Wedding Abroad

snlynch

Hi Folks,

I need help! My fiancee & I have decided to get married abroad.
{my fiancees father recently passed away}
We just want to go away the two of us & get married - no frills.
It will be a Civil ceremony, nothing expensive with wedding planners etc
Any advice??

tinkerbell

What advice exactly are you looking for?

Just go and do it! Vegas would be pretty amazing. Just the two of you and it's a great city!

snlynch

Getting married civially in Vegas, the wedding is not recognised in this country - we'd need to remarry civally here which we dont want

artyeva

snlynch wrote: »

Getting married civially in Vegas, the wedding is not recognised in this country - we'd need to remarry civally here which we dont want

where did you glean that information?! that is completely untrue.

tinkerbell

snlynch wrote: »

Getting married civially in Vegas, the wedding is not recognised in this country - we'd need to remarry civally here which we dont want

That's rubbish, whoever told you that is telling you lies.

Fattes

The wedding is recognised for all legal stuff like tax etc it is just that it will not be added to the register here

artyeva

Fattes wrote: »

The wedding is recognised for all legal stuff like tax etc it is just that it will not be added to the register here

well yeah, it won't be registered here as it didn't take place in ireland.

the people who would care if you're married - tax, etc., only need to see a marriage cert - which you'll have. they don't care where you get married as long as you have a marriage cert.

OS119

if, as i assume, you're looking to get the deed done with as little fuss and expense as possible - as well as making sure there's no accusations of you guys 'going on holiday'* at such a time - then perhaps getting married in the UK would be the answer.

just pick a nice city with a nice looking registry office - Glasgow's Park Circus would be my choice - and you could do it in a weekend. the only possible problems with getting married in the UK are that you need to name your two witnesses when you submit your paperwork four weeks in advance, and that at least one of you needs to physically attend the office before the marriage.

*i know, but people can do and say very odd things when they're grieving...

magneticimpulse

i think you need your original birth certs as well. my cousin wanted to get married in italy, but it all fell apart as althought initially it looked like it would be cheaper, there was taxes, extra costs such as hair, makeup etc that they never thought about.

either way, i remember they needed to send over their original birth certs etc to the place they were going to getting married in and they needed them to be translated etc.

in the end it was more hassle then what it was worth.