I guess it makes sense. Our marriage will never appear on the registers in the UK so why would we need to give notice here?
I do, however, seem to recall the clerk at cook county courthouse saying that buy having the 'blue slip' it made her job a heck of a lot easier.
Vegas baby!
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CommentAuthor*The NewMrsMalin*
Thanks LK; I guess it just depends on the place; we'll have to make an enquiry :) By the way if you get married abroad; is the marriage still valid in the UK? :D
Met in 2009
Got together on12th May 2011, proposed on the 12th May 2013
When you get knocked down; smile and pick yourself up again!
Fight for what you believe in!
CommentAuthorLittle Kettle
Pretty much, but there are some exceptions. You can usually find out pretty easily by doing a quick g00gle search.
Vegas baby!
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CommentAuthorsarah
Some countries/localities have waiting times before you can get married. Some countries have none, whereas others may make you wait for days or even weeks before you can legally get married.
Oooh, yes, good point Sarah! My friend got married over here and whilst she and her (now) husband have EU passports, they both had to be resident here in London for 3 weeks whilst they were giving notice of marriage.
I still think it's strange that they had to give notice of marriage here as why would anyone object if they didn't know anyone?! Most odd.
