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will i have to marry twice?

  • 24-06-2010 9:32pm
    #1
    peggie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭


    hi folks,
    i'm getting married in austria in december, i presumed that as its eu and civil ceremony i'd be married here but talking to a friend today he told me about a friend getting married in portugal who would need to do civil ceremony here first- is that only if doing church wedding?
    i thought it was all simple so would like to know what the story is so i can get organized in time
    cheers
    peg


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  • #2
    BC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭BC


    It depends on what you mean by married here. The marriage will be governed by the country in which you get married. So if you get married in Austria then your marriage is governed by Austrian law not Irish law. That doesn't mean you're not married here though. Once you get your marriage cert translated into English then that will be fine here for tax purposes etc. This has some more information:

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/birth-family-relationships/getting-married/getting_married_abroad


  • #3
    Karmella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 667 ✭✭✭Karmella


    Yes, if it is a civil ceremony in austria then it will be recognised here ... there are a few forms you need to fill out , and get witnessed by a solicitor / commissioner for oaths, and send to the department of foreign affairs around 4 months before your wedding ... look at the department of foreign affairs website - all the info you need should be there.

    The only reason some people have to have a civil ceremony here before they go is if the country they are going to doesn't let them do the civil part of the marriage there. Like France for example - you would need to be resident there for 3 months or something before you could have a civil wedding! In Italy you can have a church wedding which is like here, the civil part is done during the service also - signing of the register. I think Portugal is the same as France - you can only have a church service there.


  • #4
    prinz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,598 ✭✭✭✭prinz


    It is dependent on the country you hope to marry in. In some countries the religious ceremony and legal marriage are conducted together, in others they are completey separate.

    For instance in some jurisdictions the religious ceremony alone will not be recognised by the state (the foreign state or Ireland). Personally I got married in Germany, so before the religious ceremony we had to officially get legally married by the German civil authorities before having the religious ceremony. In other countries you can only have a civil wedding if you have been living there a certain length of time, or if one of those getting married is a citizen or has a legal status in that country.

    As Karmella pointed out there are a number of steps you will need to take here months before the wedding in regard to the Department of Foreign Affairs


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